City report · Shan State, Myanmar
Taunggyi Air quality today
Air quality in Taunggyi currently reads AQI 9 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 9
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.7
- tree cover
- 32.2%
- trees in this area
- 101K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Nyaung Shwe Haw Gone Qtr, Taunggyi, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of May 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Taunggyi · AQI 9 (Good)
Taunggyi's tree count comes to 101,159 trees across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²), already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Taunggyi today: AQI 9, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.7
PM10
2.5
NO₂
1.3
O₃
72.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
424.0
- 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 Taunggyi's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 10 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 6.
Where Taunggyi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Taunggyi: Healthy tree cover
32.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²).
Trees in this area
101,159
Target trees
101,159
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Taunggyi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taunggyi has lost about 213 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 213 haabout 300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 196 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 32 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2012 | 29 ha | 3 ha | 32 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Taunggyi?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 138 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good17% · 37 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.9% · 21 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, unknown causes.
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
- 8,350 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,800 ha
- Overall change
- +445 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taunggyi grew from about 8,350 hectares to 8,800 hectares, a net gain of about 445 hectares (+5.3%). New forest grew on about 750 hectares, while 305 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 Taunggyi right now?
The latest reading for Taunggyi shows an AQI of 9 (Good), observed Nov 11, 16:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Taunggyi today?
At AQI 9 (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 Taunggyi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Taunggyi's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 10 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Taunggyi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taunggyi has lost about 213 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taunggyi grew from about 8,350 hectares to 8,800 hectares, a net gain of about 445 hectares (+5.3%). New forest grew on about 750 hectares, while 305 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Taunggyi?
Taunggyi has an estimated 101,159 trees across the 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²) measured — 32.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Taunggyi need?
Taunggyi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Taunggyi'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 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Nyaung Shwe Haw Gone Qtr; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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