City report · Davao Region, Philippines
Mati Air quality today
Air quality in Mati currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 14
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 66.2%
- trees in this area
- 139K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Central, City of Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mati · AQI 14 (Good)
Mati's tree count comes to 138,926 trees across 8.4 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mati today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 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
2.7
PM10
4.0
NO₂
2.0
O₃
26.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
135.0
- 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 Mati's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 27 on Nov 6.
Where Mati stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mati: Healthy tree cover
66.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.4 km² of land.
Trees in this area
138,926
Target trees
138,926
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mati lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mati has lost about 1,620 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) 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 6 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,620 haabout 2,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,270 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 47 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 138 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 478 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 56 ha | 10 ha | 66 ha |
| 2002 | 26 ha | 17 ha | 43 ha |
| 2003 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 68 ha | 15 ha | 83 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | 15 ha | 38 ha |
| 2006 | 25 ha | 8 ha | 33 ha |
| 2007 | 16 ha | 15 ha | 30 ha |
| 2008 | 15 ha | 5 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 41 ha | 18 ha | 59 ha |
| 2010 | 29 ha | 22 ha | 51 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 7 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 18 ha | 11 ha | 28 ha |
| 2013 | 15 ha | 7 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 71 ha | 35 ha | 106 ha |
| 2015 | 70 ha | 18 ha | 87 ha |
| 2016 | 424 ha | 54 ha | 478 ha |
| 2017 | 28 ha | 8 ha | 37 ha |
| 2018 | 48 ha | 23 ha | 71 ha |
| 2019 | 20 ha | 7 ha | 27 ha |
| 2020 | 65 ha | 10 ha | 75 ha |
| 2021 | 45 ha | 10 ha | 55 ha |
| 2022 | 39 ha | 7 ha | 45 ha |
| 2023 | 48 ha | 12 ha | 60 ha |
| 2024 | 32 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | 5 ha | 33 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mati?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good78% · 1,260 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back21% · 345 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 19,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 19,400 ha
- Overall change
- −127 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mati stayed about the same size, at about 19,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 488 hectares, and about 614 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 Mati right now?
The latest reading for Mati shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 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 Mati today?
At AQI 14 (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 Mati been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mati's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 27 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 Mati lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mati has lost about 1,620 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 47 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 138 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mati stayed about the same size, at about 19,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 488 hectares, and about 614 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mati?
Mati has an estimated 138,926 trees across the 8.4 km² of land measured — 66.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mati need?
Mati has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Mati'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 Central; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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