City report · Pernambuco, Brazil
Paulista Air quality today
Air quality in Paulista currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 43
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.8
- tree cover
- 39.3%
- trees in this area
- 123K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nobre, Paulista - PE, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Paulista · AQI 43 (Good)
Paulista's tree count comes to 123,465 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Paulista 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
6.8
PM10
11.3
NO₂
1.3
O₃
40.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
141.0
- 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 Paulista's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 42 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 5.
Where Paulista stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Paulista: Healthy tree cover
39.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
123,465
Target trees
123,465
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Paulista lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Paulista has lost about 999 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 9.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2019: satellite photo from November 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 2 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 999 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 975 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 209 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | 205 ha | 4 ha | 209 ha |
| 2003 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2008 | 130 ha | 2 ha | 132 ha |
| 2009 | 58 ha | under 1 ha | 59 ha |
| 2010 | 51 ha | 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 52 ha | 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2013 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2017 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2018 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2022 | 30 ha | 12 ha | 41 ha |
| 2023 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Paulista?
- Towns and roadscleared for good69% · 690 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good28% · 282 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.4% · 14 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 7,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,950 ha
- Overall change
- −54 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Paulista stayed about the same size, at about 6,950 hectares: new forest grew on about 255 hectares, and about 308 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 Paulista right now?
The latest reading for Paulista 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 Paulista 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 Paulista been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Paulista's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 42 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 56 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 Paulista lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Paulista has lost about 999 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 9.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Paulista stayed about the same size, at about 6,950 hectares: new forest grew on about 255 hectares, and about 308 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Paulista?
Paulista has an estimated 123,465 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 39.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Paulista need?
Paulista has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Paulista'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 Nobre; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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