City report · Paraíba, Brazil
Santa Rita Air quality today
Air quality in Santa Rita currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 53
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.5
- tree cover
- 13.9%
- trees in this area
- 43.6K
- more trees needed
- 50.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Santa Rita, Paraiba, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santa Rita · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Santa Rita's tree count comes to 43,581 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,478 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santa Rita today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.5
PM10
17.3
NO₂
1.1
O₃
51.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
126.0
- 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 Santa Rita's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 40 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 5.
Where Santa Rita stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santa Rita: Critically low
13.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
43,581
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
50,478
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,111 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santa Rita lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Rita has lost about 1,180 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,180 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,150 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 245 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 114 ha | under 1 ha | 114 ha |
| 2002 | 133 ha | 1 ha | 134 ha |
| 2003 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2004 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2005 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2006 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2008 | 243 ha | 2 ha | 245 ha |
| 2009 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2010 | 128 ha | under 1 ha | 128 ha |
| 2011 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2012 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2017 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 41 ha | 21 ha | 62 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Santa Rita?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 973 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 173 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.7% · 20 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
- 6,180 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,240 ha
- Overall change
- +59 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Rita stayed about the same size, at about 6,240 hectares: new forest grew on about 110 hectares, and about 52 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 Rita right now?
The latest reading for Santa Rita shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Santa Rita today?
At AQI 53 (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 Santa Rita been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santa Rita's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 40 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 57 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 Rita lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Rita has lost about 1,180 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Rita stayed about the same size, at about 6,240 hectares: new forest grew on about 110 hectares, and about 52 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Santa Rita?
Santa Rita has an estimated 43,581 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 13.9% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santa Rita need?
Santa Rita needs roughly 50,478 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,111 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Santa Rita'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 Santa Rita; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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