Brazil · Minas Gerais · 34 cities
Air quality in Minas Gerais today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Governador Valadares has the cleanest air of the 34 cities we track in Minas Gerais (AQI 3, Good), and Coronel Fabriciano the worst (AQI 27, Good). Sabará has the most tree cover, at 60.3% — #10 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 13
Good
- cities tracked
- 34
- average tree cover
- 24.4%
- Brazil: 25.9%
- worst air now: Coronel Fabriciano
- 27
- cleanest air now: Governador Valadares
- 3
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Minas Gerais · average AQI 13
Air quality today across Minas Gerais, city by city
| Belo Horizonte | 21Good | 14.2% | 49.6K | #252 of 304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uberlândia | 13Good | 3.9% | 82.0K | #303 of 304 |
| Contagem | 18Good | 16.3% | 43.0K | #216 of 304 |
| Juiz de Fora | 24Good | 26.4% | 11.3K | #118 of 304 |
| Montes Claros | 5Good | 7.5% | 70.7K | #294 of 304 |
| Betim | 13Good | 31.8% | — | #79 of 304 |
| Uberaba | 14Good | 6.5% | 73.8K | #299 of 304 |
| Ribeirão das Neves | 14Good | 32.3% | — | #73 of 304 |
| Governador Valadares | 3Good | 21.5% | 25.5K | #163 of 304 |
| Sete Lagoas | 14Good | 15.7% | 44.3K | #225 of 304 |
| Ipatinga | 8Good | 18.2% | 37.1K | #189 of 304 |
| Divinópolis | 13Good | 26.0% | 12.5K | #123 of 304 |
| Santa Luzia | 17Good | 50.4% | — | #23 of 304 |
| Ibirité | 14Good | 50.3% | — | #24 of 304 |
| Poços de Caldas | 3Good | 32.0% | — | #76 of 304 |
| Pouso Alegre | 8Good | 26.1% | 12.3K | #122 of 304 |
| Patos de Minas | 6Good | 15.2% | 46.5K | #237 of 304 |
| Teófilo Otoni | 3Good | 21.9% | 25.4K | #159 of 304 |
| Conselheiro Lafaiete | 13Good | 15.4% | 45.9K | #233 of 304 |
| Vespasiano | 13Good | 30.1% | — | #93 of 304 |
| Varginha | 12Good | 20.6% | 29.5K | #174 of 304 |
| Sabará | 16Good | 60.3% | — | #10 of 304 |
| Barbacena | 6Good | 26.4% | 11.3K | #120 of 304 |
| Nova Lima | 21Good | 58.5% | — | #12 of 304 |
| Araxá | 12Good | 16.2% | 43.4K | #218 of 304 |
| Itabira | 22Good | 29.8% | 628 | #95 of 304 |
| Araguari | 13Good | 16.0% | 44.0K | #220 of 304 |
| Passos | 5Good | 12.8% | 54.0K | #267 of 304 |
| Nova Serrana | 16Good | 12.8% | 54.0K | #266 of 304 |
| Lavras | 6Good | 20.4% | 30.2K | #175 of 304 |
| Coronel Fabriciano | 27Good | 33.3% | — | #70 of 304 |
| Muriaé | 12Good | 24.9% | 16.0K | #130 of 304 |
| Ubá | 10Good | 20.0% | 31.4K | #178 of 304 |
| Ituiutaba | 20Good | 17.4% | 39.6K | #200 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 Minas Gerais lost?
Since 2001, Minas Gerais has lost about 3.28 million hectares of forest (about 33,000 km²): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3.28 million haabout 33,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1.72 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 | 94,300 ha | 63,300 ha | 158,000 ha |
| 2002 | 71,700 ha | 62,100 ha | 134,000 ha |
| 2003 | 103,000 ha | 59,000 ha | 162,000 ha |
| 2004 | 69,000 ha | 57,700 ha | 127,000 ha |
| 2005 | 72,800 ha | 66,700 ha | 139,000 ha |
| 2006 | 85,100 ha | 77,600 ha | 163,000 ha |
| 2007 | 106,000 ha | 77,000 ha | 183,000 ha |
| 2008 | 78,700 ha | 69,400 ha | 148,000 ha |
| 2009 | 61,100 ha | 66,400 ha | 127,000 ha |
| 2010 | 95,300 ha | 62,800 ha | 158,000 ha |
| 2011 | 36,200 ha | 47,200 ha | 83,400 ha |
| 2012 | 96,600 ha | 70,000 ha | 167,000 ha |
| 2013 | 48,300 ha | 50,500 ha | 98,900 ha |
| 2014 | 113,000 ha | 83,300 ha | 196,000 ha |
| 2015 | 67,000 ha | 57,100 ha | 124,000 ha |
| 2016 | 80,100 ha | 110,000 ha | 190,000 ha |
| 2017 | 76,700 ha | 97,100 ha | 174,000 ha |
| 2018 | 47,300 ha | 60,300 ha | 108,000 ha |
| 2019 | 40,700 ha | 47,900 ha | 88,600 ha |
| 2020 | 40,400 ha | 60,300 ha | 101,000 ha |
| 2021 | 39,100 ha | 46,200 ha | 85,300 ha |
| 2022 | 49,400 ha | 48,700 ha | 98,000 ha |
| 2023 | 57,500 ha | 36,200 ha | 93,700 ha |
| 2024 | 45,700 ha | 46,000 ha | 91,700 ha |
| 2025 | 46,100 ha | 32,400 ha | 78,500 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 89,400 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 132,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 196,000 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Minas Gerais?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good52% · 1.7 million ha
- Loggingcan grow back39% · 1.27 million ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.1% · 264,000 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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