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Itaituba Air quality today

Air quality in Itaituba currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 66

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
15.9
tree cover
14.7%
trees in this area
26.5K
more trees needed
27.5K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Comércio, Itaituba - PA, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Itaituba · AQI 66 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 22, 2026

Itaituba's tree count comes to 26,462 trees across 7.2 km² of land, 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 27,542 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Itaituba today: AQI 66, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 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

15.9

PM10

16.9

NO₂

0.9

O₃

106.0

SO₂

0.8

CO

417.0

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 Itaituba's daily AQI at 101 on average, from 57 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 9.

Last 7 daysavg 101 · peak 159
Nov 5: AQI 101 (peak 124)Nov 6: AQI 107 (peak 151)Nov 7: AQI 114 (peak 153)Nov 8: AQI 108 (peak 135)Nov 9: AQI 115 (peak 159)Nov 10: AQI 104 (peak 158)Nov 11: AQI 57 (peak 70)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Itaituba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Itaituba: Critically low

14.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.2 km² of land.

15 points below target

Trees in this area

26,462

Target trees

54,004

More trees needed

27,542

CO₂ if planted / yr

605.9 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Itaituba lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itaituba has lost about 5,380 hectares of forest (about 7,500 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Itaituba, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
5,380 haabout 7,500 football pitches
Share of its forest
31%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
5,220 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 215 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 254 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 505 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Itaituba, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Itaituba, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.505

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Forest lost each year around Itaituba, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001232 ha7 ha239 ha
2002440 ha3 ha443 ha
2003154 ha2 ha156 ha
2004221 ha3 ha224 ha
200556 haunder 1 ha57 ha
2006134 ha2 ha136 ha
200786 ha2 ha88 ha
2008191 ha2 ha193 ha
2009203 ha3 ha206 ha
201081 ha3 ha84 ha
2011139 ha1 ha140 ha
2012342 ha8 ha350 ha
2013218 ha2 ha220 ha
2014349 ha5 ha354 ha
2015139 ha4 ha143 ha
2016460 ha45 ha505 ha
2017228 ha28 ha256 ha
2018131 ha3 ha134 ha
2019150 ha10 ha160 ha
2020209 ha6 ha215 ha
2021165 ha1 ha166 ha
2022207 ha12 ha219 ha
2023246 ha3 ha249 ha
2024206 ha5 ha211 ha
2025229 ha3 ha232 ha

What is causing deforestation around Itaituba?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 4,650 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good8.5% · 455 ha
  • Mining and energycleared for good2.1% · 113 ha

Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, shifting farming, 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
12,100 ha
Forest in 2020
11,300 ha
Overall change
−759 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itaituba shrank from about 12,100 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net loss of about 759 hectares (−6.3%). New forest grew on about 815 hectares, but 1,580 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 Itaituba right now?

The latest reading for Itaituba shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 13:00 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 Itaituba today?

At AQI 66 (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 Itaituba been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itaituba's daily AQI at 101 on average, from 57 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 9. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Itaituba lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itaituba has lost about 5,380 hectares of forest (about 7,500 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 215 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 254 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itaituba shrank from about 12,100 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net loss of about 759 hectares (−6.3%). New forest grew on about 815 hectares, but 1,580 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Itaituba?

Itaituba has an estimated 26,462 trees across the 7.2 km² of land measured — 14.7% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Itaituba need?

Itaituba needs roughly 27,542 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 605.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Itaituba'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 Comércio; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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