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Santa Cruz do Capibaribe Air quality today
Air quality in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 16
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.2
- tree cover
- 13.0%
- trees in this area
- 40.8K
- more trees needed
- 53.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe - PE, 55190-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe · AQI 16 (Good)
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe's tree count comes to 40,841 trees across 12.57 km², 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 53,407 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 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
2.2
PM10
2.8
NO₂
1.5
O₃
38.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
134.0
- 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 5.
Where Santa Cruz do Capibaribe stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: Critically low
13.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
40,841
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
53,407
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,175 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santa Cruz do Capibaribe lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe has lost about 624 hectares of forest (about 870 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 624 haabout 870 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 618 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 93 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 56 ha | 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2002 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2003 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2005 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2006 | 92 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2007 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2008 | 85 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2009 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2010 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 88 ha |
| 2011 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2012 | 62 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Santa Cruz do Capibaribe?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good99% · 616 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 1,820 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,610 ha
- Overall change
- −209 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Cruz do Capibaribe shrank from about 1,820 hectares to 1,610 hectares, a net loss of about 209 hectares (−11%). New forest grew on about 5 hectares, but 214 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe right now?
The latest reading for Santa Cruz do Capibaribe shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe today?
At AQI 16 (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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santa Cruz do Capibaribe's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 52 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe has lost about 624 hectares of forest (about 870 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Cruz do Capibaribe shrank from about 1,820 hectares to 1,610 hectares, a net loss of about 209 hectares (−11%). New forest grew on about 5 hectares, but 214 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe?
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe has an estimated 40,841 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.0% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santa Cruz do Capibaribe need?
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe needs roughly 53,407 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,175 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Santa Cruz do Capibaribe'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.
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