City report · Northern Mindanao, Philippines
Iligan Air quality today
Air quality in Iligan currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 33
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.4
- tree cover
- 34.8%
- trees in this area
- 87.0K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Villa Verde, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Iligan · AQI 33 (Good)
Iligan's tree count comes to 87,025 trees across 10.01 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Iligan today: AQI 33, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 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. Panabo and Davao City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.4
PM10
9.8
NO₂
12.6
O₃
27.0
SO₂
4.2
CO
347.0
- 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 Iligan's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Iligan: Healthy tree cover
34.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.01 km² of land.
Trees in this area
87,025
Target trees
87,025
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Iligan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iligan has lost about 526 hectares of forest (about 740 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 526 haabout 740 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 499 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 51 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 24 ha | 3 ha | 26 ha |
| 2005 | 22 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2006 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2007 | 17 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 31 ha | 3 ha | 34 ha |
| 2010 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2012 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2015 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2016 | 49 ha | 2 ha | 51 ha |
| 2017 | 18 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2018 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2020 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 21 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Iligan?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good64% · 338 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 156 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back3.7% · 19 ha
Also: 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
- 17,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,200 ha
- Overall change
- −305 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iligan stayed about the same size, at about 17,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 63 hectares, and about 369 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 Iligan right now?
The latest reading for Iligan shows an AQI of 33 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 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 Iligan today?
At AQI 33 (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 Iligan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iligan's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Iligan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iligan has lost about 526 hectares of forest (about 740 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iligan stayed about the same size, at about 17,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 63 hectares, and about 369 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Iligan?
Iligan has an estimated 87,025 trees across the 10.01 km² of land measured — 34.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Iligan need?
Iligan has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Iligan'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 Villa Verde; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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