City report · Bahia, Brazil
Jequié Air quality today
Air quality in Jequié currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 14
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.5
- tree cover
- 20.3%
- trees in this area
- 63.6K
- more trees needed
- 30.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Jequié - BA, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jequié · AQI 14 (Good)
Jequié's tree count comes to 63,647 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,413 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jequié today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 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
2.5
PM10
3.4
NO₂
1.2
O₃
61.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
125.0
- 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 Jequié's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 6.
Where Jequié stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jequié: Below target
20.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
63,647
Target trees
94,060
More trees needed
30,413
CO₂ if planted / yr
669.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jequié lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jequié has lost about 1,250 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,250 haabout 1,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,200 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 162 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 82 ha | 2 ha | 85 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 88 ha |
| 2005 | 113 ha | under 1 ha | 113 ha |
| 2006 | 161 ha | 1 ha | 162 ha |
| 2007 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2008 | 77 ha | 1 ha | 79 ha |
| 2009 | 77 ha | 3 ha | 80 ha |
| 2010 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2011 | 49 ha | 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2012 | 77 ha | 1 ha | 79 ha |
| 2013 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2014 | 50 ha | 3 ha | 52 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 58 ha | 25 ha | 83 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2022 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2023 | 85 ha | 1 ha | 87 ha |
| 2024 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2025 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jequié?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good91% · 1,140 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.1% · 63 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.7% · 34 ha
Also: 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
- 15,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,100 ha
- Overall change
- −436 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jequié shrank from about 15,500 hectares to 15,100 hectares, a net loss of about 436 hectares (−2.8%). New forest grew on about 121 hectares, but 557 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 Jequié right now?
The latest reading for Jequié shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:00 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 Jequié today?
At AQI 14 (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 Jequié been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jequié's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Jequié lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jequié has lost about 1,250 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jequié shrank from about 15,500 hectares to 15,100 hectares, a net loss of about 436 hectares (−2.8%). New forest grew on about 121 hectares, but 557 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jequié?
Jequié has an estimated 63,647 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 20.3% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jequié need?
Jequié needs roughly 30,413 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 669.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jequié'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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