City report · Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
Jolo Air quality today
Air quality in Jolo currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 19
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.8
- tree cover
- 35.9%
- trees in this area
- 79.7K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Raymundo, Jolo, Sulu, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jolo · AQI 19 (Good)
Jolo's tree count comes to 79,738 trees across 8.89 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jolo today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 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
3.8
PM10
5.0
NO₂
0.4
O₃
62.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
134.0
- 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 Jolo's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 10 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 31 on Nov 10.
Where Jolo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jolo: Healthy tree cover
35.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.89 km² of land.
Trees in this area
79,738
Target trees
79,738
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jolo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jolo has lost about 497 hectares of forest (about 700 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 497 haabout 700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 412 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 67 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 16 ha | 5 ha | 21 ha |
| 2005 | 16 ha | 9 ha | 25 ha |
| 2006 | 27 ha | 5 ha | 32 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 35 ha | 7 ha | 42 ha |
| 2009 | 37 ha | 5 ha | 42 ha |
| 2010 | 60 ha | 8 ha | 67 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | 3 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 32 ha | 8 ha | 39 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 19 ha | 5 ha | 24 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | 7 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 17 ha | 4 ha | 21 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jolo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good73% · 361 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back14% · 71 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 51 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 17,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,300 ha
- Overall change
- −22 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jolo stayed about the same size, at about 17,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 28 hectares, and about 50 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 Jolo right now?
The latest reading for Jolo shows an AQI of 19 (Good), observed Nov 11, 15:00 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 Jolo today?
At AQI 19 (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 Jolo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jolo's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 10 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 31 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jolo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jolo has lost about 497 hectares of forest (about 700 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jolo stayed about the same size, at about 17,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 28 hectares, and about 50 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jolo?
Jolo has an estimated 79,738 trees across the 8.89 km² of land measured — 35.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jolo need?
Jolo has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Jolo'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 San Raymundo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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