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Air quality now: Mawlamyine

Myanmar · Mon · 2 cities

Air quality in Mon today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Thaton has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Mon (AQI 14, Good), and Mawlamyine the worst (AQI 18, Good). Thaton has the most tree cover, at 65.6% — #2 of 32 cities measured in Myanmar.

Every city is measured the same way, over the same 1.2 mi (2 km) around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.

cities tracked
2
average tree cover
53.0%
Myanmar: 44.4%
worst air now: Mawlamyine
18
cleanest air now: Thaton
14

Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.

Mon

Air quality today across Mon, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Mon, Myanmar
Mawlamyine18Good40.5%—#20 of 32
Thaton14Good65.6%—#2 of 32

Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 1.2 mi (2 km) of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Myanmar.

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Mon lost?

Since 2001, Mon has lost about 152,000 hectares of forest (about 210,000 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
152,000 haabout 210,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
27%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
124,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Mon, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Mon, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.10.1K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Mon, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001552 ha179 ha731 ha
2002414 ha175 ha589 ha
2003330 ha192 ha522 ha
2004928 ha531 ha1,460 ha
2005920 ha250 ha1,170 ha
20064,540 ha459 ha5,000 ha
20073,500 ha687 ha4,190 ha
20083,140 ha549 ha3,690 ha
20094,340 ha735 ha5,080 ha
20104,930 ha896 ha5,820 ha
20114,510 ha636 ha5,150 ha
20126,380 ha1,170 ha7,560 ha
20137,320 ha1,630 ha8,950 ha
20147,760 ha1,910 ha9,670 ha
20154,100 ha1,400 ha5,500 ha
20166,080 ha1,800 ha7,880 ha
20176,160 ha1,820 ha7,980 ha
20187,410 ha1,640 ha9,050 ha
20197,760 ha1,940 ha9,700 ha
20206,620 ha1,870 ha8,500 ha
20218,340 ha1,730 ha10,100 ha
20227,200 ha1,610 ha8,810 ha
20237,990 ha1,450 ha9,430 ha
20246,740 ha1,210 ha7,950 ha
20256,020 ha1,170 ha7,190 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 8,690 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 8,620 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 10,100 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Mon?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good81% · 122,000 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back18% · 27,500 ha

Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured

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