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Marawi City Air quality today
Air quality in Marawi City currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 19
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.3
- tree cover
- 39.7%
- trees in this area
- 109K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Buadi Sacayo (Green), Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Marawi City · AQI 19 (Good)
Marawi City's tree count comes to 109,381 trees across 11.02 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Marawi City today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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
3.3
PM10
4.0
NO₂
0.6
O₃
53.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
164.0
- 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 Marawi City's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 18 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 5.
Where Marawi City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Marawi City: Healthy tree cover
39.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.02 km² of land.
Trees in this area
109,381
Target trees
109,381
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Marawi City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Marawi City has lost about 545 hectares of forest (about 760 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from February 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 545 haabout 760 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 448 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 114 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2005 | 30 ha | 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2009 | 22 ha | 4 ha | 26 ha |
| 2010 | 36 ha | 4 ha | 39 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 30 ha | 3 ha | 32 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 80 ha | 34 ha | 114 ha |
| 2017 | 30 ha | 27 ha | 57 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 22 ha | 6 ha | 28 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Marawi City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good76% · 415 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back13% · 72 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · 34 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 16,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,000 ha
- Overall change
- +72 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Marawi City stayed about the same size, at about 17,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 272 hectares, and about 200 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 Marawi City right now?
The latest reading for Marawi City shows an AQI of 19 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Marawi City today?
At AQI 19 (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 Marawi City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Marawi City's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 18 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 52 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 Marawi City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Marawi City has lost about 545 hectares of forest (about 760 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Marawi City stayed about the same size, at about 17,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 272 hectares, and about 200 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Marawi City?
Marawi City has an estimated 109,381 trees across the 11.02 km² of land measured — 39.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Marawi City need?
Marawi City has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Marawi 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 Buadi Sacayo (Green); the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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