City report · Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines
Pagadian Air quality today
Air quality in Pagadian currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 43
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.7
- tree cover
- 49.9%
- trees in this area
- 126K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gatas, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pagadian · AQI 43 (Good)
Pagadian's tree count comes to 126,353 trees across 10.13 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pagadian today: AQI 43, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 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
7.7
PM10
8.1
NO₂
12.2
O₃
8.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
228.0
- 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 Pagadian's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pagadian: Healthy tree cover
49.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.13 km² of land.
Trees in this area
126,353
Target trees
126,353
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pagadian lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pagadian has lost about 302 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 302 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 289 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 56 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 49 ha | 2 ha | 51 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2010 | 53 ha | 3 ha | 56 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pagadian?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good74% · 223 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good22% · 66 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.3% · 13 ha
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
- 12,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,600 ha
- Overall change
- −298 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pagadian shrank from about 12,900 hectares to 12,600 hectares, a net loss of about 298 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 81 hectares, but 379 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 Pagadian right now?
The latest reading for Pagadian shows an AQI of 43 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 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 Pagadian today?
At AQI 43 (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 Pagadian been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pagadian's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Pagadian lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pagadian has lost about 302 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pagadian shrank from about 12,900 hectares to 12,600 hectares, a net loss of about 298 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 81 hectares, but 379 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pagadian?
Pagadian has an estimated 126,353 trees across the 10.13 km² of land measured — 49.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pagadian need?
Pagadian has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Pagadian'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 Gatas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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