Boa Vista vs Itaituba
Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.
Itaituba has more tree cover — 16.6% against 15.5%.
Boa Vista has cleaner air right now — AQI 28 against 72.
- Tree cover gap
- 1.1 points
- Itaituba is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 44 AQI
- Boa Vista is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 16.9K
- Boa Vista has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
15.5%
16.6%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
28 · Good
72 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
42.8K
25.8K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
40.0K
20.8K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
941K kg
568K kg
Air quality in detail
What each city is breathing
Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
6.6 µg/m³
21.9 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
7.2 µg/m³
22.8 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
2.9 µg/m³
4.7 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
22 µg/m³
27 µg/m³
The last week, day by day
A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.
| Day | Boa Vista | Itaituba |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 34 | 81 |
| 23 Sept | 37 | 96 |
| 24 Sept | 29 | 97 |
| 25 Sept | 33 | 86 |
| 26 Sept | 51 | 54 |
| 27 Sept | 44 | 68 |
| 28 Sept | 32 | 64 |
Reading these numbers
What is actually being measured
Tree cover
The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Itaituba leads here at 16.6%.
Air quality index
The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Boa Vista reads 28 (good) and Itaituba reads 72 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Boa Vista and Itaituba, answered
Which has more trees, Boa Vista or Itaituba?
Boa Vista, with roughly 42,754 trees inside its 2 km radius against 25,814. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Itaituba has the denser canopy at 16.6%.
Which has better air quality, Boa Vista or Itaituba?
Boa Vista right now, at AQI 28 against 72 — a gap of 44 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.
How many more trees does each city need?
Boa Vista needs about 39,996 more to reach its canopy target, and Itaituba about 20,838. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.
Are these two measured the same way?
Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.
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