City report · Espírito Santo, Brazil
Cariacica Air quality today
Air quality in Cariacica currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 16
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 50.9%
- trees in this area
- 160K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Cariacica Sede, Cariacica - ES, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cariacica · AQI 16 (Good)
Cariacica's tree count comes to 159,907 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 Cariacica today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:30 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Vitória - Centro, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 11.1 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.9
PM10
12.6
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, IEMA - Instituto Estadual de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos
- 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 Cariacica's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 43 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 5.
Where Cariacica stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cariacica: Healthy tree cover
50.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
159,907
Target trees
159,907
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cariacica lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cariacica has lost about 795 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 795 haabout 1,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 691 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 29 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 61 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 160 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 41 ha | 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2003 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 32 ha | 12 ha | 44 ha |
| 2008 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 48 ha | 7 ha | 55 ha |
| 2015 | 24 ha | 5 ha | 29 ha |
| 2016 | 31 ha | 12 ha | 43 ha |
| 2017 | 135 ha | 25 ha | 160 ha |
| 2018 | 53 ha | 12 ha | 65 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 18 ha | 5 ha | 23 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 38 ha | 2 ha | 40 ha |
| 2023 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2024 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2025 | 27 ha | 5 ha | 32 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cariacica?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good59% · 469 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 159 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.8% · 62 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 12,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,000 ha
- Overall change
- −49 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cariacica stayed about the same size, at about 12,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 338 hectares, and about 386 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 Cariacica right now?
The latest reading for Cariacica shows an AQI of 16 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:30 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Vitória - Centro, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 11.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cariacica today?
At AQI 16 (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 Cariacica been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cariacica's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 43 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 64 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 Cariacica lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cariacica has lost about 795 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 29 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 61 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cariacica stayed about the same size, at about 12,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 338 hectares, and about 386 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cariacica?
Cariacica has an estimated 159,907 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 50.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cariacica need?
Cariacica has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Cariacica's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Cariacica Sede, 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 Cariacica Sede; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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