Bangkok Air Quality is Terrible Right Now!

[@jetsetkevo1]

Ive been following this for a few days and none of the big KZbinrs mentioned it. Thanks for the video!

[@MulletDog84]

I love how the Thai people are mostly wearing surgical masks which are pretty useless for PM2.5 without a PM2.5 liner filter, but you really need to wear N95 or better!😅

[@keisone]

I mean if ur not wearing a helmet on a bike, a mask is the least of your worries 🤣🤣

[@dylanmckeon6897]

They’re good for air quality N95 but not for COVID apparently.

[@FSLADSofficial]

@@keisonenot really day to day the mask is more important we not in Australia no more

[@evs87]

@@dylanmckeon6897 n95 will stop some but not all covid particles..surgical literally stop nothing lol

[@1TechCritic420]

It does help with particulates. Saying they are useless is hyperbole. It's far better than nothing. They been doing this for a long time.

[@gum6y1]

Worst I have seen it the govt needs to start implementing policies to combat this. The burn off seem insane in this day and age.

[@SLOC1992]

you tell the government big dog!

[@somnumna2606]

The farmers will never change. The issue is the govt doesn’t offer any education or invest in any alternatives for the farmers who go unnoticed

[@robbatayaki5505]

some of it comes from neighboring countries in the North. Other problem is that Bangkok is in a basin where air can be stagnant.

[@mikebaker4190]

As an expat, and an asthma sufferer, this one reason why l left Jomtien to Ao Nang. Much better down here.

[@YUNG-fr1kg]

I was there last week for 4 days, and I developed a bad sore throat and lost my voice. Really terrible air quality.

[@keisone]

Yeah the throat thing is killer!

[@jonhobson3592]

Yep , Sore throat , small cough & headaches 🥹

[@naamsom555]

They know who's burning the crops. Somebody is getting paid off big time to look the other way.

[@Jefri9197]

Bangkok now doesn't seem worth visiting😢

[@mm2222-u3w]

ive heard rumors that big corporate farmers from thailand are behind the burning to clear land for large industrial farming projects ,cheaper to just burn it ,but takes years ,and pollution ,never use to be a burning season 10 years ago ,now bkk is almost unlivable if you dont mind passive smoking .

[@nickybyrne4961]

Those grey dreary skies remind me of Ireland on a summers day.

[@SelwynSeychelles]

Hi Keis, it was great running into you near Lumpini Park yesterday. Thanks for another informative video. Was also bad this morning, but it got better late afternoon.👍

[@blivit195cm3]

It reminds me of when I worked in Beijing from 2006 to 2012. Some days you couldn't even see 300 yards/ 274 meters the air quality was so bad. And me coming from San Diego California I had never seen anything like this, not even Los Angeles was even close to it.

[@N34R4T0M4T]

I have been to Chyna, one day out and my white shirt were BROWN, wow so poluted.

[@Nebula37]

I think the 'factory' near the river in this video is the North Bangkok power plant, which currently runs on natural gas. But yeah, there are factories emitting particles for sure. Of course the main cause in Southeast Asia is the agricultural burning. They always say they're going to 'stop it' after the farmers have already been burning for weeks or for months.

[@keisone]

Yeah it’s just some random footage I had, just trying to illustrate the picture.. I have seen huuuuge factories when I drove to isan a couple months ago

[@Nebula37]

@@keisone When I first saw that one from the river ferry I thought it might be a nuclear power plant because of all of the cooling towers! 🤣 Then I thought it was coal-fired, but it looks like they've switched to natural gas, maybe in an attempt to reduce emissions.

[@shepherdanton]

There has to be a more efficient and effective way for the farmers to fertilize their soil right?

[@markadler8968]

My first visit there was over 30 years ago and it was absolutely terrible back then. this is nothing new.

[@1TechCritic420]

Man you're banging out these videos lately. Love it.

[@PK-nm8wu]

Driving in Hua Hin yesterday, heading north, in a very short time the air was visibly worse. Actually going to Chiang Rai next week where surprisingly the AQI is better. Bangkok looks absolutely horrible right now. I hate masks but may have to suffer through a few days. Stay healthy!

