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Air quality in Davao Region today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Magugpo Poblacion has the cleanest air of the 6 cities we track in Davao Region (AQI 13, Good), and Digos the worst (AQI 19, Good). Mati has the most tree cover, at 66.2% — #6 of 99 cities measured in the Philippines.
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.
AQI 17
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 6
- average tree cover
- 44.6%
- Philippines: 40.9%
- worst air now: Digos
- 19
- cleanest air now: Magugpo Poblacion
- 13
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Davao Region · average AQI 17
Air quality today across Davao Region, city by city
| Davao | 18Good | 10.0% | 51.3K | #97 of 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magugpo Poblacion | 13Good | 38.9% | — | #49 of 99 |
| Panabo | 19Good | 49.4% | — | #29 of 99 |
| Malita | 18Good | 55.2% | — | #20 of 99 |
| Digos | 19Good | 47.7% | — | #31 of 99 |
| Mati | 14Good | 66.2% | — | #6 of 99 |
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 the Philippines.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Davao Region lost?
Since 2001, Davao Region has lost about 7,600 hectares of forest (about 11,000 football pitches): 4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7,600 haabout 11,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6,750 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 | 266 ha | 28 ha | 294 ha |
| 2002 | 124 ha | 15 ha | 139 ha |
| 2003 | 63 ha | 12 ha | 75 ha |
| 2004 | 261 ha | 28 ha | 289 ha |
| 2005 | 189 ha | 25 ha | 214 ha |
| 2006 | 257 ha | 29 ha | 286 ha |
| 2007 | 329 ha | 42 ha | 371 ha |
| 2008 | 67 ha | 10 ha | 77 ha |
| 2009 | 365 ha | 56 ha | 421 ha |
| 2010 | 507 ha | 60 ha | 567 ha |
| 2011 | 269 ha | 39 ha | 308 ha |
| 2012 | 281 ha | 35 ha | 316 ha |
| 2013 | 71 ha | 26 ha | 97 ha |
| 2014 | 93 ha | 44 ha | 137 ha |
| 2015 | 56 ha | 9 ha | 65 ha |
| 2016 | 284 ha | 45 ha | 329 ha |
| 2017 | 480 ha | 91 ha | 571 ha |
| 2018 | 109 ha | 10 ha | 119 ha |
| 2019 | 79 ha | 4 ha | 84 ha |
| 2020 | 120 ha | 15 ha | 135 ha |
| 2021 | 167 ha | 27 ha | 194 ha |
| 2022 | 1,980 ha | 177 ha | 2,160 ha |
| 2023 | 104 ha | 3 ha | 107 ha |
| 2024 | 139 ha | 8 ha | 147 ha |
| 2025 | 85 ha | 11 ha | 96 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 541 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 248 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 2,160 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Davao Region?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good84% · 6,360 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back9.2% · 696 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4% · 301 ha
Also: mining and energy, logging, 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.
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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