City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ipatinga Air quality today
Air quality in Ipatinga currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 8
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.4
- tree cover
- 18.2%
- trees in this area
- 57.2K
- more trees needed
- 37.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Parque Ipanema, Ipatinga - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ipatinga · AQI 8 (Good)
Ipatinga's tree count comes to 57,177 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,071 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ipatinga today: AQI 8, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Cariacica and Serra
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.4
PM10
6.8
NO₂
10.1
O₃
27.0
SO₂
9.7
CO
357.0
- 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 Ipatinga's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 27 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 8.
Where Ipatinga stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ipatinga: Below target
18.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
57,177
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
37,071
CO₂ if planted / yr
815.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ipatinga lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ipatinga has lost about 5,210 hectares of forest (about 7,300 football pitches): 30% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 1,200 hectares (23%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,210 haabout 7,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 30%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,200 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 70 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 250 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 865 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 138 ha | 62 ha | 200 ha |
| 2002 | 161 ha | 313 ha | 474 ha |
| 2003 | 61 ha | 251 ha | 312 ha |
| 2004 | 24 ha | 2 ha | 26 ha |
| 2005 | 114 ha | 751 ha | 865 ha |
| 2006 | 20 ha | 102 ha | 122 ha |
| 2007 | 60 ha | 96 ha | 155 ha |
| 2008 | 24 ha | 19 ha | 43 ha |
| 2009 | 41 ha | 309 ha | 349 ha |
| 2010 | 96 ha | 448 ha | 543 ha |
| 2011 | 56 ha | 126 ha | 182 ha |
| 2012 | 74 ha | 77 ha | 151 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | 85 ha | 93 ha |
| 2014 | 19 ha | 40 ha | 59 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | 26 ha | 34 ha |
| 2016 | 49 ha | 203 ha | 252 ha |
| 2017 | 41 ha | 285 ha | 326 ha |
| 2018 | 26 ha | 554 ha | 580 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | 24 ha | 42 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 42 ha | 48 ha |
| 2021 | 27 ha | 24 ha | 50 ha |
| 2022 | 21 ha | 126 ha | 147 ha |
| 2023 | 44 ha | 6 ha | 50 ha |
| 2024 | 41 ha | 25 ha | 66 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | 8 ha | 37 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ipatinga?
- Loggingcan grow back71% · 3,720 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 921 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back5% · 258 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 16,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,300 ha
- Overall change
- −1,250 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ipatinga shrank from about 16,600 hectares to 15,300 hectares, a net loss of about 1,250 hectares (−7.5%). New forest grew on about 558 hectares, but 1,810 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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Frequently asked
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Ipatinga right now?
The latest reading for Ipatinga shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Ipatinga today?
At AQI 8 (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 Ipatinga been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ipatinga's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 27 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ipatinga lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ipatinga has lost about 5,210 hectares of forest (about 7,300 football pitches): 30% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 1,200 hectares (23%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 70 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 250 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ipatinga shrank from about 16,600 hectares to 15,300 hectares, a net loss of about 1,250 hectares (−7.5%). New forest grew on about 558 hectares, but 1,810 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ipatinga?
Ipatinga has an estimated 57,177 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.2% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ipatinga need?
Ipatinga needs roughly 37,071 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 815.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ipatinga'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 Parque Ipanema; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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