Land area slightly increases to 33.3 square kilometre

The land area of Macau has slightly increased by 0.3 square kilometre year-on-year to 33.3 square kilometre, with the addition of the land area of Zone C of the New District. The population density was 20,300 persons per square kilometre. Data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) stated that as regards to air quality, all monitoring stations showed an increase in the number of “Good” air quality days in 2022. Nevertheless, in terms of “Very Bad” air quality, the ambient station in Taipa, the ambient station in Coloane, and the roadside station at Ká-Hó respectively recorded 3, 2 and 1 such days. The highest temperature in 2022 was 37.4 degrees Celcius in July, an increase of 1.6 degrees Celcius from the year prior.