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Conselheiro Lafaiete Air quality today
Air quality in Conselheiro Lafaiete currently reads AQI 5 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 5
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.9
- tree cover
- 23.4%
- trees in this area
- 73.5K
- more trees needed
- 20.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Conselheiro Lafaiete - MG, 36400-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Conselheiro Lafaiete · AQI 5 (Good)
Conselheiro Lafaiete'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 Conselheiro Lafaiete today: AQI 5, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Queimados and Nova Iguaçu
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.9
PM10
4.4
NO₂
2.3
O₃
55.0
SO₂
6.3
CO
282.0
- 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Conselheiro Lafaiete: 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Conselheiro Lafaiete has lost about 1,080 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 426 hectares (39%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,080 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 426 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 122 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 65 ha | 35 ha | 100 ha |
| 2002 | 20 ha | 35 ha | 55 ha |
| 2003 | 34 ha | 88 ha | 122 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2006 | 18 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2007 | 36 ha | 27 ha | 62 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | 53 ha | 66 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | 20 ha | 34 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 16 ha |
| 2011 | 20 ha | 21 ha | 41 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | 15 ha | 31 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 13 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | 30 ha | 40 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | 39 ha | 55 ha |
| 2016 | 33 ha | 38 ha | 71 ha |
| 2017 | 13 ha | 40 ha | 53 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 13 ha | 25 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 10 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | 12 ha | 33 ha | 45 ha |
| 2022 | 15 ha | 22 ha | 37 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | 10 ha | 19 ha |
| 2024 | 23 ha | 33 ha | 57 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 46 ha | 54 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Conselheiro Lafaiete?
- Loggingcan grow back58% · 622 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good37% · 399 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.9% · 21 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
- 7,960 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,070 ha
- Overall change
- +111 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Conselheiro Lafaiete stayed about the same size, at about 8,070 hectares: new forest grew on about 392 hectares, and about 281 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete right now?
The latest reading for Conselheiro Lafaiete shows an AQI of 5 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Conselheiro Lafaiete today?
At AQI 5 (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 Conselheiro Lafaiete been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Conselheiro Lafaiete's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Conselheiro Lafaiete has lost about 1,080 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 426 hectares (39%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Conselheiro Lafaiete stayed about the same size, at about 8,070 hectares: new forest grew on about 392 hectares, and about 281 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Conselheiro Lafaiete?
Conselheiro Lafaiete 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete need?
Conselheiro Lafaiete 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete'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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