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Bayugan Air quality today
Air quality in Bayugan currently reads AQI 3 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 3
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.6
- tree cover
- 55.4%
- trees in this area
- 174K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Poblacion, City of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bayugan · AQI 3 (Good)
Bayugan's tree count comes to 174,044 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bayugan today: AQI 3, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Panabo and Davao City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.6
PM10
2.6
NO₂
4.0
O₃
22.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
130.0
- 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 Bayugan's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 8 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 43 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bayugan: Healthy tree cover
55.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
174,044
Target trees
174,044
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bayugan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bayugan has lost about 2,930 hectares of forest (about 4,100 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from February 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,930 haabout 4,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,720 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 112 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 163 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 346 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31 ha | 4 ha | 35 ha |
| 2002 | 36 ha | 4 ha | 40 ha |
| 2003 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2004 | 154 ha | 11 ha | 165 ha |
| 2005 | 71 ha | 2 ha | 73 ha |
| 2006 | 87 ha | 3 ha | 90 ha |
| 2007 | 47 ha | 4 ha | 51 ha |
| 2008 | 30 ha | 3 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 87 ha | 9 ha | 96 ha |
| 2010 | 118 ha | 9 ha | 127 ha |
| 2011 | 128 ha | 9 ha | 137 ha |
| 2012 | 119 ha | 11 ha | 130 ha |
| 2013 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 26 ha |
| 2014 | 312 ha | 34 ha | 346 ha |
| 2015 | 170 ha | 12 ha | 182 ha |
| 2016 | 226 ha | 26 ha | 252 ha |
| 2017 | 238 ha | 30 ha | 268 ha |
| 2018 | 87 ha | 8 ha | 95 ha |
| 2019 | 122 ha | 5 ha | 127 ha |
| 2020 | 70 ha | 6 ha | 75 ha |
| 2021 | 35 ha | 5 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | 264 ha | 4 ha | 268 ha |
| 2023 | 83 ha | 3 ha | 86 ha |
| 2024 | 120 ha | 4 ha | 124 ha |
| 2025 | 41 ha | 1 ha | 43 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bayugan?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 2,720 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back6.9% · 201 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
- 21,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,700 ha
- Overall change
- +15 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bayugan stayed about the same size, at about 21,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 488 hectares, and about 473 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 Bayugan right now?
The latest reading for Bayugan shows an AQI of 3 (Good), observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bayugan today?
At AQI 3 (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 Bayugan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bayugan's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 8 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 43 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 Bayugan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bayugan has lost about 2,930 hectares of forest (about 4,100 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 112 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 163 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bayugan stayed about the same size, at about 21,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 488 hectares, and about 473 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bayugan?
Bayugan has an estimated 174,044 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 55.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bayugan need?
Bayugan has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Bayugan'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 Poblacion; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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