City report · Federal District, Brazil
Águas Claras Air quality today
Air quality in Águas Claras currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 27
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.8
- tree cover
- 17.0%
- trees in this area
- 53.4K
- more trees needed
- 40.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Aguas Claras, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Águas Claras · AQI 27 (Good)
Águas Claras's tree count comes to 53,407 trees across 12.57 km², 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,841 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Águas Claras today: AQI 27, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.8
PM10
5.5
NO₂
1.3
O₃
95.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
171.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Águas Claras's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 5.
Where Águas Claras stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Águas Claras: Critically low
17.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
53,407
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
40,841
CO₂ if planted / yr
898.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Águas Claras lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Águas Claras has lost about 79 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 79 haabout 110 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 47 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 22 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 21 ha | 22 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Águas Claras?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 37 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back33% · 26 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good12% · 9 ha
Also: logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,520 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,630 ha
- Overall change
- +105 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Águas Claras grew from about 2,520 hectares to 2,630 hectares, a net gain of about 105 hectares (+4.2%). New forest grew on about 183 hectares, while 78 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Águas Claras right now?
The latest reading for Águas Claras shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Águas Claras today?
At AQI 27 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Águas Claras been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Águas Claras's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Águas Claras lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Águas Claras has lost about 79 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Águas Claras grew from about 2,520 hectares to 2,630 hectares, a net gain of about 105 hectares (+4.2%). New forest grew on about 183 hectares, while 78 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Águas Claras?
Águas Claras has an estimated 53,407 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 17.0% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Águas Claras need?
Águas Claras needs roughly 40,841 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 898.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Águas Claras's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Aguas Claras; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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