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Itapecerica da Serra Air quality today
Air quality in Itapecerica da Serra currently reads AQI 40 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 40
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.2
- tree cover
- 61.7%
- trees in this area
- 194K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Itapecerica da Serra - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Itapecerica da Serra · AQI 40 (Good)
Itapecerica da Serra's tree count comes to 193,836 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Itapecerica da Serra today: AQI 40, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Capão Redondo, São Paulo, Brazil, 8.9 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
- 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 Itapecerica da Serra's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 106 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Itapecerica da Serra: Healthy tree cover
61.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
193,836
Target trees
193,836
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Itapecerica da Serra lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itapecerica da Serra has lost about 1,890 hectares of forest (about 2,600 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,890 haabout 2,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,700 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 104 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 175 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 36 ha | 11 ha | 47 ha |
| 2002 | 33 ha | 5 ha | 38 ha |
| 2003 | 35 ha | 10 ha | 46 ha |
| 2004 | 66 ha | 18 ha | 85 ha |
| 2005 | 44 ha | 12 ha | 55 ha |
| 2006 | 34 ha | 6 ha | 40 ha |
| 2007 | 162 ha | 12 ha | 174 ha |
| 2008 | 75 ha | 2 ha | 77 ha |
| 2009 | 106 ha | 9 ha | 115 ha |
| 2010 | 59 ha | 4 ha | 62 ha |
| 2011 | 29 ha | 3 ha | 32 ha |
| 2012 | 42 ha | 3 ha | 46 ha |
| 2013 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | 5 ha | 32 ha |
| 2015 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 36 ha |
| 2016 | 41 ha | 3 ha | 44 ha |
| 2017 | 166 ha | 9 ha | 175 ha |
| 2018 | 54 ha | 6 ha | 60 ha |
| 2019 | 110 ha | 4 ha | 114 ha |
| 2020 | 68 ha | 6 ha | 74 ha |
| 2021 | 116 ha | 10 ha | 126 ha |
| 2022 | 68 ha | 11 ha | 79 ha |
| 2023 | 101 ha | 12 ha | 113 ha |
| 2024 | 73 ha | 9 ha | 81 ha |
| 2025 | 107 ha | 16 ha | 123 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Itapecerica da Serra?
- Towns and roadscleared for good65% · 1,240 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good20% · 373 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8.7% · 164 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 20,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,200 ha
- Overall change
- −473 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itapecerica da Serra shrank from about 20,700 hectares to 20,200 hectares, a net loss of about 473 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 353 hectares, but 826 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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Questions about Itapecerica da Serra
What is the air quality (AQI) in Itapecerica da Serra right now?
The latest reading for Itapecerica da Serra shows an AQI of 40 (Good), measured Nov 11, 11:00 local time by the Capão Redondo, São Paulo, Brazil ground monitoring station, 8.9 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Itapecerica da Serra today?
At AQI 40 (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 Itapecerica da Serra been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itapecerica da Serra's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 106 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Itapecerica da Serra lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itapecerica da Serra has lost about 1,890 hectares of forest (about 2,600 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 104 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itapecerica da Serra shrank from about 20,700 hectares to 20,200 hectares, a net loss of about 473 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 353 hectares, but 826 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Itapecerica da Serra?
Itapecerica da Serra has an estimated 193,836 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 61.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Itapecerica da Serra need?
Itapecerica da Serra has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Itapecerica da Serra's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Centro, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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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