Brazil · Goiás · 14 cities
Air quality in Goiás today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Catalão has the cleanest air of the 14 cities we track in Goiás (AQI 9, Good), and Rio Verde the worst (AQI 52, Moderate). Trindade has the most tree cover, at 23.9% — #142 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.
AQI 22
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 14
- average tree cover
- 16.1%
- Brazil: 26.0%
- worst air now: Rio Verde
- 52
- cleanest air now: Catalão
- 9
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Goiás · average AQI 22
Air quality today across Goiás, city by city
| Goiânia | 18Good | 14.7% | 48.0K | #238 of 304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aparecida de Goiânia | 18Good | 17.0% | 40.8K | #206 of 304 |
| Anápolis | 22Good | 12.7% | 54.4K | #267 of 304 |
| Águas Lindas de Goiás | 14Good | 22.4% | 23.9K | #157 of 304 |
| Rio Verde | 52Moderate | 13.4% | 52.1K | #256 of 304 |
| Luziânia | 21Good | 15.2% | 46.5K | #234 of 304 |
| Valparaíso de Goiás | 24Good | 15.6% | 45.2K | #227 of 304 |
| Senador Canedo | 19Good | 22.8% | 22.6K | #154 of 304 |
| Trindade | 16Good | 23.9% | 19.2K | #142 of 304 |
| Formosa | 11Good | 14.4% | 49.0K | #244 of 304 |
| Catalão | 9Good | 9.1% | 65.3K | #287 of 304 |
| Itumbiara | 18Good | 22.5% | 22.3K | #156 of 304 |
| Planaltina, Goias | 31Good | 6.8% | 72.9K | #297 of 304 |
| Jataí | 31Good | 14.2% | 49.6K | #249 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 Goiás lost?
Since 2001, Goiás has lost about 1.32 million hectares of forest (about 13,000 km²): 17% 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
- 1.32 million haabout 13,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1.18 million hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 70,000 ha | 3,410 ha | 73,500 ha |
| 2002 | 83,900 ha | 3,820 ha | 87,700 ha |
| 2003 | 80,400 ha | 3,430 ha | 83,800 ha |
| 2004 | 82,000 ha | 3,060 ha | 85,100 ha |
| 2005 | 66,200 ha | 3,200 ha | 69,400 ha |
| 2006 | 53,300 ha | 2,760 ha | 56,100 ha |
| 2007 | 63,700 ha | 4,050 ha | 67,700 ha |
| 2008 | 37,100 ha | 3,000 ha | 40,100 ha |
| 2009 | 46,300 ha | 3,010 ha | 49,300 ha |
| 2010 | 37,800 ha | 2,550 ha | 40,400 ha |
| 2011 | 37,800 ha | 3,980 ha | 41,800 ha |
| 2012 | 52,900 ha | 5,800 ha | 58,700 ha |
| 2013 | 33,400 ha | 2,990 ha | 36,400 ha |
| 2014 | 47,800 ha | 3,810 ha | 51,700 ha |
| 2015 | 42,400 ha | 2,500 ha | 44,900 ha |
| 2016 | 45,500 ha | 4,440 ha | 50,000 ha |
| 2017 | 52,000 ha | 44,100 ha | 96,100 ha |
| 2018 | 30,300 ha | 3,650 ha | 33,900 ha |
| 2019 | 34,500 ha | 6,160 ha | 40,700 ha |
| 2020 | 34,200 ha | 3,900 ha | 38,100 ha |
| 2021 | 36,500 ha | 4,330 ha | 40,800 ha |
| 2022 | 41,400 ha | 3,720 ha | 45,100 ha |
| 2023 | 38,200 ha | 3,570 ha | 41,700 ha |
| 2024 | 17,700 ha | 8,340 ha | 26,000 ha |
| 2025 | 14,200 ha | 6,900 ha | 21,100 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 35,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 51,800 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 96,100 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Goiás?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good89% · 1.17 million ha
- Wildfirescan grow back5.3% · 69,900 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.7% · 49,400 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, towns and roads, 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
Other states in Brazil
Clean-air buying guides
Cleaner air at home in Goiás
Picked by tested clean-air delivery rate (CADR), noise and running cost, from independent test labels. No brand pays to be listed.
- The best air purifiers for wildfire smoke and smog
Air purifiers that keep up with wildfire smoke and winter smog, ranked by verified smoke CADR, with the room each one clears on a smoky day.
- The best air purifiers for bedrooms: quiet picks sized for your room
Quiet HEPA air purifiers for bedrooms, compared on what matters at night: noise on the lowest setting (from 20 dB), verified room size and filter cost.
- The best air purifiers under $200
Good HEPA air purifiers under $200 at the makers' own prices, compared on verified clean air, room size and what the filters cost each year.
Your own street