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Igarassu Air quality today
Air quality in Igarassu currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 43
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.4
- tree cover
- 43.0%
- trees in this area
- 133K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Areia Branca, Igarassu - PE, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Igarassu · AQI 43 (Good)
Igarassu's tree count comes to 132,657 trees across 12.34 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Igarassu today: AQI 43, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 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
8.4
PM10
13.9
NO₂
2.6
O₃
36.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
163.0
- 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 Igarassu's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 41 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 5.
Where Igarassu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Igarassu: Healthy tree cover
43.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.34 km² of land.
Trees in this area
132,657
Target trees
132,657
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Igarassu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Igarassu has lost about 1,320 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2020: satellite photo from November 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,320 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,310 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 224 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2002 | 222 ha | 2 ha | 224 ha |
| 2003 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2006 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2007 | 92 ha | 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2008 | 213 ha | 1 ha | 214 ha |
| 2009 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2010 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2011 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2012 | 107 ha | under 1 ha | 107 ha |
| 2013 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2014 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 44 ha | 2 ha | 46 ha |
| 2023 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2024 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Igarassu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 864 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good34% · 444 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 10,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,300 ha
- Overall change
- +141 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Igarassu stayed about the same size, at about 10,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 404 hectares, and about 263 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 Igarassu right now?
The latest reading for Igarassu shows an AQI of 43 (Good), observed Nov 10, 20:00 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 Igarassu today?
At AQI 43 (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 Igarassu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Igarassu's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 41 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 56 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 Igarassu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Igarassu has lost about 1,320 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Igarassu stayed about the same size, at about 10,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 404 hectares, and about 263 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Igarassu?
Igarassu has an estimated 132,657 trees across the 12.34 km² of land measured — 43.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Igarassu need?
Igarassu has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Igarassu'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 Areia Branca; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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