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Itaquaquecetuba Air quality today
Air quality in Itaquaquecetuba currently reads AQI 20 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 20
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.6
- tree cover
- 16.9%
- trees in this area
- 51.3K
- more trees needed
- 39.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jardim Goncalves, Itaquaquecetuba - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Itaquaquecetuba · AQI 20 (Good)
Itaquaquecetuba's tree count comes to 51,341 trees across 12.16 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 39,797 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Itaquaquecetuba today: AQI 20, 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 · Itaim Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, 7.6 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.6
PM10
13.5
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 Itaquaquecetuba's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 113 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Itaquaquecetuba: Critically low
16.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.16 km² of land.
Trees in this area
51,341
Target trees
91,138
More trees needed
39,797
CO₂ if planted / yr
875.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Itaquaquecetuba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itaquaquecetuba has lost about 665 hectares of forest (about 930 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 665 haabout 930 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 611 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 84 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2004 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 17 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2007 | 82 ha | 2 ha | 84 ha |
| 2008 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2009 | 41 ha | 2 ha | 42 ha |
| 2010 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 35 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
| 2013 | 46 ha | 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2014 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2015 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2017 | 35 ha | 7 ha | 42 ha |
| 2018 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | 32 ha | 6 ha | 38 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Itaquaquecetuba?
- Towns and roadscleared for good88% · 584 ha
- Loggingcan grow back6.9% · 46 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4% · 27 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 7,370 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,110 ha
- Overall change
- −258 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itaquaquecetuba shrank from about 7,370 hectares to 7,110 hectares, a net loss of about 258 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 421 hectares, but 679 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 Itaquaquecetuba right now?
The latest reading for Itaquaquecetuba shows an AQI of 20 (Good), measured Nov 11, 11:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Itaim Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, 7.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Itaquaquecetuba today?
At AQI 20 (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 Itaquaquecetuba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itaquaquecetuba's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 113 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 Itaquaquecetuba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itaquaquecetuba has lost about 665 hectares of forest (about 930 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itaquaquecetuba shrank from about 7,370 hectares to 7,110 hectares, a net loss of about 258 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 421 hectares, but 679 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Itaquaquecetuba?
Itaquaquecetuba has an estimated 51,341 trees across the 12.16 km² of land measured — 16.9% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Itaquaquecetuba need?
Itaquaquecetuba needs roughly 39,797 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 875.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Itaquaquecetuba's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jardim Goncalves, 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 Jardim Goncalves; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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