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Ormoc Air quality today
Air quality in Ormoc currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 29
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.2
- tree cover
- 35.5%
- trees in this area
- 63.3K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barangay South, Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ormoc · AQI 29 (Good)
Ormoc's tree count comes to 63,347 trees across 7.14 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ormoc today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Cebu City and Talisay
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.2
PM10
4.8
NO₂
5.6
O₃
28.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
242.0
- 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 Ormoc's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 22 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4.
Where Ormoc stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ormoc: Healthy tree cover
35.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.14 km² of land.
Trees in this area
63,347
Target trees
63,347
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ormoc lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ormoc has lost about 747 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 747 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 690 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 208 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2004 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2005 | 27 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2010 | 81 ha | 2 ha | 82 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2013 | 58 ha | 12 ha | 70 ha |
| 2014 | 186 ha | 22 ha | 208 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 48 ha | 2 ha | 50 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ormoc?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good81% · 604 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 86 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back5.4% · 40 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 9,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,000 ha
- Overall change
- −638 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ormoc shrank from about 9,640 hectares to 9,000 hectares, a net loss of about 638 hectares (−6.6%). New forest grew on about 93 hectares, but 731 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Ormoc
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Catbalogan90.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 74%
- Air quality
- 25
- Cebu City109.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 18
- Talisay118.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 30%
- Air quality
- 18
- Toledo126.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 64%
- Air quality
- 19
- Naga, Central Visayas128.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 56%
- Air quality
- 23
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Ormoc right now?
The latest reading for Ormoc shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ormoc today?
At AQI 29 (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 Ormoc been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ormoc's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 22 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ormoc lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ormoc has lost about 747 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ormoc shrank from about 9,640 hectares to 9,000 hectares, a net loss of about 638 hectares (−6.6%). New forest grew on about 93 hectares, but 731 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ormoc?
Ormoc has an estimated 63,347 trees across the 7.14 km² of land measured — 35.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ormoc need?
Ormoc has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ormoc'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 Barangay South; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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