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Mabalacat City Air quality today
Air quality in Mabalacat City currently reads AQI 79 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 79
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.1
- tree cover
- 33.7%
- trees in this area
- 106K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Poblacion, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mabalacat City · AQI 79 (Moderate)
Mabalacat City's tree count comes to 105,660 trees across 12.54 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mabalacat City today: AQI 79, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 16 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Angeles and San Fernando
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.1
PM10
10.2
NO₂
8.4
O₃
43.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
433.0
- 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 Mabalacat City's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 37 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 76 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mabalacat City: Healthy tree cover
33.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
105,660
Target trees
105,660
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mabalacat City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mabalacat City has lost about 245 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 245 haabout 340 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 231 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 27 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mabalacat City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good55% · 135 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good34% · 84 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.7% · 12 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 6,130 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,460 ha
- Overall change
- +326 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mabalacat City grew from about 6,130 hectares to 6,460 hectares, a net gain of about 326 hectares (+5.3%). New forest grew on about 510 hectares, while 184 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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- Air quality
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- Tarlac City28.7 km
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- Air quality
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- Calumpit40.0 km
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- Air quality
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- Gapan41.3 km
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- Air quality
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- Baliuag46.0 km
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Mabalacat City right now?
The latest reading for Mabalacat City shows an AQI of 79 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 105 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 Mabalacat City today?
At AQI 79 (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 Mabalacat City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mabalacat City's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 37 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 76 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 Mabalacat City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mabalacat City has lost about 245 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mabalacat City grew from about 6,130 hectares to 6,460 hectares, a net gain of about 326 hectares (+5.3%). New forest grew on about 510 hectares, while 184 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mabalacat City?
Mabalacat City has an estimated 105,660 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 33.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mabalacat City need?
Mabalacat City has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Mabalacat 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; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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