City report · Northern Mindanao, Philippines
Cagayan de Oro Air quality today
Air quality in Cagayan de Oro currently reads AQI 11 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 11
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.2
- tree cover
- 29.7%
- trees in this area
- 90.5K
- more trees needed
- 914
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barangay 29, Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cagayan de Oro · AQI 11 (Good)
Cagayan de Oro's tree count comes to 90,506 trees across 12.19 km² of land, 0 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 914 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cagayan de Oro today: AQI 11, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Panabo and Davao City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.2
PM10
3.3
NO₂
5.3
O₃
25.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
252.0
- 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 Cagayan de Oro's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 13 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 5.
Where Cagayan de Oro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cagayan de Oro: Below target
29.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.19 km² of land.
Trees in this area
90,506
Target trees
91,420
More trees needed
914
CO₂ if planted / yr
20.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cagayan de Oro lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cagayan de Oro has lost about 350 hectares of forest (about 490 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 350 haabout 490 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 343 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 55 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2007 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 20 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2010 | 54 ha | 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cagayan de Oro?
- Towns and roadscleared for good63% · 220 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good33% · 117 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.7% · 6 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
- 10,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,800 ha
- Overall change
- −41 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cagayan de Oro stayed about the same size, at about 10,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 343 hectares, and about 384 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 Cagayan de Oro
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Manolo Fortich27.0 km
Philippines
- Tree cover
- 61%
- Air quality
- 12
- Iligan52.6 km
Philippines
- Tree cover
- 35%
- Air quality
- 33
- Gingoog62.9 km
Philippines
- Tree cover
- 47%
- Air quality
- 6
- Marawi City66.6 km
Philippines
- Tree cover
- 40%
- Air quality
- 4
- NIA Valencia80.7 km
Philippines
- Tree cover
- 46%
- Air quality
- 4
- Maramag89.1 km
Philippines
- Tree cover
- 54%
- Air quality
- 3
Build your own
Compare Cagayan de Oro with anywhere
This place
Cagayan de Oro
Use this data
Put Cagayan de Oro's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Cagayan de Oro
What is the air quality (AQI) in Cagayan de Oro right now?
The latest reading for Cagayan de Oro shows an AQI of 11 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cagayan de Oro today?
At AQI 11 (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 Cagayan de Oro been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cagayan de Oro's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 13 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 62 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 Cagayan de Oro lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cagayan de Oro has lost about 350 hectares of forest (about 490 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cagayan de Oro stayed about the same size, at about 10,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 343 hectares, and about 384 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cagayan de Oro?
Cagayan de Oro has an estimated 90,506 trees across the 12.19 km² of land measured — 29.7% tree cover, 0 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cagayan de Oro need?
Cagayan de Oro needs roughly 914 more trees to close a 0-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 20.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cagayan de Oro'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 29; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address