City report · São Paulo, Brazil
Itu Air quality today
Air quality in Itu currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 44
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.7
- tree cover
- 25.4%
- trees in this area
- 79.8K
- more trees needed
- 14.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Itu - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Itu · AQI 44 (Good)
Itu's tree count comes to 79,796 trees across 12.57 km², 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 14,451 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Itu today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Indaiatuba and Sorocaba
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.7
PM10
9.6
NO₂
16.0
O₃
20.0
SO₂
6.0
CO
176.0
- 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 Itu's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 38 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 5.
Where Itu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Itu: Below target
25.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
79,796
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
14,451
CO₂ if planted / yr
317.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Itu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itu has lost about 1,390 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,390 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 866 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 242 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 66 ha | 34 ha | 100 ha |
| 2002 | 61 ha | 23 ha | 84 ha |
| 2003 | 50 ha | 11 ha | 61 ha |
| 2004 | 26 ha | 17 ha | 44 ha |
| 2005 | 22 ha | 10 ha | 31 ha |
| 2006 | 60 ha | 21 ha | 81 ha |
| 2007 | 15 ha | 57 ha | 73 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | 51 ha | 71 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | 17 ha | 25 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 16 ha | 30 ha |
| 2011 | 191 ha | 14 ha | 205 ha |
| 2012 | 232 ha | 10 ha | 242 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 14 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | 21 ha | 29 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | 14 ha | 18 ha |
| 2016 | 12 ha | 31 ha | 43 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 25 ha | 31 ha |
| 2018 | 6 ha | 10 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 28 ha | 34 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 13 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 45 ha | 55 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | 4 ha | 12 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 16 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 28 ha | 41 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Itu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 664 ha
- Loggingcan grow back37% · 515 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 196 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, 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
- 8,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,020 ha
- Overall change
- −438 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itu shrank from about 8,460 hectares to 8,020 hectares, a net loss of about 438 hectares (−5.2%). New forest grew on about 549 hectares, but 987 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Itu
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Indaiatuba21.5 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 17
- Sorocaba31.0 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 40
- Jundiaí43.3 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 62
- Santana de Parnaíba43.8 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 50%
- Air quality
- 51
- Valinhos45.0 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 22
- Campinas46.7 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 22
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Itu right now?
The latest reading for Itu shows an AQI of 44 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Itu today?
At AQI 44 (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 Itu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itu's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 38 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 5. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Itu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itu has lost about 1,390 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itu shrank from about 8,460 hectares to 8,020 hectares, a net loss of about 438 hectares (−5.2%). New forest grew on about 549 hectares, but 987 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Itu?
Itu has an estimated 79,796 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 25.4% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Itu need?
Itu needs roughly 14,451 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 317.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Itu'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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