City report · Bahia, Brazil
Itabuna Air quality today
Air quality in Itabuna currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.8
- tree cover
- 30.6%
- trees in this area
- 95.4K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jardim Italamar, Itabuna - BA, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Itabuna · AQI 12 (Good)
Itabuna's tree count comes to 95,364 trees across 12.47 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Itabuna today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 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
1.8
PM10
2.3
NO₂
1.3
O₃
54.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
109.0
- 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 Itabuna's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 21 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 6.
Where Itabuna stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Itabuna: Healthy tree cover
30.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
95,364
Target trees
95,364
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Itabuna lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itabuna has lost about 3,280 hectares of forest (about 4,600 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,280 haabout 4,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,270 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 99 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 143 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 554 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 105 ha | under 1 ha | 105 ha |
| 2002 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 82 ha |
| 2003 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2004 | 72 ha | under 1 ha | 72 ha |
| 2005 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 82 ha |
| 2006 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2007 | 129 ha | 1 ha | 130 ha |
| 2008 | 554 ha | under 1 ha | 554 ha |
| 2009 | 80 ha | under 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2010 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2011 | 58 ha | under 1 ha | 59 ha |
| 2012 | 130 ha | under 1 ha | 130 ha |
| 2013 | 148 ha | 1 ha | 149 ha |
| 2014 | 173 ha | 1 ha | 174 ha |
| 2015 | 306 ha | 3 ha | 309 ha |
| 2016 | 427 ha | under 1 ha | 427 ha |
| 2017 | 152 ha | 4 ha | 156 ha |
| 2018 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2019 | 71 ha | under 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2020 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2021 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2022 | 134 ha | under 1 ha | 134 ha |
| 2023 | 152 ha | under 1 ha | 152 ha |
| 2024 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2025 | 117 ha | under 1 ha | 117 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Itabuna?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good89% · 2,930 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 334 ha
Also: shifting farming, logging, 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
- 21,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 19,800 ha
- Overall change
- −1,580 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itabuna shrank from about 21,400 hectares to 19,800 hectares, a net loss of about 1,580 hectares (−7.4%). New forest grew on about 192 hectares, but 1,770 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 Itabuna right now?
The latest reading for Itabuna shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 10, 20:00 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 Itabuna today?
At AQI 12 (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 Itabuna been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itabuna's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 21 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 58 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 Itabuna lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itabuna has lost about 3,280 hectares of forest (about 4,600 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 99 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 143 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itabuna shrank from about 21,400 hectares to 19,800 hectares, a net loss of about 1,580 hectares (−7.4%). New forest grew on about 192 hectares, but 1,770 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Itabuna?
Itabuna has an estimated 95,364 trees across the 12.47 km² of land measured — 30.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Itabuna need?
Itabuna has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Itabuna'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 Jardim Italamar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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