TallGuyJohninBKK Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 21 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Beautiful in Phuket today in the night we had a really strong breeze Phuket looks pretty good overall from an air quality standpoint.... other issues aside. Chonburi, on the other hand, tends to have higher smog levels during the Nov to Jan. period like other places around Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 The cleanest air in thailand is west coast. Sure. Ranong province have Indian Ocean, is 80% forest and population only 177,000. It rain a lot. Phangnga province similar. Phuket ok, but more people= more pollution. i recommend Kao Lak in Phangnga for enough shop, foreign restaurant etc if clean air important for you. Ranong not much for foreigner. only time it have 2.5 problem is when Indonesian fires and wind. this year was 4 bad days. Every other day is green air. Good luck. also maybe you can vote for Yinn in POTY. I second now, need some more vote. Happy New Year here the link. Only 30 seconds Thank you https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140886-run-off-for-poty-2019/#comments 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 23 hours ago, wasabi said: I also want to rotate out of Thailand during periods of every year. Pollution, heat and boredom are the reasons. I'm trying to figure out the most economical ways to do this while maintaining a high quality of life. Cost of living is one of the main reasons I live in Thailand so I don't want to blow my budget during months I'm rotating around the region. Phuket has some of the least pollution but not quite my taste there. The best option is likely outside of Thailand, but not sure where yet. Pollution, heat and boredom? That constitutes a high quality of life? But, hey, if it works for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesthepost Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Sydney has real nice air at the moment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans007 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 11:39 AM, steven100 said: You can head toward Hua Hin, Rayong, Bang Suan, Trat, or any coastal area near the ocean. Plenty of places ..... Hua hin???? Naaaa not good. Airvidual score 154 today. Better move to europe...or north america for healthy air. Hans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Monitor in the kitchen just now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wasabi Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 hours ago, emptypockets said: Pollution, heat and boredom? That constitutes a high quality of life? But, hey, if it works for you. The list of positives in Thailand is 10 fold to the negative and I enjoy living here. But stay one place long enough and I find the daily routine dull. I choose to travel to balance out my life. When going to a new place I like contrast. Avoiding heat and pollution for a few months of the year is a welcome reprieve. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kekalot Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 this was taken 2 minutes ago in Cha-am, 50 meters from the beach I moved out of the North to avoid the bad air quality around that time and now it's here I'm afraid this will not go down until it starts raining quite a bit then it should be acceptable levels again at this point, I am considering moving further down South I would like something similar to what I have now (close to the beach, not too expensive, don't need malls or bars) wondering where the sweet spot would be, Chumphon, Ranong or even go down as far as Krabi? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyp Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I think this is a SE Asia winter phenomena. Stagnant air holding in smoke from burning in Thailand and nearby countries and city air pollution in Bangkok. When the season changes the pollution blows away or dissipates or generally goes elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker33 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Thung Wua Laen beach, Ban Krut or any beaches down in Chumphon never ever seen smog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Just for comparison : When Australia is in fire … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Maybe north when Sumatra is on fire, and south when the North is on fire. You wouldn't even need to leave the Land of Smiles. Krabi, Samui, Phuket, Trang during first half of the year, North during rainy season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJ Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/29/2019 at 12:07 PM, wasabi said: I also want to rotate out of Thailand during periods of every year. Pollution, heat and boredom are the reasons. I'm trying to figure out the most economical ways to do this while maintaining a high quality of life. Cost of living is one of the main reasons I live in Thailand so I don't want to blow my budget during months I'm rotating around the region. Phuket has some of the least pollution but not quite my taste there. The best option is likely outside of Thailand, but not sure where yet. Please post your travels (as I will). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJ Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/30/2019 at 7:32 AM, melvinmelvin said: I find the air in Bang Kon Tien quite pleasent and fresh, you can smell the salty sea. Bang Kon Tien is in the very south west corner of Bangkok, it has seaside -plenty of fresh seafood - laidback Outside of the smell, have you checked the AQI readings for that city/area? I suspect not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 AQI currently 25 with a nice weekend ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueOrNothing Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) I bet a windy small island is a better choice... Pollution comes and go... you can visualize current PM2.5 and PM1.0 levels here https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/surface/level/overlay=pm2.5/orthographic=-263.52,12.95,3000/loc=100.515,13.582 Edited January 3, 2020 by TrueOrNothing typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/30/2019 at 4:18 AM, Yinn said: The cleanest air in thailand is west coast. Sure. Ranong province have Indian Ocean, is 80% forest and population only 177,000. It rain a lot. Phangnga province similar. Phuket ok, but more people= more pollution. i recommend Kao Lak in Phangnga for enough shop, foreign restaurant etc if clean air important for you. Ranong not much for foreigner. only time it have 2.5 problem is when Indonesian fires and wind. this year was 4 bad days. Every other day is green air. Good luck. also maybe you can vote for Yinn in POTY. I second now, need some more vote. Happy New Year here the link. Only 30 seconds Thank you https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140886-run-off-for-poty-2019/#comments No, best air quality is East coast. West coast can suffer from burning in Indonesia and Malasia at times. Try Rayong not Ranong. What a difference that one letter makes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) On 1/3/2020 at 4:56 PM, DannyCarlton said: No, best air quality is East coast. West coast can suffer from burning in Indonesia and Malasia at times. Try Rayong not Ranong. What a difference that one letter makes. What with the chemical plants and bad air from Bangkok - you must be joking! Edited January 6, 2020 by Stocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Stocky said: What with the chemical plants and bad air from Bangkok - you must be joking! No I'm not joking. I've suffered from asthma for most of my life but never had an attack in Pattaya. East Coast has the cleanest air in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said: No I'm not joking. I've suffered from asthma for most of my life but never had an attack in Pattaya. East Coast has the cleanest air in Thailand. I'll be staying in Hat Yai and my east coast, you can keep your east coast. Edited January 6, 2020 by Stocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianezy0 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 12/29/2019 at 3:18 PM, Stocky said: PM2.5 is 24 here in my part of Hat Yai this afternoon, sky is blue and I can see for miles. And now your part of Hat Yai will be inundated with expats for 6 months of the year. I would issue some negatives immediately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 24 minutes ago, ianezy0 said: And now your part of Hat Yai will be inundated with expats for 6 months of the year. I would issue some negatives immediately! Hat Yai's a well known war zone, bombs going off all the time, hordes of Muslims ~ certainly not for your average expat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICELANDMAN Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 https://aqicn.org/city/iceland/husdyrag. 2 hours ago, Stocky said: I'll be staying in Hat Yai and my east coast, you can keep your east coast. I have a little idea where there is no pollution https://aqicn.org/city/iceland/husdyrag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 4:56 PM, DannyCarlton said: No, best air quality is East coast. West coast can suffer from burning in Indonesia and Malasia at times. Try Rayong not Ranong. What a difference that one letter makes. No. Sometimes we get the burning from Indo. Four days last year. Every other day is green. Less than Phuket, we are further from indo. Ranong is 80% forest, have the most rain. Rayong have factories, electric plant Map TaPut, we have tree. Ranong have least population=less car pollution. today rayong is very unhealthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The NO2 level in BKK is horrendous right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Here where I live when the smoke clears you get to see more smoke coming! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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