City report · Pernambuco, Brazil
Ipojuca Air quality today
Air quality in Ipojuca currently reads AQI 71 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 71
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.8
- tree cover
- 20.2%
- trees in this area
- 63.5K
- more trees needed
- 30.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ipojuca · AQI 71 (Moderate)
Ipojuca's tree count comes to 63,460 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,788 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ipojuca today: AQI 71, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.8
PM10
17.2
NO₂
7.4
O₃
32.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
191.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ipojuca's daily AQI at 78 on average, from 64 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 6.
Where Ipojuca stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ipojuca: Below target
20.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
63,460
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
30,788
CO₂ if planted / yr
677.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ipojuca lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ipojuca has lost about 731 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 5.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2019: satellite photo from October 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 731 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 716 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 145 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 23 ha | 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2002 | 63 ha | 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2003 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2006 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2007 | 55 ha | 2 ha | 57 ha |
| 2008 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2009 | 62 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2010 | 89 ha | under 1 ha | 90 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2012 | 142 ha | 3 ha | 145 ha |
| 2013 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ipojuca?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good63% · 462 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 217 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5% · 37 ha
Also: 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
- 5,690 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,870 ha
- Overall change
- +187 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ipojuca grew from about 5,690 hectares to 5,870 hectares, a net gain of about 187 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 312 hectares, while 125 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 Ipojuca right now?
The latest reading for Ipojuca shows an AQI of 71 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ipojuca today?
At AQI 71 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Ipojuca been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ipojuca's daily AQI at 78 on average, from 64 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 163 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 Ipojuca lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ipojuca has lost about 731 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 5.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ipojuca grew from about 5,690 hectares to 5,870 hectares, a net gain of about 187 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 312 hectares, while 125 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ipojuca?
Ipojuca has an estimated 63,460 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.2% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ipojuca need?
Ipojuca needs roughly 30,788 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 677.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ipojuca'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 Ipojuca; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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