Air quality by country
Air quality in Myanmar today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 54 across 10 cities Worst now: Nay Pyi Taw (67); cleanest: Kalemyo (34).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Myanmar, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 54 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Nay Pyi Taw AQI 67
- Cleanest now
- Kalemyo AQI 34
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Myanmar today
Right now the modelled air quality in Myanmar averages a US AQI of 54 (Moderate) across the 10 cities we track. By category: 2 Good, 8 Moderate (of 10).
That is 11 points better than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Nay Pyi Taw has the worst air at 67 with PM2.5 at 25 µg/m³, while Kalemyo is cleanest at 34. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Myanmar cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nay Pyi Taw | Nay Pyi Taw | 67 | Moderate | 25.1 | 28 |
| Mandalay | Mandalay Region | 66 | Moderate | 32.1 | 14 |
| Amarapura | Mandalay Region | 66 | Moderate | 32.1 | 14 |
| Yangon | Yangon | 53 | Moderate | 8.7 | 41 |
| Hlaingthaya | Yangon | 53 | Moderate | 8.7 | 41 |
| Kyauktan | Yangon | 53 | Moderate | 8.7 | 41 |
| Mingala Tangnyunt | Yangon | 53 | Moderate | 8.7 | 41 |
| Set Ka Lay | Yangon | 53 | Moderate | 8.7 | 41 |
| Mawlamyine | Mon | 38 | Good | 6.3 | 44 |
| Kalemyo | Sagaing Region | 34 | Good | 5.7 | 22 |
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).