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Paranaque City Air quality today
Air quality in Paranaque City currently reads AQI 39 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 39
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.0
- tree cover
- 19.5%
- trees in this area
- 61.3K
- more trees needed
- 33.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Don Bosco, Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Paranaque City · AQI 39 (Good)
Paranaque City's tree count comes to 61,261 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,987 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Paranaque City today: AQI 39, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:05 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Barangay San Antonio - Parañaque-Sucat Road (Shopwise), 3.4 km away · median of 15 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Clarity, EarthLab
- 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 Paranaque City's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 10.
Where Paranaque City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Paranaque City: Below target
19.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
61,261
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
32,987
CO₂ if planted / yr
725.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Paranaque City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Paranaque City has lost about 86 hectares of forest (about 120 football pitches): 9.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 86 haabout 120 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 77 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 30 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Paranaque City?
- Towns and roadscleared for good73% · 62 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good17% · 15 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown10% · 9 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
- 1,720 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,880 ha
- Overall change
- +167 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Paranaque City grew from about 1,720 hectares to 1,880 hectares, a net gain of about 167 hectares (+9.7%). New forest grew on about 215 hectares, while 49 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 Paranaque City right now?
The latest reading for Paranaque City shows an AQI of 39 (Good), measured Nov 12, 00:05 local time by 15 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Barangay San Antonio - Parañaque-Sucat Road (Shopwise), 3.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Paranaque City today?
At AQI 39 (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 Paranaque City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Paranaque City's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Paranaque City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Paranaque City has lost about 86 hectares of forest (about 120 football pitches): 9.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Paranaque City grew from about 1,720 hectares to 1,880 hectares, a net gain of about 167 hectares (+9.7%). New forest grew on about 215 hectares, while 49 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Paranaque City?
Paranaque City has an estimated 61,261 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.5% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Paranaque City need?
Paranaque City needs roughly 32,987 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 725.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Paranaque City's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Don Bosco, 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 2 km radius around Don Bosco; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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