Philippines · Western Visayas · 8 cities
Air quality in Western Visayas today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Iloilo has the cleanest air of the 8 cities we track in Western Visayas (AQI 22, Good), and Kabankalan the worst (AQI 52, Moderate). Himamaylan has the most tree cover, at 65.0% — #8 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 38
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 8
- average tree cover
- 38.6%
- Philippines: 40.9%
- worst air now: Kabankalan
- 52
- cleanest air now: Iloilo
- 22
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Western Visayas · average AQI 38
Air quality today across Western Visayas, city by city
| Iloilo | 22Good | 26.7% | 7.1K | #84 of 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacolod City | 38Good | 22.8% | 20.9K | #88 of 99 |
| Kabankalan | 52Moderate | 28.0% | 6.1K | #82 of 99 |
| Bago City | 38Good | 64.8% | — | #9 of 99 |
| Roxas City | 32Good | 29.5% | 1.4K | #80 of 99 |
| Cadiz | 49Good | 28.9% | 3.3K | #81 of 99 |
| Himamaylan | 32Good | 65.0% | — | #8 of 99 |
| Talisay, Western Visayas | 38Good | 43.4% | — | #36 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 Western Visayas lost?
Since 2001, Western Visayas has lost about 2,830 hectares of forest (about 4,000 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,830 haabout 4,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,620 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 | 263 ha | 52 ha | 315 ha |
| 2002 | 83 ha | 39 ha | 121 ha |
| 2003 | 24 ha | 26 ha | 50 ha |
| 2004 | 64 ha | 68 ha | 132 ha |
| 2005 | 52 ha | 45 ha | 97 ha |
| 2006 | 95 ha | 105 ha | 200 ha |
| 2007 | 40 ha | 37 ha | 77 ha |
| 2008 | 157 ha | 142 ha | 299 ha |
| 2009 | 81 ha | 38 ha | 119 ha |
| 2010 | 312 ha | 82 ha | 394 ha |
| 2011 | 15 ha | 17 ha | 32 ha |
| 2012 | 86 ha | 90 ha | 176 ha |
| 2013 | 41 ha | 58 ha | 99 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | 26 ha | 46 ha |
| 2015 | 11 ha | 9 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 93 ha | 91 ha | 184 ha |
| 2017 | 30 ha | 62 ha | 92 ha |
| 2018 | 15 ha | 10 ha | 25 ha |
| 2019 | 27 ha | 40 ha | 67 ha |
| 2020 | 15 ha | 20 ha | 35 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | 21 ha | 35 ha |
| 2022 | 28 ha | 72 ha | 100 ha |
| 2023 | 27 ha | 20 ha | 47 ha |
| 2024 | 23 ha | 26 ha | 49 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 14 ha | 25 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 51 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 81 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 394 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Western Visayas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good51% · 1,450 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back30% · 844 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4% · 113 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, logging, wildfires, 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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