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Caraguatatuba Air quality today
Air quality in Caraguatatuba currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 23
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.1
- tree cover
- 44.9%
- trees in this area
- 115K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Caraguatatuba - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Caraguatatuba · AQI 23 (Good)
Caraguatatuba's tree count comes to 114,821 trees across 10.23 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Caraguatatuba today: AQI 23, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil, 20.6 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.1
PM10
14.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
- 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 Caraguatatuba's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 31 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 5.
Where Caraguatatuba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Caraguatatuba: Healthy tree cover
44.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.23 km² of land.
Trees in this area
114,821
Target trees
114,821
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Caraguatatuba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Caraguatatuba has lost about 272 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 272 haabout 380 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 193 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 50 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | 35 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 24 ha | 6 ha | 30 ha |
| 2017 | 26 ha | 24 ha | 50 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 11 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Caraguatatuba?
- Towns and roadscleared for good59% · 161 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back18% · 48 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good9.7% · 26 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 14,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,400 ha
- Overall change
- +36 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Caraguatatuba stayed about the same size, at about 14,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 182 hectares, and about 145 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 Caraguatatuba right now?
The latest reading for Caraguatatuba shows an AQI of 23 (Good), measured Nov 11, 11:00 local time by the São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil ground monitoring station, 20.6 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Caraguatatuba today?
At AQI 23 (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 Caraguatatuba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Caraguatatuba's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 31 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 68 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 Caraguatatuba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Caraguatatuba has lost about 272 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Caraguatatuba stayed about the same size, at about 14,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 182 hectares, and about 145 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Caraguatatuba?
Caraguatatuba has an estimated 114,821 trees across the 10.23 km² of land measured — 44.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Caraguatatuba need?
Caraguatatuba has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Caraguatatuba's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Centro, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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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