City report · Western Visayas, Philippines
Iloilo Air quality today
Air quality in Iloilo currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 22
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.0
- tree cover
- 26.7%
- trees in this area
- 57.7K
- more trees needed
- 7.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Liberation, Iloilo City Proper, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Iloilo · AQI 22 (Good)
Iloilo's tree count comes to 57,710 trees across 8.65 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 7,133 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Iloilo today: AQI 22, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Burger King, Iloilo City, 2.1 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Iloilo City - Environment and Natural Resources Office, Amihan Initiative
- 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 Iloilo's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 19 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 39 on Nov 4.
Where Iloilo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Iloilo: Below target
26.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.65 km² of land.
Trees in this area
57,710
Target trees
64,843
More trees needed
7,133
CO₂ if planted / yr
156.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Iloilo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iloilo has lost about 335 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 335 haabout 470 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 306 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 34 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Iloilo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good85% · 286 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.2% · 21 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back4.1% · 14 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
- 8,530 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,670 ha
- Overall change
- +136 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iloilo stayed about the same size, at about 8,670 hectares: new forest grew on about 244 hectares, and about 108 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 Iloilo right now?
The latest reading for Iloilo shows an AQI of 22 (Good), measured Nov 12, 01:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Burger King, Iloilo City, 2.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Iloilo today?
At AQI 22 (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 Iloilo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iloilo's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 19 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 39 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Iloilo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iloilo has lost about 335 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iloilo stayed about the same size, at about 8,670 hectares: new forest grew on about 244 hectares, and about 108 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Iloilo?
Iloilo has an estimated 57,710 trees across the 8.65 km² of land measured — 26.7% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Iloilo need?
Iloilo needs roughly 7,133 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 156.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Iloilo's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Liberation, 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 Liberation; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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