City report · Mon, Myanmar
Thaton Air quality today
Air quality in Thaton currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 14
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 65.6%
- trees in this area
- 206K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Thaton, 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.
Thaton · AQI 14 (Good)
Thaton's tree count comes to 206,088 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 Thaton today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 90.1 mi (145 km), e.g. Yangon and Yangon
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.7
PM10
5.5
NO₂
2.4
O₃
81.0
SO₂
5.6
CO
304.0
- 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 Thaton's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 21 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 8.
Where Thaton stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Thaton: Healthy tree cover
65.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²).
Trees in this area
206,088
Target trees
206,088
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Thaton lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Thaton has lost about 2,350 hectares of forest (about 3,300 football pitches): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) 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
- 2,350 haabout 3,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 25%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,350 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 128 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 123 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 265 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 | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 108 ha | under 1 ha | 108 ha |
| 2007 | 46 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2008 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2009 | 94 ha | under 1 ha | 94 ha |
| 2010 | 98 ha | under 1 ha | 98 ha |
| 2011 | 111 ha | under 1 ha | 111 ha |
| 2012 | 265 ha | under 1 ha | 265 ha |
| 2013 | 149 ha | under 1 ha | 149 ha |
| 2014 | 110 ha | under 1 ha | 110 ha |
| 2015 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2016 | 104 ha | under 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2017 | 129 ha | under 1 ha | 129 ha |
| 2018 | 104 ha | under 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2019 | 147 ha | under 1 ha | 147 ha |
| 2020 | 131 ha | under 1 ha | 131 ha |
| 2021 | 118 ha | under 1 ha | 118 ha |
| 2022 | 105 ha | under 1 ha | 105 ha |
| 2023 | 178 ha | under 1 ha | 178 ha |
| 2024 | 136 ha | under 1 ha | 136 ha |
| 2025 | 101 ha | under 1 ha | 101 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Thaton?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 2,310 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.6% · 38 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
- 12,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,300 ha
- Overall change
- +183 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Thaton stayed about the same size, at about 12,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, and about 860 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 Thaton right now?
The latest reading for Thaton shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Thaton 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 Thaton been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Thaton's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 21 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Thaton lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Thaton has lost about 2,350 hectares of forest (about 3,300 football pitches): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 128 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 123 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Thaton stayed about the same size, at about 12,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, and about 860 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Thaton?
Thaton has an estimated 206,088 trees across the 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²) measured — 65.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Thaton need?
Thaton has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Thaton'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 Thaton; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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