City report · Paraíba, Brazil
Campina Grande Air quality today
Air quality in Campina Grande currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 33
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.3
- tree cover
- 4.9%
- trees in this area
- 15.3K
- more trees needed
- 78.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Catolé, Campina Grande - PB, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Campina Grande · AQI 33 (Good)
Campina Grande's tree count comes to 15,255 trees across 12.46 km² of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,144 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Campina Grande today: AQI 33, 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
5.3
PM10
6.3
NO₂
5.5
O₃
25.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
151.0
- 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 Campina Grande's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 35 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 5.
Where Campina Grande stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Campina Grande: Critically low
4.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
15,255
Target trees
93,399
More trees needed
78,144
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,719 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Campina Grande lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Campina Grande has lost about 1,130 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,130 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 22%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,130 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 168 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 132 ha | 1 ha | 133 ha |
| 2002 | 168 ha | under 1 ha | 168 ha |
| 2003 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2004 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2005 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 74 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 59 ha | under 1 ha | 59 ha |
| 2008 | 116 ha | 1 ha | 117 ha |
| 2009 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2010 | 71 ha | under 1 ha | 72 ha |
| 2011 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2012 | 142 ha | under 1 ha | 142 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2017 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2019 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2021 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2022 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Campina Grande?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good92% · 1,040 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.8% · 89 ha
Also: 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
- 2,320 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,190 ha
- Overall change
- −126 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Campina Grande shrank from about 2,320 hectares to 2,190 hectares, a net loss of about 126 hectares (−5.4%). New forest grew on about 61 hectares, but 186 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 Campina Grande right now?
The latest reading for Campina Grande shows an AQI of 33 (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 Campina Grande today?
At AQI 33 (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 Campina Grande been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Campina Grande's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 35 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 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 Campina Grande lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Campina Grande has lost about 1,130 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Campina Grande shrank from about 2,320 hectares to 2,190 hectares, a net loss of about 126 hectares (−5.4%). New forest grew on about 61 hectares, but 186 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Campina Grande?
Campina Grande has an estimated 15,255 trees across the 12.46 km² of land measured — 4.9% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Campina Grande need?
Campina Grande needs roughly 78,144 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,719 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Campina Grande'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 Catolé; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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