[@villagefarang]

I have my HEPA filters on at the moment but yes this is one of those rare times when Chiang Rai is less polluted than Bangkok. Weather is still cool but not as cold as last week and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

[@keisone]

Yeah it’s actually been a bit warmer here the last few days, the last month has been beautiful

[@nothingelsematters8529]

Sugar harvest in Central and North Thailand for sure..

[@philt6470]

Every year the burning season causes major problems with air quality. Burning crops in Thailand isn't great but seems most of the country's around them are burning heavily. I'm seeing friends in the rural areas all with a cough. I hate masks but in this case I really think they might help. Thanks for sharing Adam. 👍

[@Aaron-xc4je]

Thailand should build The air purification tower in Xi'an, China is a 100-meter-tall tower that was built to improve the city's air quality. It's considered the world's largest air purifier. and it works very well

[@Jazzmaster71]

Thanks for the report! Stay safe and I hope Thailand can do something to help the pollution issue. The cars are not the problem, that is the narrative from the rich and factory owners. This is the result of un controlled factory pollution and the forest waist burning in and around Thailand.

[@maniac-69]

I can't believe this pollution is still a problem after all this time that I've been here. I've been in and out of Hospital over the last 2 weeks because of it and I am done with Thailand. Leaving asap. Bye haha.

[@keisone]

Man sorry to hear, when searching for articles about this, I saw ones from every year over the past 10 years around this time and someone’s “big plans to fix this problem” lol

[@maniac-69]

@keisone exactly right. I remember last year they said they would crack down on the burning but unfortunately it's still terrible. Actually I'm going to say this is the worse I've seen. I used to spend hours on the balcony and that just about destroyed my lungs. I hope others are taking this seriously because this is so damaging to your body.

[@allstarz631]

Had the same symptoms just before Christmas, as soon as I went South I was fine. Great place, but did not feel like doing much as I felt so ill.

[@Mjolnher9]

Thailand really needs to get their act together. The horrible air quality is a yearly thing now. Part of the reason life expectancy is very low here too compared to developed world

[@williamwild1]

Love this channel bro

[@hw934]

Been coming to Thailand for 10 years and noticed it get progressively worse. Living in Bangkok atm which I truly love but this may have to be my last year with how bad things are getting. This pollution will take years off your life.

[@curtchesnutt4992]

OK Keis, Im heading back tonight. Please see what you can do to get this cleaned up. Id be most appreciative. Actually, good to see measures like BRT/MRT passes, etc being implemented to help mitigate some of the pollution. But, as you said - there is much more that could and should be done to reduce pollution levels throughout the country.

[@erfolgunterpalmen]

Thanks for sharing this video 🙏 i really like your content

[@Bobbychristopher]

I've just breathed in the equivalent of 14,333,547 cigarettes while living in BKK over the last week.

[@PFG888]

5:37 - that's crazy, I guess Thailand hasn't heard of composting? Or don't know how to do it on a mass scale yet?

[@shepherdanton]

Farmers are just going to do what they’ve been doing for centuries, it’s true around the world. But there has to be a more efficient strategy. The government should establish an education program just like others have around the world

[@keisone]

Or recycling sadly.. my last place I lived they put the “recycling” in the same bin in the end..

[@nealpp]

is there a smell in the air? smell like wood burning or like chemicals? not been in a situation like that so no clue.. thanks for the great info. ❤

[@DutchFlavour]

It literally looks like you have color corrected the movie, making it look like an old style video. Sick!

[@somnumna2606]

One positive is that the drive to work is now quiet. Walked the dogs for the usual 5km and had a throbbing headache afterwards. I have had air purifiers in my house and office with separate air meters. They actually make a massive difference. Rooms go from over 100pmi to 4/5. Must have for anyone living here long term. Another positive if you can call it that is that many of my friends that smoke have developed sore throats and have laid of the habit.

[@telegraphdude6823]

A couple days ago the AQI was 271. Never seen it that high. Air you can chew !

[@streetfoodmagic2024]

EEkk, we love Thailand for its relaxed rules and old school industry....but, at some point they really do need to address the burning season and industrial pollution problem otherwise it will become an impoverished & unliveable country which would lead to its ultimate demise. Make me sad just thinking about it 😞

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Its still Turd world - despite what many claim.

[@practice2025x]

At least Bangkok clears up (currently NYC and Bangkok are the same), Los Angeles has a perpetual haze over it. You can see it in every movie or show with a shot from the Hollywood sign

[@vktravellog1242]

I wonder when will they find a solution? In california we have strict smog control but the cost is modifications to cars will become very limited.

