City report · Can Tho City, Vietnam
Sóc Trăng Air quality today
Air quality in Sóc Trăng currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 14
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.1
- tree cover
- 25.1%
- trees in this area
- 78.8K
- more trees needed
- 15.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Phu Loi, Can Tho, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sóc Trăng · AQI 14 (Good)
Sóc Trăng's tree count comes to 78,775 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 15,378 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sóc Trăng today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Can Giuoc and Ho Chi Minh City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.1
PM10
10.3
NO₂
5.8
O₃
71.0
SO₂
3.2
CO
172.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sóc Trăng's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 51 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 11.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sóc Trăng: Below target
25.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
78,775
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
15,378
CO₂ if planted / yr
338.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sóc Trăng lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sóc Trăng has lost about 39 hectares of forest (about 54 football pitches): 8.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (26%). About 14 hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 39 haabout 54 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 16 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 10 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sóc Trăng?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good26% · 10 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 4 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown63% · 24 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,670 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,840 ha
- Overall change
- +166 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sóc Trăng grew from about 1,670 hectares to 1,840 hectares, a net gain of about 166 hectares (+9.9%). New forest grew on about 184 hectares, while 18 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Sóc Trăng right now?
The latest reading for Sóc Trăng shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sóc Trăng today?
At AQI 14 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Sóc Trăng been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sóc Trăng's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 51 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sóc Trăng lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sóc Trăng has lost about 39 hectares of forest (about 54 football pitches): 8.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (26%). About 14 hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sóc Trăng grew from about 1,670 hectares to 1,840 hectares, a net gain of about 166 hectares (+9.9%). New forest grew on about 184 hectares, while 18 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sóc Trăng?
Sóc Trăng has an estimated 78,775 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 25.1% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sóc Trăng need?
Sóc Trăng needs roughly 15,378 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 338.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sóc Trăng's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Phu Loi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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