Brazil · Amazonas · 4 cities
Air quality in Amazonas, Brazil today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Parintins has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Amazonas (AQI 82, Moderate), and Manaus the worst (AQI 163, Unhealthy). Itacoatiara has the most tree cover, at 41.2% — #49 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.
Average right now
AQI 136
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 29.5%
- Brazil: 25.9%
- worst air now: Manaus
- 163
- cleanest air now: Parintins
- 82
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Amazonas · average AQI 136
Air quality today across Amazonas, Brazil, city by city
| Manaus | 163Unhealthy | 24.6% | 48.3K | #134 of 304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itacoatiara | 142Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 41.2% | — | #49 of 304 |
| Manacapuru | 155Unhealthy | 35.5% | 9.4K | #60 of 304 |
| Parintins | 82Moderate | 16.7% | 25.3K | #209 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 Amazonas, Brazil lost?
Since 2001, Amazonas, Brazil has lost about 5.1 million hectares of forest (about 51,000 km²): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5.1 million haabout 51,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 3.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3.28 million 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 | 55,100 ha | 26,900 ha | 82,000 ha |
| 2002 | 70,400 ha | 29,400 ha | 99,800 ha |
| 2003 | 77,300 ha | 25,200 ha | 103,000 ha |
| 2004 | 73,300 ha | 21,500 ha | 94,800 ha |
| 2005 | 143,000 ha | 32,000 ha | 175,000 ha |
| 2006 | 117,000 ha | 38,200 ha | 155,000 ha |
| 2007 | 60,400 ha | 29,400 ha | 89,800 ha |
| 2008 | 72,400 ha | 23,400 ha | 95,900 ha |
| 2009 | 83,300 ha | 45,900 ha | 129,000 ha |
| 2010 | 92,200 ha | 59,200 ha | 151,000 ha |
| 2011 | 51,000 ha | 35,100 ha | 86,100 ha |
| 2012 | 109,000 ha | 53,900 ha | 163,000 ha |
| 2013 | 78,700 ha | 47,500 ha | 126,000 ha |
| 2014 | 92,200 ha | 54,500 ha | 147,000 ha |
| 2015 | 110,000 ha | 47,000 ha | 157,000 ha |
| 2016 | 220,000 ha | 328,000 ha | 548,000 ha |
| 2017 | 164,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 264,000 ha |
| 2018 | 152,000 ha | 41,000 ha | 193,000 ha |
| 2019 | 173,000 ha | 43,200 ha | 216,000 ha |
| 2020 | 184,000 ha | 59,200 ha | 243,000 ha |
| 2021 | 263,000 ha | 50,500 ha | 314,000 ha |
| 2022 | 339,000 ha | 56,900 ha | 396,000 ha |
| 2023 | 180,000 ha | 153,000 ha | 333,000 ha |
| 2024 | 201,000 ha | 282,000 ha | 483,000 ha |
| 2025 | 114,000 ha | 139,000 ha | 253,000 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 356,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 293,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 548,000 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Amazonas, Brazil?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good64% · 3.24 million ha
- Wildfirescan grow back16% · 811,000 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back10% · 514,000 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, mining and energy, towns and roads, 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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