[@craigb2644]

Yeah I had a sore throat whe I was in Bangkok last year but as soon as I got to Phuket it cleared up.

[@bluehiroko]

I have a young child and this is the reason why I would never live there. I find not a lot of vloggers talk about this so thanks for talking about this

[@DiscoveringThailand]

Smokey/Burning season has begun early up here in Chiang Mai also.... Masks going on as air purifier sales start to increase. Have a good one :)

[@italodiscorevival]

Surprised Anutin hasn't tried to blame it on foreigners.

[@relaxingperson892]

I was reading a news article yesterday about planes dropping dry ice and water to try and stop the smog. Some type of cloud seeding apparently.

[@keisone]

Yeah they did that last year and we had this sudden rain in the middle of the dry season. I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened again!

[@jonhobson3592]

Yep , been shite all week. Normally bad in the mornings then improving. Not this week though , it has been up to 200 some evenings .. 🙄 much worse than this time last year ..

[@nothingelsematters8529]

The bad Air-quality probably from farmers burning off the leafs of the harvest, and the lag of rain.. Thailand should bann that procedure… I witnessed back in 2012, in Issan as They went into the fields sprayed gasoline on it and lit it up.. Mostly sugar.. I never experienced such a toxic air-quality, and was happy to get back to Pattaya, after a couple of days.. Also, as I traveled to Thailand for the first time in 2009, I was told already on the flight to BKK that the air is very bad in Bangkok.. Soo this issue is not new.. Thailand should just outlaw open fires on harvests, monitor and sanction farmers who keep doing it..

[@JaJaJonnn]

Is all of Thailand similar to this during this time? I arrive March 2nd for 2 weeks hoping it’s okay by then

[@loyalitiy]

5:03 it's because of fuel injection. The more diesel you inject, the more power you get as well as soot. It's not because you want it to smoke, it's because you want power and with that comes soot

[@keisone]

Yeah I know, but the tune shops here have an option for or without smoke haha Obviously the smoke makes more power, but for how slow these things are anyway it’s not necessary..

[@louis20122]

Does it affect other countries nearby?

[@littleberrygenealogy]

Yes

[@orionvassi]

Back home where I live in the states the only thing here that's better than Thailand is the air and drinking water. Thailand wins in every other category.

[@Mjolnher9]

I love traveling to US much more to be honest. Thailand has a lot more other problems too from horrible wages, lax drunk driving laws, poor food hygiene in many areas.

[@TheSquaredRoot]

Every year it's the same story. If they'd just invest into some proper agricultural waste disposal options for farmers across the country (go per county), this issue would be greatly reduced. They ignore the main reason every year and instead focus on fossil fuel powered vehicles. Sorry, even if every last vehicle was electric you're still going to have red and purple levels of pm2.5 until you tackle the crop burning...

[@ici70yz49]

This is why I got short breath all night , never had this feeling in my life

[@RansomMemoryAccess]

You always experience shorter breath in Thailand. When you visit a country with genuinely clean air, you realise that, in Thailand, you unconsciously hold your breath slightly most of the time when outside.

[@Vormund]

I just moved here to Bangkok and yes I definitely feel shorter on breath than in Australia.

[@N34R4T0M4T]

Get the best air purifier you can and sit it right next to the bed and air out from time to time but for the most part keep your doors and windows closed.

[@user-f1b1b]

Last week I drove 2000km across northern thailand from Chiang Mai to Bueng Kan and back. Hardly saw any burning fields, and certainly nothing on a mass scale. Not saying it isn't a thing, saying its not burning in northern thailand as far as my own eyes show me.

[@dannyduggan4324]

Every year in the north it is a thing. Jan usually isnt as bad but its going to get much worse. I did two smokey seasons and had to move south. Its not great here but its overall better than CM , Pai etc

[@OAttila]

What do you think how long is going to be like this?I guees it is not a first one

[@peterward9755]

Have you ever had an vehicle check in Thailand not the same as the western countries not educated on burning waste

[@lukmannsaha5377]

because dry season windy is calm and also burning season of farmers, they burnt their farm for clear area prepare new production ,its BOOM

[@GenDesperado]

I arrive on the 19th of Feb hope things improve a bit. cheers for this

[@papagal2553]

nope , february is the worst time (for north and central) . better after mid march . best go directly to the south

[@GenDesperado]

@papagal2553 cheers i will be bkk and pattaya then back to bkk. We will see

[@LiOwLa]

@@GenDesperado I was in BKK in January and February last year and had 0 problems with the air quality.

