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Batangas Air quality today
Air quality in Batangas currently reads AQI 79 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 79
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.9
- tree cover
- 27.9%
- trees in this area
- 80.7K
- more trees needed
- 6.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barangay 9, Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Batangas · AQI 79 (Moderate)
Batangas's tree count comes to 80,726 trees across 11.58 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 6,076 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Batangas today: AQI 79, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 85 km, e.g. City of Santa Rosa and Dasmariñas
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.9
PM10
14.1
NO₂
3.3
O₃
84.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
189.0
- 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 Batangas's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 24 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 49 on Nov 4.
Where Batangas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Batangas: Below target
27.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.58 km² of land.
Trees in this area
80,726
Target trees
86,802
More trees needed
6,076
CO₂ if planted / yr
133.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Batangas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Batangas has lost about 478 hectares of forest (about 670 football pitches): 4.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 478 haabout 670 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 472 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 111 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 39 ha | 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2006 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2007 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 51 ha | 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2010 | 110 ha | 1 ha | 111 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2019 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2025 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Batangas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good68% · 323 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 149 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 14,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,400 ha
- Overall change
- −215 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Batangas stayed about the same size, at about 14,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 98 hectares, and about 313 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 Batangas right now?
The latest reading for Batangas shows an AQI of 79 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 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 Batangas today?
At AQI 79 (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 Batangas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Batangas's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 24 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 49 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Batangas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Batangas has lost about 478 hectares of forest (about 670 football pitches): 4.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Batangas stayed about the same size, at about 14,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 98 hectares, and about 313 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Batangas?
Batangas has an estimated 80,726 trees across the 11.58 km² of land measured — 27.9% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Batangas need?
Batangas needs roughly 6,076 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 133.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Batangas'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 Barangay 9; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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