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Air quality in Alagoas today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Maceió has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Alagoas (AQI 54, Moderate), and Arapiraca the worst (AQI 55, Moderate). Arapiraca has the most tree cover, at 9.9% — #281 of 304 cities measured in Brazil.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 8.8%
- Brazil: 26.0%
- worst air now: Arapiraca
- 55
- cleanest air now: Maceió
- 54
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Alagoas
Air quality today across Alagoas, city by city
| Maceió | 54Moderate | 7.7% | 52.5K | #293 of 304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arapiraca | 55Moderate | 9.9% | 62.4K | #281 of 304 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Brazil.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Alagoas lost?
Since 2001, Alagoas has lost about 82,100 hectares of forest (about 110,000 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 82,100 haabout 110,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 78,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7,470 ha | 140 ha | 7,610 ha |
| 2002 | 4,610 ha | 85 ha | 4,690 ha |
| 2003 | 7,030 ha | 171 ha | 7,200 ha |
| 2004 | 1,560 ha | 23 ha | 1,580 ha |
| 2005 | 5,650 ha | 139 ha | 5,790 ha |
| 2006 | 7,760 ha | 167 ha | 7,930 ha |
| 2007 | 3,850 ha | 139 ha | 3,990 ha |
| 2008 | 5,820 ha | 72 ha | 5,890 ha |
| 2009 | 3,500 ha | 161 ha | 3,660 ha |
| 2010 | 6,480 ha | 114 ha | 6,600 ha |
| 2011 | 2,720 ha | 40 ha | 2,760 ha |
| 2012 | 5,690 ha | 136 ha | 5,820 ha |
| 2013 | 1,790 ha | 117 ha | 1,910 ha |
| 2014 | 1,900 ha | 78 ha | 1,980 ha |
| 2015 | 403 ha | 7 ha | 410 ha |
| 2016 | 867 ha | 43 ha | 910 ha |
| 2017 | 2,040 ha | 963 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 2018 | 1,440 ha | 75 ha | 1,510 ha |
| 2019 | 739 ha | 119 ha | 858 ha |
| 2020 | 1,240 ha | 268 ha | 1,510 ha |
| 2021 | 613 ha | 247 ha | 860 ha |
| 2022 | 1,440 ha | 402 ha | 1,840 ha |
| 2023 | 1,150 ha | 157 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 2024 | 1,160 ha | 112 ha | 1,270 ha |
| 2025 | 1,070 ha | 114 ha | 1,180 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 1,290 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 1,560 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2006, when about 7,930 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Alagoas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 76,300 ha
- Loggingcan grow back2.8% · 2,260 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.8% · 1,440 ha
Also: wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, shifting farming, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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