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Thành Phố Bà Rịa Air quality today
Air quality in Thành Phố Bà Rịa currently reads AQI 51 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 51
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.6
- tree cover
- 24.5%
- trees in this area
- 76.0K
- more trees needed
- 17.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ba Ria, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Thành Phố Bà Rịa · AQI 51 (Moderate)
Thành Phố Bà Rịa's tree count comes to 75,968 trees across 12.41 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 17,054 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Thành Phố Bà Rịa today: AQI 51, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Can Giuoc and Ho Chi Minh City
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
7.6
PM10
10.6
NO₂
3.6
O₃
112.0
SO₂
4.0
CO
195.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Thành Phố Bà Rịa's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 45 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 6.
Where Thành Phố Bà Rịa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Thành Phố Bà Rịa: Below target
24.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
75,968
Target trees
93,022
More trees needed
17,054
CO₂ if planted / yr
375.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Thành Phố Bà Rịa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Thành Phố Bà Rịa has lost about 277 hectares of forest (about 390 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 277 haabout 390 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 235 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 27 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 11 ha | 7 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2020 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2021 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2022 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2023 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2025 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Thành Phố Bà Rịa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 200 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 30 ha
- Loggingcan grow back7.7% · 21 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 5,610 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,300 ha
- Overall change
- +696 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Thành Phố Bà Rịa grew from about 5,610 hectares to 6,300 hectares, a net gain of about 696 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, while 342 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 Thành Phố Bà Rịa right now?
The latest reading for Thành Phố Bà Rịa shows an AQI of 51 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Thành Phố Bà Rịa today?
At AQI 51 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Thành Phố Bà Rịa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Thành Phố Bà Rịa's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 45 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 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 Thành Phố Bà Rịa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Thành Phố Bà Rịa has lost about 277 hectares of forest (about 390 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Thành Phố Bà Rịa grew from about 5,610 hectares to 6,300 hectares, a net gain of about 696 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, while 342 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Thành Phố Bà Rịa?
Thành Phố Bà Rịa has an estimated 75,968 trees across the 12.41 km² of land measured — 24.5% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Thành Phố Bà Rịa need?
Thành Phố Bà Rịa needs roughly 17,054 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 375.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Thành Phố Bà Rịa'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 Ba Ria; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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