City report · Florida, United States
Palm Bay Air quality today
Air quality in Palm Bay currently reads AQI 25 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 25
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.5
- tree cover
- 41.0%
- trees in this area
- 97.9K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Tillman, Palm Bay, FL 32905, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Oct 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Palm Bay · AQI 25 (Good)
Palm Bay's tree count comes to 97,892 trees across 3.7 sq mi (9.55 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Palm Bay today: AQI 25, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Melbourne Village, 5.9 mi (9.5 km) away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
45.1
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, AirNow, Joshua Williams
- 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 Palm Bay's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 33 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 4.
Where Palm Bay stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Palm Bay: Healthy tree cover
41.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.7 sq mi (9.55 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
97,892
Target trees
97,892
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Palm Bay lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Palm Bay has lost about 3,560 acres (1,440 hectares) of forest (about 2,700 football fields): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,560 acres (1,440 ha)about 2,700 football fields
- Share of its forest
- 28%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,460 acres (1,400 ha)deforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 504 acres (204 hectares) of forest were lost.
Acres of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 126 acres (51 ha) | 4 acres (2 ha) | 130 acres (53 ha) |
| 2002 | 252 acres (102 ha) | 2 acres (1 ha) | 255 acres (103 ha) |
| 2003 | 141 acres (57 ha) | 14 acres (6 ha) | 154 acres (62 ha) |
| 2004 | 326 acres (132 ha) | 2 acres (1 ha) | 329 acres (133 ha) |
| 2005 | 282 acres (114 ha) | 2 acres (1 ha) | 284 acres (115 ha) |
| 2006 | 257 acres (104 ha) | 5 acres (2 ha) | 262 acres (106 ha) |
| 2007 | 107 acres (44 ha) | under 1 ha | 108 acres (44 ha) |
| 2008 | 502 acres (203 ha) | 2 acres (1 ha) | 504 acres (204 ha) |
| 2009 | 41 acres (17 ha) | under 1 ha | 43 acres (17 ha) |
| 2010 | 73 acres (30 ha) | under 1 ha | 75 acres (30 ha) |
| 2011 | 31 acres (13 ha) | under 1 ha | 33 acres (14 ha) |
| 2012 | 60 acres (24 ha) | 3 acres (1 ha) | 63 acres (25 ha) |
| 2013 | 112 acres (45 ha) | 22 acres (9 ha) | 134 acres (54 ha) |
| 2014 | 64 acres (26 ha) | under 1 ha | 64 acres (26 ha) |
| 2015 | 117 acres (48 ha) | under 1 ha | 117 acres (48 ha) |
| 2016 | 78 acres (32 ha) | under 1 ha | 79 acres (32 ha) |
| 2017 | 98 acres (40 ha) | under 1 ha | 98 acres (40 ha) |
| 2018 | 70 acres (28 ha) | under 1 ha | 71 acres (29 ha) |
| 2019 | 80 acres (33 ha) | 29 acres (12 ha) | 109 acres (44 ha) |
| 2020 | 83 acres (33 ha) | 2 acres (1 ha) | 85 acres (34 ha) |
| 2021 | 127 acres (51 ha) | 6 acres (3 ha) | 133 acres (54 ha) |
| 2022 | 101 acres (41 ha) | under 1 ha | 102 acres (41 ha) |
| 2023 | 86 acres (35 ha) | under 1 ha | 88 acres (36 ha) |
| 2024 | 72 acres (29 ha) | under 1 ha | 72 acres (29 ha) |
| 2025 | 171 acres (69 ha) | under 1 ha | 172 acres (70 ha) |
What is causing deforestation around Palm Bay?
- Towns and roadscleared for good96% · 3,420 acres (1,380 ha)
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1% · 37 acres (15 ha)
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 15,200 acres (6,160 ha)
- Forest in 2020
- 14,800 acres (6,000 ha)
- Overall change
- −398 acres (161 ha)less forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Palm Bay shrank from about 15,200 acres (6,160 hectares) to 14,800 acres (6,000 hectares), a net loss of about 398 acres (161 hectares) (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 830 acres (336 hectares), but 1,230 acres (497 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Palm Bay
What is the air quality (AQI) in Palm Bay right now?
The latest reading for Palm Bay shows an AQI of 25 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Melbourne Village, 5.9 mi (9.5 km) away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Palm Bay today?
At AQI 25 (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 Palm Bay been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Palm Bay's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 33 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Palm Bay lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Palm Bay has lost about 3,560 acres (1,440 hectares) of forest (about 2,700 football fields): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Palm Bay shrank from about 15,200 acres (6,160 hectares) to 14,800 acres (6,000 hectares), a net loss of about 398 acres (161 hectares) (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 830 acres (336 hectares), but 1,230 acres (497 hectares) were lost.
What is the tree count in Palm Bay?
Palm Bay has an estimated 97,892 trees across the 3.7 sq mi (9.55 km²) of land measured — 41.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Palm Bay need?
Palm Bay has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Palm Bay's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Tillman, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Tillman; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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