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Air quality in Yangon today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Kyauktan has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Yangon (AQI 57, Moderate), and Mingaladon the worst (AQI 63, Moderate). Yangon has the most tree cover, at 60.9% — #4 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.
Average right now
AQI 62
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 48.1%
- Myanmar: 44.4%
- worst air now: Mingaladon
- 63
- cleanest air now: Kyauktan
- 57
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Yangon · average AQI 62
Air quality today across Yangon, city by city
| Yangon | 63Moderate | 60.9% | — | #4 of 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hlaingthaya | 63Moderate | 37.6% | — | #23 of 32 |
| Mingaladon | 63Moderate | 55.3% | — | #9 of 32 |
| Kyauktan | 57Moderate | 38.7% | — | #22 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 Yangon lost?
Since 2001, Yangon has lost about 11,700 hectares of forest (about 16,000 football pitches): 9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 11,700 haabout 16,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 8,640 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 59 ha | 17 ha | 75 ha |
| 2002 | 96 ha | 11 ha | 107 ha |
| 2003 | 184 ha | 12 ha | 196 ha |
| 2004 | 355 ha | 118 ha | 473 ha |
| 2005 | 173 ha | 36 ha | 209 ha |
| 2006 | 251 ha | 12 ha | 263 ha |
| 2007 | 126 ha | 18 ha | 144 ha |
| 2008 | 171 ha | 18 ha | 189 ha |
| 2009 | 185 ha | 68 ha | 253 ha |
| 2010 | 279 ha | 38 ha | 317 ha |
| 2011 | 446 ha | 116 ha | 562 ha |
| 2012 | 740 ha | 155 ha | 895 ha |
| 2013 | 340 ha | 53 ha | 393 ha |
| 2014 | 488 ha | 182 ha | 670 ha |
| 2015 | 327 ha | 109 ha | 436 ha |
| 2016 | 232 ha | 87 ha | 319 ha |
| 2017 | 449 ha | 75 ha | 524 ha |
| 2018 | 302 ha | 234 ha | 536 ha |
| 2019 | 341 ha | 262 ha | 603 ha |
| 2020 | 517 ha | 428 ha | 945 ha |
| 2021 | 454 ha | 440 ha | 894 ha |
| 2022 | 367 ha | 267 ha | 634 ha |
| 2023 | 562 ha | 140 ha | 702 ha |
| 2024 | 627 ha | 41 ha | 668 ha |
| 2025 | 565 ha | 122 ha | 687 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 717 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 585 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 945 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Yangon?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 8,030 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back20% · 2,290 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.8% · 557 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, 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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