City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Nova Serrana Air quality today
Air quality in Nova Serrana currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 16
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 12.8%
- trees in this area
- 40.2K
- more trees needed
- 54.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Nova Serrana - MG, 35519-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nova Serrana · AQI 16 (Good)
Nova Serrana's tree count comes to 40,212 trees across 12.57 km², 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,035 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nova Serrana today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 11:00 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
2.9
PM10
3.4
NO₂
3.6
O₃
52.0
SO₂
3.4
CO
124.0
- 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 Nova Serrana's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 11 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 6.
Where Nova Serrana stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nova Serrana: Critically low
12.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
40,212
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
54,035
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,189 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nova Serrana lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nova Serrana has lost about 1,170 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) 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 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,170 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,020 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 150 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 54 ha | 2 ha | 56 ha |
| 2002 | 79 ha | 4 ha | 83 ha |
| 2003 | 24 ha | 12 ha | 36 ha |
| 2004 | 50 ha | 5 ha | 55 ha |
| 2005 | 140 ha | 5 ha | 145 ha |
| 2006 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2007 | 103 ha | 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2008 | 45 ha | 3 ha | 48 ha |
| 2009 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2010 | 25 ha | 6 ha | 32 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 28 ha | 8 ha | 36 ha |
| 2013 | 31 ha | 4 ha | 35 ha |
| 2014 | 115 ha | 35 ha | 150 ha |
| 2015 | 44 ha | 4 ha | 48 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | 12 ha | 24 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | 10 ha | 28 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 16 ha | 28 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 39 ha | 3 ha | 42 ha |
| 2024 | 38 ha | 4 ha | 42 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | 5 ha | 20 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nova Serrana?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good68% · 796 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good17% · 203 ha
- Loggingcan grow back11% · 125 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, 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
- 8,090 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,280 ha
- Overall change
- −808 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nova Serrana shrank from about 8,090 hectares to 7,280 hectares, a net loss of about 808 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 255 hectares, but 1,060 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 Nova Serrana right now?
The latest reading for Nova Serrana shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Nov 10, 11:00 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 Nova Serrana today?
At AQI 16 (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 Nova Serrana been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nova Serrana's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 11 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Nova Serrana lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nova Serrana has lost about 1,170 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nova Serrana shrank from about 8,090 hectares to 7,280 hectares, a net loss of about 808 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 255 hectares, but 1,060 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nova Serrana?
Nova Serrana has an estimated 40,212 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.8% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nova Serrana need?
Nova Serrana needs roughly 54,035 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,189 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nova Serrana'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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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