City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ibirité Air quality today
Air quality in Ibirité currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 14
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.8
- tree cover
- 50.3%
- trees in this area
- 158K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vila Nova Esperanca, Ibirité - MG, 32400-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ibirité · AQI 14 (Good)
Ibirité's tree count comes to 158,022 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 Ibirité today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.8
PM10
3.3
NO₂
7.1
O₃
35.0
SO₂
5.8
CO
170.0
- 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 Ibirité's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 14 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6.
Where Ibirité stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ibirité: Healthy tree cover
50.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
158,022
Target trees
158,022
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ibirité lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ibirité has lost about 563 hectares of forest (about 790 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 563 haabout 790 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 469 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 79 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 28 ha | 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2002 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2003 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2004 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 17 ha |
| 2006 | 27 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2008 | 30 ha | 2 ha | 32 ha |
| 2009 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2013 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 67 ha | 12 ha | 79 ha |
| 2015 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 23 ha | 44 ha | 66 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ibirité?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 301 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good22% · 122 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back11% · 60 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, logging, 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
- 9,440 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,050 ha
- Overall change
- −388 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ibirité shrank from about 9,440 hectares to 9,050 hectares, a net loss of about 388 hectares (−4.1%). New forest grew on about 123 hectares, but 511 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 Ibirité right now?
The latest reading for Ibirité shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ibirité today?
At AQI 14 (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 Ibirité been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ibirité's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 14 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 80 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 Ibirité lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ibirité has lost about 563 hectares of forest (about 790 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ibirité shrank from about 9,440 hectares to 9,050 hectares, a net loss of about 388 hectares (−4.1%). New forest grew on about 123 hectares, but 511 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ibirité?
Ibirité has an estimated 158,022 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 50.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ibirité need?
Ibirité has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ibirité'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 Vila Nova Esperanca; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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