City report · Davao Region, Philippines
Davao Air quality today
Air quality in Davao currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.0
- tree cover
- 10.0%
- trees in this area
- 25.7K
- more trees needed
- 51.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barangay 32-D, Poblacion District, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Davao · AQI 6 (Good)
Davao's tree count comes to 25,667 trees across 10.27 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 51,334 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Davao today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Illumina, 8 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Ethan Brooke
- 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 Davao's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 6.
Where Davao stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Davao: Critically low
10.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.27 km² of land.
Trees in this area
25,667
Target trees
77,001
More trees needed
51,334
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,129 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Davao lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Davao has lost about 1,330 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,330 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,320 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 30 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 64 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 205 hectares of forest were lost.
Davao's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2002 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2003 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2005 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2006 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2007 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2008 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2010 | 204 ha | 1 ha | 205 ha |
| 2011 | 96 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2012 | 87 ha | under 1 ha | 87 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2014 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2016 | 161 ha | under 1 ha | 161 ha |
| 2017 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2018 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2019 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2020 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2021 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2022 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2023 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2024 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2025 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Davao?
- Towns and roadscleared for good62% · 824 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good34% · 446 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4% · 53 ha
Also: 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
- 10,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,270 ha
- Overall change
- −1,280 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Davao shrank from about 10,500 hectares to 9,270 hectares, a net loss of about 1,280 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 110 hectares, but 1,380 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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Questions about Davao
What is the air quality (AQI) in Davao right now?
The latest reading for Davao shows an AQI of 6 (Good), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by the Illumina ground monitoring station, 8 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Davao today?
At AQI 6 (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 Davao been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Davao's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Davao lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Davao has lost about 1,330 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 30 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 64 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Davao shrank from about 10,500 hectares to 9,270 hectares, a net loss of about 1,280 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 110 hectares, but 1,380 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Davao?
Davao has an estimated 25,667 trees across the 10.27 km² of land measured — 10.0% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Davao need?
Davao needs roughly 51,334 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,129 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Davao's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Barangay 32-D, 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 Barangay 32-D; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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