City report · Calabarzon, Philippines
Rodriguez Air quality today
Air quality in Rodriguez currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 68
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.0
- tree cover
- 54.5%
- trees in this area
- 171K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rodriguez · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Rodriguez's tree count comes to 171,046 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rodriguez today: AQI 68, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:04 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tivoli, 5 km away · median of 6 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Clarity, CS, Manila Observatory
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rodriguez's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 17 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 10.
Where Rodriguez stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rodriguez: Healthy tree cover
54.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
171,046
Target trees
171,046
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rodriguez lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rodriguez has lost about 490 hectares of forest (about 690 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 490 haabout 690 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 443 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2022, when about 59 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 20 ha | 4 ha | 23 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 25 ha | 3 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 27 ha | 3 ha | 30 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 22 ha | 4 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 17 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2020 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 57 ha | 2 ha | 59 ha |
| 2023 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 31 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha |
| 2025 | 24 ha | 4 ha | 28 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rodriguez?
- Mining and energycleared for good49% · 238 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 118 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 88 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 16,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,300 ha
- Overall change
- −346 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rodriguez shrank from about 16,600 hectares to 16,300 hectares, a net loss of about 346 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 216 hectares, but 562 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
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Rodriguez right now?
The latest reading for Rodriguez shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), measured Nov 12, 00:04 local time by 6 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Tivoli, 5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rodriguez today?
At AQI 68 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rodriguez been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rodriguez's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 17 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rodriguez lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rodriguez has lost about 490 hectares of forest (about 690 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rodriguez shrank from about 16,600 hectares to 16,300 hectares, a net loss of about 346 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 216 hectares, but 562 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rodriguez?
Rodriguez has an estimated 171,046 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 54.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rodriguez need?
Rodriguez has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rodriguez's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Bagong Silangan, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Bagong Silangan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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