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Lauro de Freitas Air quality today
Air quality in Lauro de Freitas currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 42
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.7
- tree cover
- 24.0%
- trees in this area
- 75.4K
- more trees needed
- 18.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Lauro de Freitas - BA, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lauro de Freitas · AQI 42 (Good)
Lauro de Freitas's tree count comes to 75,398 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,850 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lauro de Freitas today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 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
7.7
PM10
9.9
NO₂
6.7
O₃
38.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
110.0
- 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 Lauro de Freitas's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 46 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 6.
Where Lauro de Freitas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lauro de Freitas: Below target
24.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
75,398
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
18,850
CO₂ if planted / yr
414.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lauro de Freitas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lauro de Freitas has lost about 1,760 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from October 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,760 haabout 2,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,760 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 35 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 81 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 125 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2002 | 106 ha | under 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2003 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2004 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2005 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2006 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2007 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2008 | 109 ha | under 1 ha | 109 ha |
| 2009 | 101 ha | under 1 ha | 101 ha |
| 2010 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2011 | 99 ha | under 1 ha | 100 ha |
| 2012 | 124 ha | 1 ha | 125 ha |
| 2013 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2014 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2015 | 104 ha | under 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2016 | 96 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2017 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 88 ha |
| 2018 | 80 ha | under 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2019 | 112 ha | under 1 ha | 112 ha |
| 2020 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2021 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2022 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2023 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2024 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2025 | 29 ha | 2 ha | 31 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lauro de Freitas?
- Towns and roadscleared for good85% · 1,510 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.3% · 129 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7% · 124 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
- 6,550 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,780 ha
- Overall change
- −772 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lauro de Freitas shrank from about 6,550 hectares to 5,780 hectares, a net loss of about 772 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 237 hectares, but 1,010 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 Lauro de Freitas right now?
The latest reading for Lauro de Freitas shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 10, 22:00 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 Lauro de Freitas today?
At AQI 42 (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 Lauro de Freitas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lauro de Freitas's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 46 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 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 Lauro de Freitas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lauro de Freitas has lost about 1,760 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 35 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 81 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lauro de Freitas shrank from about 6,550 hectares to 5,780 hectares, a net loss of about 772 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 237 hectares, but 1,010 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lauro de Freitas?
Lauro de Freitas has an estimated 75,398 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.0% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lauro de Freitas need?
Lauro de Freitas needs roughly 18,850 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 414.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lauro de Freitas'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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