[@GenDesperado]

@LiOwLa i was there feb march last year same no isssues so fingers crossed 555

[@SouthernCrossGO]

Unusual time for you to post mate. Hope its clear for Songkran

[@brianhind9961]

air quality in Bangkok and many other areas, is never good but the burning season worsens it greatly for 2 -3 months

[@marsdroid1]

Mental note … go on holiday after the Harvests! 😮

[@Gidis96]

And they say Thailand is the best country 😅 Water is terrible, air pollution terrible, many diseases around. Too touristy right now. It has good stuff, like people, culture ,food,beaches.

[@LonglingEriksen]

smoke from factories? Didnt you show an oil refinery at the river? Burning crops are illegal due to pollution, in Lopuri area police arrest farmers. Only quick solution is to continue Ev sales and make more trains in the city. All smoke stay between buildings.

[@keisone]

It may be illegal, but on my drive to Rayong last week I saw A LOT of burning

[@LonglingEriksen]

​@@keisone I didnt see one from chiang mai to BKK. but sure it happends, main problem now are inside city limits of Bangkok. It is no wind to take it out. My wife cant burn crop because police visited and said so. They even check.

[@mickeykeymoaw]

What About Your 2-Stroke Motor Bike???

[@keisone]

🤫🤫🤫

[@nibblenibs7519]

That'll be the air quality in my bedroom the day after Australia day

[@enorth15]

I love Thailand and Bangkok but this is a good opportunity for me to bitch about a few things in addition to the pollution....for the most part it is too damn hot and I sweat my balls off year round, the sidewalks are shite and you can blow out an ankle in broad daylight, the traffic is horrible and often dictates my day, the drivers here must believe in reincarnation because they have no regard for human life, they use way too much plastic and nobody seems to care if it ends up on the beaches, also good luck trying to find a trash can or get change for a 1000 THB bill from a taxi driver.......OK rant finished. 😀

[@R-sn1ty]

yeah this sucks. good excuse for an international trip

[@berndpape407]

When I lived in Thailand, all kinds of Motors must have much Pollution, otherwise it wars no gut Motorcycle, Car or Factory.

[@PrimitiveAK]

LMAOOOO I left Thailand RIGHT as it was getting bad at 01/19/25. Thank god.

[@markozovko]

Is that yellow tint actually how it looks or color correction/lut while editing? If it's natural, then damn.

[@RevolutionMuscle]

Why in 2025 are they still allowing mass open air burning of crops?

[@bengmelea8646]

Much of Thailand's (read: not Bangkok only) air pollution is from rice farmers burning their rice straw after a harvest when the straw is dry - aka the hot season. Three rice harvests per year can be done in certain parts of Thailand. The ashes return nutrients to the soil. Rice farmers are generally poor so government edicts that make their lives more difficult are often ignored. Should the government collect the straw for free, compost it and return the compost back to the farmers for free? Thai Jasmine rice is a major export earner for Thailand but then so is tourism. As for Bangkok the free use of the city's electric mass transport lines yesterday, 25 January 2025 and for the next 6 days may have reduced vehicle traffic and subsequently air pollution a bit. I just hope that the government don't use this as a "Climate Change" ruse to introduce other aspects to control people's lives.

[@ThiswaywithGerryG]

Yeah let’s go electric , wait where does the electricity come from…… good vid as always. Thanks

[@terjejohnsen3651]

In rangsit we had 337 with pm 2.5. 2 days ago. Its not only pm 2.5 that is high and that is O3 (ozon)​ and have​ been ​far over 200. Mask dont hjelp to get rid of O3 as you need coal filter to take it away.

[@keisone]

Holy hell!! You need a gas mask and oxygen tank I think 🤣

[@EarthCamper]

Oh....just have to wait n let it clear i believe....

[@HairyPixels]

Gotta love the classic mask pulled down under your nose and riding a motorbike without a helmet look.

