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Bragança Paulista Air quality today
Air quality in Bragança Paulista currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 53
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.4
- tree cover
- 23.4%
- trees in this area
- 73.5K
- more trees needed
- 20.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Bragança Paulista - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bragança Paulista · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Bragança Paulista's tree count comes to 73,513 trees across 12.57 km², 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 20,735 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bragança Paulista today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Itatiba and Mairiporã
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
8.4
PM10
2.5
NO₂
3.9
O₃
30.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
148.0
- 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 Bragança Paulista's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 103 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bragança Paulista: Below target
23.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
73,513
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
20,735
CO₂ if planted / yr
456.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bragança Paulista lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bragança Paulista has lost about 3,020 hectares of forest (about 4,200 football pitches): 29% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 712 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,020 haabout 4,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 29%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 712 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 71 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 113 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2004, when about 323 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24 ha | 103 ha | 127 ha |
| 2002 | 34 ha | 96 ha | 130 ha |
| 2003 | 108 ha | 190 ha | 298 ha |
| 2004 | 176 ha | 147 ha | 323 ha |
| 2005 | 39 ha | 97 ha | 136 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | 12 ha | 22 ha |
| 2007 | 67 ha | 196 ha | 263 ha |
| 2008 | 15 ha | 32 ha | 47 ha |
| 2009 | 31 ha | 102 ha | 133 ha |
| 2010 | 18 ha | 91 ha | 109 ha |
| 2011 | 11 ha | 24 ha | 34 ha |
| 2012 | 14 ha | 43 ha | 57 ha |
| 2013 | 18 ha | 141 ha | 159 ha |
| 2014 | 11 ha | 132 ha | 143 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | 108 ha | 115 ha |
| 2016 | 26 ha | 105 ha | 131 ha |
| 2017 | 22 ha | 154 ha | 176 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 82 ha | 90 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 96 ha | 112 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 44 ha | 55 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 111 ha | 116 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | 47 ha | 50 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | 57 ha | 64 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | 51 ha | 66 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 45 ha | 58 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bragança Paulista?
- Loggingcan grow back76% · 2,290 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good20% · 605 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.4% · 103 ha
Also: wildfires, mining and energy, 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
- 11,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,000 ha
- Overall change
- −269 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bragança Paulista shrank from about 11,300 hectares to 11,000 hectares, a net loss of about 269 hectares (−2.4%). New forest grew on about 920 hectares, but 1,190 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 Bragança Paulista right now?
The latest reading for Bragança Paulista shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 45 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 Bragança Paulista today?
At AQI 53 (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 Bragança Paulista been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bragança Paulista's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 103 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 Bragança Paulista lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bragança Paulista has lost about 3,020 hectares of forest (about 4,200 football pitches): 29% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 712 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 71 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 113 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bragança Paulista shrank from about 11,300 hectares to 11,000 hectares, a net loss of about 269 hectares (−2.4%). New forest grew on about 920 hectares, but 1,190 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bragança Paulista?
Bragança Paulista has an estimated 73,513 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 23.4% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bragança Paulista need?
Bragança Paulista needs roughly 20,735 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 456.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bragança Paulista'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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