Ciudad del Este vs Foz do Iguaçu
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.
Foz do Iguaçu has more tree cover — 48.8% against 39.1%.
Foz do Iguaçu has cleaner air right now — AQI 40 against 58.
- Tree cover gap
- 9.7 points
- Foz do Iguaçu is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 18 AQI
- Foz do Iguaçu is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 13.6K
- Foz do Iguaçu has more standing.
Paraguay
Brazil
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
39.1%
48.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
58 · Moderate
40 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
123K
136K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
2.7M kg
3.0M 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 read from nearby ground stations.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
15.3 µg/m³
9.7 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 | Ciudad del Este | Foz do Iguaçu |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 27 | 26 |
| 23 Sept | 29 | 26 |
| 24 Sept | 55 | 51 |
| 25 Sept | 49 | 49 |
| 26 Sept | 39 | 41 |
| 27 Sept | 39 | 38 |
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. Foz do Iguaçu leads here at 48.8%.
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: Ciudad del Este reads 58 (moderate) and Foz do Iguaçu reads 40 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Ciudad del Este and Foz do Iguaçu, answered
Which has more trees, Ciudad del Este or Foz do Iguaçu?
Foz do Iguaçu, with roughly 136,446 trees inside its 2 km radius against 122,836. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Foz do Iguaçu has the denser canopy at 48.8%.
Which has better air quality, Ciudad del Este or Foz do Iguaçu?
Foz do Iguaçu right now, at AQI 40 against 58 — a gap of 18 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?
Ciudad del Este needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Foz do Iguaçu about 0. 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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