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Lipa City Air quality today
Air quality in Lipa City currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 66
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.4
- tree cover
- 36.2%
- trees in this area
- 114K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Poblacion Barangay 11, Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lipa City · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Lipa City's tree count comes to 113,726 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lipa City today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 65 km, e.g. City of Santa Rosa and Dasmariñas
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.4
PM10
9.0
NO₂
4.1
O₃
93.0
SO₂
5.1
CO
179.0
- 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 Lipa City's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 23 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 10.
Where Lipa City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lipa City: Healthy tree cover
36.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
113,726
Target trees
113,726
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lipa City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lipa City has lost about 1,240 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,240 haabout 1,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,230 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 66 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 29 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 267 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 46 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2002 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2003 | 23 ha | 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2005 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2006 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2007 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2008 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2009 | 72 ha | 2 ha | 73 ha |
| 2010 | 265 ha | 2 ha | 267 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 43 ha | 2 ha | 45 ha |
| 2013 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2014 | 60 ha | 2 ha | 63 ha |
| 2015 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2017 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2018 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2019 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2022 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2023 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2024 | 129 ha | 1 ha | 130 ha |
| 2025 | 60 ha | 1 ha | 61 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lipa City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good63% · 777 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good36% · 441 ha
Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, 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
- 22,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 22,000 ha
- Overall change
- −699 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lipa City shrank from about 22,700 hectares to 22,000 hectares, a net loss of about 699 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 135 hectares, but 834 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 Lipa City right now?
The latest reading for Lipa City shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 65 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 Lipa City today?
At AQI 66 (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 Lipa City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lipa City's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 23 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Lipa City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lipa City has lost about 1,240 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 66 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 29 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lipa City shrank from about 22,700 hectares to 22,000 hectares, a net loss of about 699 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 135 hectares, but 834 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lipa City?
Lipa City has an estimated 113,726 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 36.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lipa City need?
Lipa City has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Lipa City'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 Poblacion Barangay 11; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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