City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Itabira Air quality today
Air quality in Itabira currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 22
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.7
- tree cover
- 29.8%
- trees in this area
- 93.5K
- more trees needed
- 628
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Itabira - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Itabira · AQI 22 (Good)
Itabira's tree count comes to 93,526 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 0 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 628 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Itabira today: AQI 22, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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
4.7
PM10
5.1
NO₂
5.1
O₃
49.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
101.0
- 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 Itabira's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 7.
Where Itabira stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Itabira: Below target
29.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
93,526
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
628
CO₂ if planted / yr
13.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Itabira lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itabira has lost about 3,440 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (39%), after which forest can grow back. About 1,440 hectares (42%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,440 haabout 4,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 20%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,440 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 157 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 221 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 387 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 44 ha | 63 ha | 106 ha |
| 2002 | 31 ha | 13 ha | 45 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | 27 ha | 37 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 57 ha | 214 ha | 271 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | 95 ha | 125 ha |
| 2007 | 116 ha | 25 ha | 141 ha |
| 2008 | 37 ha | 23 ha | 60 ha |
| 2009 | 59 ha | 5 ha | 64 ha |
| 2010 | 32 ha | 11 ha | 42 ha |
| 2011 | 61 ha | 14 ha | 75 ha |
| 2012 | 145 ha | 12 ha | 157 ha |
| 2013 | 58 ha | 26 ha | 84 ha |
| 2014 | 52 ha | 124 ha | 176 ha |
| 2015 | 82 ha | 73 ha | 155 ha |
| 2016 | 76 ha | 117 ha | 193 ha |
| 2017 | 103 ha | 284 ha | 387 ha |
| 2018 | 88 ha | 63 ha | 151 ha |
| 2019 | 66 ha | 55 ha | 121 ha |
| 2020 | 71 ha | 182 ha | 252 ha |
| 2021 | 24 ha | 91 ha | 115 ha |
| 2022 | 70 ha | 100 ha | 170 ha |
| 2023 | 43 ha | 204 ha | 247 ha |
| 2024 | 39 ha | 79 ha | 118 ha |
| 2025 | 41 ha | 95 ha | 136 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Itabira?
- Loggingcan grow back39% · 1,350 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good27% · 944 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back18% · 619 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, towns and roads, 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
- 15,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,800 ha
- Overall change
- −950 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itabira shrank from about 15,800 hectares to 14,800 hectares, a net loss of about 950 hectares (−6%). New forest grew on about 573 hectares, but 1,520 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 Itabira right now?
The latest reading for Itabira shows an AQI of 22 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Itabira 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 Itabira been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itabira's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Itabira lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itabira has lost about 3,440 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (39%), after which forest can grow back. About 1,440 hectares (42%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 157 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 221 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itabira shrank from about 15,800 hectares to 14,800 hectares, a net loss of about 950 hectares (−6%). New forest grew on about 573 hectares, but 1,520 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Itabira?
Itabira has an estimated 93,526 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 29.8% tree cover, 0 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Itabira need?
Itabira needs roughly 628 more trees to close a 0-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 13.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Itabira'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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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