City report · Espírito Santo, Brazil
Linhares Air quality today
Air quality in Linhares currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.9
- tree cover
- 26.5%
- trees in this area
- 82.3K
- more trees needed
- 10.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Colina, Linhares - ES, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Linhares · AQI 6 (Good)
Linhares's tree count comes to 82,253 trees across 12.42 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,864 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Linhares today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Serra and Cariacica
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.9
PM10
4.8
NO₂
2.5
O₃
48.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
113.0
- 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 Linhares's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 25 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 7.
Where Linhares stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Linhares: Below target
26.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
82,253
Target trees
93,117
More trees needed
10,864
CO₂ if planted / yr
239.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Linhares lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Linhares has lost about 1,340 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) 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 2 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,340 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,070 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 22 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 120 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 207 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 ha | 4 ha | 42 ha |
| 2002 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 63 ha | 12 ha | 74 ha |
| 2012 | 34 ha | 12 ha | 46 ha |
| 2013 | 22 ha | 3 ha | 25 ha |
| 2014 | 102 ha | 24 ha | 126 ha |
| 2015 | 146 ha | 40 ha | 186 ha |
| 2016 | 155 ha | 52 ha | 207 ha |
| 2017 | 134 ha | 24 ha | 158 ha |
| 2018 | 80 ha | 44 ha | 124 ha |
| 2019 | 63 ha | 11 ha | 74 ha |
| 2020 | 34 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 23 ha | 8 ha | 31 ha |
| 2025 | 32 ha | 16 ha | 48 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Linhares?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good75% · 1,000 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 168 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.1% · 69 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 6,660 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,660 ha
- Overall change
- +5 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Linhares stayed about the same size, at about 6,660 hectares: new forest grew on about 476 hectares, and about 471 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Linhares
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Colatina60.8 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 13
- São Mateus77.9 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 5
- Serra85.6 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 36%
- Air quality
- 16
- Cariacica103.6 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 51%
- Air quality
- 16
- Vila Velha106.9 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 27%
- Air quality
- 16
- Guarapari149.3 km
Brazil
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 16
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Linhares right now?
The latest reading for Linhares shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 10, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Linhares today?
At AQI 6 (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 Linhares been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Linhares's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 25 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Linhares lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Linhares has lost about 1,340 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 22 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 120 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Linhares stayed about the same size, at about 6,660 hectares: new forest grew on about 476 hectares, and about 471 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Linhares?
Linhares has an estimated 82,253 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 26.5% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Linhares need?
Linhares needs roughly 10,864 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 239.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Linhares'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 Colina; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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