Skip to content
Airleaf
Shop

City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ribeirão das Neves Air quality today

Air quality in Ribeirão das Neves currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 14

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
2.6
tree cover
32.3%
trees in this area
101K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Ribeirão das Neves - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ribeirão das Neves · AQI 14 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 27, 2026

Ribeirão das Neves's tree count comes to 101,473 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Ribeirão das Neves today: AQI 14, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

2.6

PM10

3.1

NO₂

5.8

O₃

39.0

SO₂

5.5

CO

167.0

Outdoor exercise
A good day to be active outside
Windows
Open them to air the house
Mask
Not needed
Air purifier
Not needed

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ribeirão das Neves's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 29 · peak 65
Nov 5: AQI 43 (peak 65)Nov 6: AQI 47 (peak 65)Nov 7: AQI 27 (peak 49)Nov 8: AQI 40 (peak 58)Nov 9: AQI 14 (peak 18)Nov 10: AQI 14 (peak 20)Nov 11: AQI 15 (peak 16)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Ribeirão das Neves stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ribeirão das Neves: Healthy tree cover

32.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

101,473

Target trees

101,473

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ribeirão das Neves lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ribeirão das Neves has lost about 1,160 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 8.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.

Satellite image of the area around Ribeirão das Neves, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
1,160 haabout 1,600 football pitches
Share of its forest
8.7%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
784 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 37 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 85 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 246 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.

Forest lost each year around Ribeirão das Neves, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Ribeirão das Neves, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.246

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year around Ribeirão das Neves, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200144 ha1 ha45 ha
200239 ha2 ha41 ha
200334 ha12 ha46 ha
200413 ha1 ha15 ha
200522 ha2 ha24 ha
200614 ha2 ha16 ha
200729 ha8 ha37 ha
200845 ha4 ha49 ha
200950 ha3 ha53 ha
201017 ha1 ha18 ha
201163 ha2 ha65 ha
201235 ha2 ha37 ha
201319 ha3 ha22 ha
201457 ha18 ha75 ha
201512 haunder 1 ha12 ha
201617 ha14 ha31 ha
201779 ha167 ha246 ha
201815 ha7 ha22 ha
201947 ha33 ha80 ha
202018 ha26 ha45 ha
202115 haunder 1 ha15 ha
202213 haunder 1 ha13 ha
202328 haunder 1 ha28 ha
202438 ha63 ha101 ha
202521 ha5 ha26 ha

What is causing deforestation around Ribeirão das Neves?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good43% · 500 ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back27% · 314 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good17% · 198 ha

Also: mining and energy, logging, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
12,400 ha
Forest in 2020
11,900 ha
Overall change
−539 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ribeirão das Neves shrank from about 12,400 hectares to 11,900 hectares, a net loss of about 539 hectares (−4.3%). New forest grew on about 113 hectares, but 652 hectares were lost.

These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.

These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.

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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

In the same region

Measured cities near Ribeirão das Neves

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Contagem

    Brazil

    18.6 km
    Tree cover
    16%
    Air quality
    18
  • Vespasiano

    Brazil

    19.0 km
    Tree cover
    31%
    Air quality
    18
  • Belo Horizonte

    Brazil

    23.1 km
    Tree cover
    14%
    Air quality
    21
  • Santa Luzia

    Brazil

    24.6 km
    Tree cover
    50%
    Air quality
    17
  • Betim

    Brazil

    25.2 km
    Tree cover
    32%
    Air quality
    13
  • Ibirité

    Brazil

    28.5 km
    Tree cover
    50%
    Air quality
    14

Build your own

Compare Ribeirão das Neves with anywhere

This place

Ribeirão das Neves

Use this data

Put Ribeirão das Neves's numbers on your site

Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.

Ribeirão das Neves air quality (AQI) and tree cover — measured by Airleaf
HTML
Markdown

Frequently asked

Questions about Ribeirão das Neves

What is the air quality (AQI) in Ribeirão das Neves right now?

The latest reading for Ribeirão das Neves shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Ribeirão das Neves today?

At AQI 14 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Ribeirão das Neves been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ribeirão das Neves's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Ribeirão das Neves lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ribeirão das Neves has lost about 1,160 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 8.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 37 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 85 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ribeirão das Neves shrank from about 12,400 hectares to 11,900 hectares, a net loss of about 539 hectares (−4.3%). New forest grew on about 113 hectares, but 652 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Ribeirão das Neves?

Ribeirão das Neves has an estimated 101,473 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 32.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ribeirão das Neves need?

Ribeirão das Neves has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Ribeirão das Neves's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

See your own area

What does your neighborhood look like?

Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.

Check my address