City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Betim Air quality today
Air quality in Betim currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 13
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.3
- tree cover
- 31.8%
- trees in this area
- 99.9K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Betim - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Betim · AQI 13 (Good)
Betim's tree count comes to 99,903 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 Betim today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 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
2.3
PM10
2.7
NO₂
5.9
O₃
41.0
SO₂
4.4
CO
140.0
- 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 Betim's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 14 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6.
Where Betim stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Betim: Healthy tree cover
31.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
99,903
Target trees
99,903
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Betim lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Betim has lost about 847 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 847 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 803 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 102 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 43 ha | 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2002 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2003 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2004 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2005 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2006 | 41 ha | 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2007 | 38 ha | 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2008 | 40 ha | 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2009 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2010 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2012 | 28 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
| 2013 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2014 | 68 ha | 2 ha | 69 ha |
| 2015 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 26 ha | 4 ha | 29 ha |
| 2017 | 42 ha | 4 ha | 46 ha |
| 2018 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 57 ha | 14 ha | 70 ha |
| 2024 | 29 ha | 6 ha | 35 ha |
| 2025 | 101 ha | 1 ha | 102 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Betim?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 394 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good30% · 255 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 154 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 10,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,100 ha
- Overall change
- −406 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Betim shrank from about 10,500 hectares to 10,100 hectares, a net loss of about 406 hectares (−3.9%). New forest grew on about 114 hectares, but 521 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 Betim right now?
The latest reading for Betim shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 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 Betim today?
At AQI 13 (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 Betim been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Betim's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 14 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Betim lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Betim has lost about 847 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Betim shrank from about 10,500 hectares to 10,100 hectares, a net loss of about 406 hectares (−3.9%). New forest grew on about 114 hectares, but 521 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Betim?
Betim has an estimated 99,903 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 31.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Betim need?
Betim has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Betim'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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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