City report · Bago Region, Myanmar
Taungoo Air quality today
Air quality in Taungoo currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 17
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.8
- tree cover
- 50.0%
- trees in this area
- 151K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Taungoo, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Taungoo · AQI 17 (Good)
Taungoo's tree count comes to 151,425 trees across 4.7 sq mi (12.12 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Taungoo today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 152.2 mi (245 km), e.g. Yangon and Yangon
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.8
PM10
5.6
NO₂
4.6
O₃
53.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
263.0
- 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 Taungoo's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 40 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 94 on Nov 7.
Where Taungoo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Taungoo: Healthy tree cover
50.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.7 sq mi (12.12 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
151,425
Target trees
151,425
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Taungoo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taungoo has lost about 172 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 172 haabout 240 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 169 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Taungoo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good71% · 122 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good19% · 33 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.9% · 14 ha
Also: 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
- 1,740 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,990 ha
- Overall change
- +256 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taungoo grew from about 1,740 hectares to 1,990 hectares, a net gain of about 256 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 340 hectares, while 84 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 Taungoo right now?
The latest reading for Taungoo shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Taungoo today?
At AQI 17 (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 Taungoo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Taungoo's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 40 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 94 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Taungoo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taungoo has lost about 172 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taungoo grew from about 1,740 hectares to 1,990 hectares, a net gain of about 256 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 340 hectares, while 84 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Taungoo?
Taungoo has an estimated 151,425 trees across the 4.7 sq mi (12.12 km²) of land measured — 50.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Taungoo need?
Taungoo has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Taungoo'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 Taungoo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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