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Araçatuba Air quality today
Air quality in Araçatuba currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 52
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.7
- tree cover
- 27.3%
- trees in this area
- 85.8K
- more trees needed
- 8.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vila Mendonca, Araçatuba - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Araçatuba · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Araçatuba's tree count comes to 85,765 trees across 12.57 km², 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 8,482 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Araçatuba today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 205 km, e.g. São José do Rio Preto and Presidente Prudente
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
8.7
PM10
9.8
NO₂
1.9
O₃
119.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
239.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Araçatuba's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 40 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 145 on Nov 5.
Where Araçatuba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Araçatuba: Below target
27.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
85,765
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
8,482
CO₂ if planted / yr
186.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Araçatuba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Araçatuba has lost about 131 hectares of forest (about 180 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 131 haabout 180 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 116 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 63 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 62 ha | 2 ha | 63 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Araçatuba?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 108 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.9% · 9 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.5% · 2 ha
Also: 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
- 1,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,490 ha
- Overall change
- +92 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Araçatuba grew from about 1,400 hectares to 1,490 hectares, a net gain of about 92 hectares (+6.6%). New forest grew on about 152 hectares, while 60 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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- Air quality
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- São José do Rio Preto117.6 km
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- Air quality
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- Marília122.6 km
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- Air quality
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- Três Lagoas140.0 km
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- Air quality
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- Presidente Prudente142.0 km
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Araçatuba right now?
The latest reading for Araçatuba shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Araçatuba today?
At AQI 52 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Araçatuba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Araçatuba's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 40 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 145 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 Araçatuba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Araçatuba has lost about 131 hectares of forest (about 180 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Araçatuba grew from about 1,400 hectares to 1,490 hectares, a net gain of about 92 hectares (+6.6%). New forest grew on about 152 hectares, while 60 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Araçatuba?
Araçatuba has an estimated 85,765 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.3% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Araçatuba need?
Araçatuba needs roughly 8,482 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 186.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Araçatuba'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 Vila Mendonca; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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