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Air quality in Prachin Buri today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Kabin Buri has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Prachin Buri (AQI 61, Moderate), and Si Maha Phot the worst (AQI 61, Moderate). Kabin Buri has the most tree cover, at 64.4% — #1 of 31 cities measured in Thailand.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 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
- 56.9%
- Thailand: 32.7%
- worst air now: Si Maha Phot
- 61
- cleanest air now: Kabin Buri
- 61
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Prachin Buri
Air quality today across Prachin Buri, city by city
| Kabin Buri | 61Moderate | 64.4% | — | #1 of 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Si Maha Phot | 61Moderate | 49.3% | — | #5 of 31 |
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 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Thailand.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Prachin Buri lost?
Since 2001, Prachin Buri has lost about 3,820 hectares of forest (about 5,400 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,820 haabout 5,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,860 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 33 ha | 101 ha | 133 ha |
| 2004 | 38 ha | 44 ha | 82 ha |
| 2005 | 13 ha | 47 ha | 60 ha |
| 2006 | 47 ha | 68 ha | 115 ha |
| 2007 | 70 ha | 39 ha | 109 ha |
| 2008 | 66 ha | 40 ha | 106 ha |
| 2009 | 122 ha | 69 ha | 191 ha |
| 2010 | 82 ha | 67 ha | 149 ha |
| 2011 | 73 ha | 60 ha | 133 ha |
| 2012 | 39 ha | 51 ha | 90 ha |
| 2013 | 56 ha | 35 ha | 90 ha |
| 2014 | 66 ha | 26 ha | 92 ha |
| 2015 | 63 ha | 9 ha | 71 ha |
| 2016 | 215 ha | 32 ha | 247 ha |
| 2017 | 217 ha | 34 ha | 251 ha |
| 2018 | 127 ha | 21 ha | 148 ha |
| 2019 | 198 ha | 17 ha | 215 ha |
| 2020 | 247 ha | 33 ha | 280 ha |
| 2021 | 188 ha | 17 ha | 205 ha |
| 2022 | 204 ha | 47 ha | 251 ha |
| 2023 | 266 ha | 51 ha | 317 ha |
| 2024 | 259 ha | 19 ha | 278 ha |
| 2025 | 163 ha | 28 ha | 191 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 248 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 228 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 317 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Prachin Buri?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 2,480 ha
- Loggingcan grow back15% · 557 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.7% · 293 ha
Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, 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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