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Araraquara Air quality today
Air quality in Araraquara 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)
- 7.8
- tree cover
- 18.8%
- trees in this area
- 59.1K
- more trees needed
- 35.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Araraquara · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Araraquara's tree count comes to 59,062 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 35,186 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Araraquara today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Sertãozinho and Ribeirão Preto
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
7.8
PM10
11.3
NO₂
6.3
O₃
58.0
SO₂
4.1
CO
267.0
- 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 Araraquara's daily AQI at 111 on average, from 58 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 265 on Nov 5.
Where Araraquara stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Araraquara: Below target
18.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
59,062
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
35,186
CO₂ if planted / yr
774.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Araraquara lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Araraquara has lost about 420 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 420 haabout 590 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 343 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 84 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 29 ha | 2 ha | 31 ha |
| 2008 | 52 ha | 4 ha | 56 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 78 ha | 7 ha | 84 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 40 ha | 2 ha | 42 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 13 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Araraquara?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good76% · 320 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 55 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.2% · 22 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 4,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,710 ha
- Overall change
- +68 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Araraquara stayed about the same size, at about 4,710 hectares: new forest grew on about 383 hectares, and about 315 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Araraquara
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- São Carlos38.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 24
- Jaú68.3 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 84
- Sertãozinho75.5 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 12
- Ribeirão Preto78.3 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 12
- Leme91.9 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 54
- Rio Claro93.3 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 56
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Araraquara right now?
The latest reading for Araraquara shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 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 Araraquara 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 Araraquara been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Araraquara's daily AQI at 111 on average, from 58 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 265 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Araraquara lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Araraquara has lost about 420 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Araraquara stayed about the same size, at about 4,710 hectares: new forest grew on about 383 hectares, and about 315 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Araraquara?
Araraquara has an estimated 59,062 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.8% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Araraquara need?
Araraquara needs roughly 35,186 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 774.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Araraquara'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 Araraquara; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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