PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Thailand's Kamphaeng Phet Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Kamphaeng Phet

Kamphaeng Phet faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 784 thousand across 11 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 30.2µg/m³. That's 6.0 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 501 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Kamphaeng Phet met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 2.46 years longer.

That's 1.9M years of life stolen from 784 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Kamphaeng Phet. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Klong Khlung
2.5 years lost
2.Mueang Kamphaeng Phet
2.5 years lost
3.Lan Krabu
2.5 years lost
4.Sai Thong Watthana
2.5 years lost
5.Sai Ngam
2.5 years lost
6.Phran Kratai
2.4 years lost
7.Pang Sila Thong
2.4 years lost
8.Klong Lan
2.4 years lost
9.K. Ko Sam Pi Nakhon
2.4 years lost
10.Khanu Woralaksaburi
2.4 years lost

Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³

5-10 µg/m³

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

100%

784K

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 11 Districts in Kamphaeng Phet

Complete air quality data for every district in Kamphaeng Phet, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Mueang Kamphaeng Phet	244K	30.8	2.5 years
Khanu Woralaksaburi	109K	29.4	2.4 years
Klong Khlung	76K	31.0	2.5 years
Phran Kratai	69K	29.9	2.4 years
Klong Lan	63K	29.5	2.4 years
Sai Ngam	53K	30.1	2.5 years
Lan Krabu	43K	30.4	2.5 years
Pang Sila Thong	43K	29.5	2.4 years
K. Bung Samakki	30K	29.1	2.4 years
Sai Thong Watthana	28K	30.3	2.5 years
K. Ko Sam Pi Nakhon	25K	29.4	2.4 years

Showing 11 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Kamphaeng Phet is Injurious to Health.