City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Lavras Air quality today
Air quality in Lavras currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.1
- tree cover
- 20.4%
- trees in this area
- 64.1K
- more trees needed
- 30.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Padre Dehon, Lavras - MG, 37200-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lavras · AQI 12 (Good)
Lavras's tree count comes to 64,088 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,159 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lavras today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Guaratinguetá and Pindamonhangaba
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.1
PM10
2.3
NO₂
3.3
O₃
34.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
87.0
- 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 Lavras's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 76 on Nov 5.
Where Lavras stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lavras: Below target
20.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
64,088
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
30,159
CO₂ if planted / yr
663.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lavras lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lavras has lost about 471 hectares of forest (about 660 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 471 haabout 660 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 362 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 61 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 45 ha | 4 ha | 50 ha |
| 2002 | 22 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2003 | 22 ha | 6 ha | 28 ha |
| 2004 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 19 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2007 | 37 ha | 11 ha | 49 ha |
| 2008 | 12 ha | 4 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 31 ha | 4 ha | 34 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 51 ha | 11 ha | 61 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 15 ha | 10 ha | 26 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 17 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 12 ha | 24 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lavras?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 285 ha
- Loggingcan grow back16% · 77 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.7% · 46 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 6,610 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,940 ha
- Overall change
- +333 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lavras grew from about 6,610 hectares to 6,940 hectares, a net gain of about 333 hectares (+5%). New forest grew on about 549 hectares, while 217 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 Lavras right now?
The latest reading for Lavras shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lavras today?
At AQI 12 (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 Lavras been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lavras's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 76 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 Lavras lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lavras has lost about 471 hectares of forest (about 660 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lavras grew from about 6,610 hectares to 6,940 hectares, a net gain of about 333 hectares (+5%). New forest grew on about 549 hectares, while 217 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lavras?
Lavras has an estimated 64,088 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.4% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lavras need?
Lavras needs roughly 30,159 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 663.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lavras'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 Padre Dehon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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