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Governador Valadares Air quality today
Air quality in Governador Valadares currently reads AQI 3 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 3
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.6
- tree cover
- 21.5%
- trees in this area
- 64.6K
- more trees needed
- 25.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nossa Sra. das Gracas, Gov. Valadares - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Governador Valadares · AQI 3 (Good)
Governador Valadares's tree count comes to 64,572 trees across 12.02 km² of land, 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,529 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Governador Valadares today: AQI 3, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Serra and Cariacica
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.6
PM10
3.3
NO₂
3.4
O₃
40.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
112.0
- 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 Governador Valadares's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 13 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 7.
Where Governador Valadares stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Governador Valadares: Below target
21.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.02 km² of land.
Trees in this area
64,572
Target trees
90,101
More trees needed
25,529
CO₂ if planted / yr
561.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Governador Valadares lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Governador Valadares has lost about 217 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (84%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 217 haabout 300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 183 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 45 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | 38 ha | 7 ha | 45 ha |
| 2014 | 31 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 22 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Governador Valadares?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good76% · 164 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.4% · 14 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.1% · 11 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
- 4,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,150 ha
- Overall change
- +152 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Governador Valadares grew from about 4,000 hectares to 4,150 hectares, a net gain of about 152 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 239 hectares, while 87 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 Governador Valadares right now?
The latest reading for Governador Valadares shows an AQI of 3 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Governador Valadares today?
At AQI 3 (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 Governador Valadares been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Governador Valadares's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 13 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Governador Valadares lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Governador Valadares has lost about 217 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (84%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Governador Valadares grew from about 4,000 hectares to 4,150 hectares, a net gain of about 152 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 239 hectares, while 87 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Governador Valadares?
Governador Valadares has an estimated 64,572 trees across the 12.02 km² of land measured — 21.5% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Governador Valadares need?
Governador Valadares needs roughly 25,529 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 561.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Governador Valadares'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 Nossa Sra. das Gracas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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