City report · Western Visayas, Philippines
Kabankalan Air quality today
Air quality in Kabankalan currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 55
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.3
- tree cover
- 28.0%
- trees in this area
- 85.4K
- more trees needed
- 6.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Camugao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kabankalan · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Kabankalan's tree count comes to 85,414 trees across 12.21 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 6,101 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kabankalan today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Bago and Bacolod
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.3
PM10
5.6
NO₂
6.3
O₃
19.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
282.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kabankalan's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 5.
Where Kabankalan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kabankalan: Below target
28.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.21 km² of land.
Trees in this area
85,414
Target trees
91,515
More trees needed
6,101
CO₂ if planted / yr
134.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kabankalan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kabankalan has lost about 144 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2019: satellite photo from March 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 144 haabout 200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 110 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 23 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 17 ha | 6 ha | 23 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kabankalan?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good76% · 110 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back8% · 12 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.3% · 3 ha
Also: 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
- 7,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,980 ha
- Overall change
- −226 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kabankalan shrank from about 7,200 hectares to 6,980 hectares, a net loss of about 226 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 104 hectares, but 331 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
- 36
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- Air quality
- 46
- Bayawan68.8 km
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- 59%
- Air quality
- 22
- Bacolod City77.4 km
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- 23%
- Air quality
- 46
- Iloilo83.9 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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- Talisay, Western Visayas85.4 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kabankalan right now?
The latest reading for Kabankalan shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kabankalan today?
At AQI 55 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kabankalan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kabankalan's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 51 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 Kabankalan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kabankalan has lost about 144 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kabankalan shrank from about 7,200 hectares to 6,980 hectares, a net loss of about 226 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 104 hectares, but 331 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kabankalan?
Kabankalan has an estimated 85,414 trees across the 12.21 km² of land measured — 28.0% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kabankalan need?
Kabankalan needs roughly 6,101 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 134.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kabankalan'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 Camugao; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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