[@keisone]

Haha yeah.. this is Thailand 🤣🤣

[@juleskayak]

Just missed you, it was over 200 at don mueang on Friday. IMHO the BKK pollution at the moment is mainly due to fumes as opposed to burning plus lack of wind and rain to clear the air. Looking at the NASA firms website there doesn't seem to be a lot of burning around BKK but plenty in Cambodia

[@phuketprivateisland441]

Ironically Chiang Mai is moderate at the moment...but I know our PM2.5 time is not far away...

[@sandgroper1980]

👍🏼🍻🇦🇺 Happy Australia day brother

[@Sonny.E]

🥳🍻❤️

[@Scott-Inc]

🍖🍺🇦🇺

[@keisone]

Happy Aus day mate 🥳🥳

[@cinemaseries9581]

Congratulations 😮

[@andrewb0502]

Gives Thais another excuse to wear a face mask, so they’d be happy with that

[@lfg6215]

Yea used to be good land of the smiles, now face nappies ffs

[@thecookdogg]

KEISY !! What the bloody hell is going on over there ?!!

[@blo0dyc0rpse]

Be safe and healthy

[@keisone]

Thanks matey!

[@shiftleft]

Make sure you have air purifiers in your house!

[@louis20122]

Go to Eastern Europe or something affordable and air is cleaner

[@allenschneider4006]

your getting close. almost 100,000. good on you.

[@southeastasiagoingastray731]

I bet you can not name 1 that is one day that Bangkok had good air to suck in.

[@t.i.r.357]

Hey There ✌️😃

[@assail]

80s style vibes at 2:37

[@Scott-Inc]

its a Different vibe with all that Pollution.. Not Good!.. You still Doing Q&A this weekend Keis 🔑…??

[@keisone]

Yeah mate!!

[@Berbatov204]

I'm sure if the Thai population were willing to pay a new Tax, The Government could fix this issue 😂

[@Vet4Justice1776]

I surely would not visit Thailand like this.... You better buy a good heavy metal detox supplement to help protect your body. All these toxins will catch up with you people....

[@Marcos-Osca]

All Thailand needs is a very very windy day to push the smog away

[@taffydownunder6457]

You still doing the pipe delete on the hlux lol😂

[@mojo8253]

cudos for using alex as the meme

[@d.bcooper7819]

Reminds me of LA circa 1989

[@villagefarang]

Bad air quality is a regional problem and complicated by money and big corporations. Burning is still the cheapest and easiest way to clear fields for poor farmers who are being squeezed by the fertilizer producers on one side and the organizations who buy their produce cheap. We got some really nice single digit temperatures in the North this year and great cherry blossoms but with that cold air from China came the early smoke. Soon enough the AQI numbers will reach 400 and above when the burning season starts in earnest in March.

[@N34R4T0M4T]

They really have to get serious about not burning it is uness, you can tilt the earth, and replacing all scooters with EV's and for any ICE vehicles get Particulate Filters it is 2025. All buses should be EV busses like we have in my country all our busses are EV's time to make huge overhauls. ALL factories should have stack filters, polution used to be bad in my country but we did all of those things now we are around 30 maybe 50 on a bad day a lot of those places are around 150 to 200 PPM it is unacceptable people get lung cancer, bronchitis, severe asthma etc, why?! We have the tech, make the correct policies people will live longer healthier and happier. Diesel particle filters, EV scooters and STOP burning will make a HUGE difference.

[@mickzed6393]

And the head clown says drill baby drill.

[@steelcitytv]

Dam i will never wear a mask cross Thailand off the list for me ill go to Germany instead now

[@Pattayagirls555]

It’s half that now 93 today 80 tomorrow

[@HamNoytheDutchGuy]

It is the worst since the last 8 weeks mate, cheers 👊🍻

[@keisone]

Yeah man it’s really not good here!

[@HamNoytheDutchGuy]

The past week in Pattaya was bad also mate, will be heading home in 2 days, back to the cold europe with better air quality. Have a blast Adam and as always, C Ya in the next one, cheers 👊🍻

[@smokyz5]

I think it's just as dangerous to breathe your own co2

[@chriz_the_wiz]

Chad keeping it real with a score of 436

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Argue all you want but the locals are thick as mince

[@tonyandrin]

You may laugh about it but it's not funny.... The children, elderly and those with lung diseases are dying

[@husrebel494]

maybe talk to the Thai government about it?

[@bobwelo]