City report · Espírito Santo, Brazil
Serra Air quality today
Air quality in Serra currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 16
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 36.4%
- trees in this area
- 114K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Serra Centro, Serra - ES, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Serra · AQI 16 (Good)
Serra's tree count comes to 114,354 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 Serra today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:30 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Jardim Camburi, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 14.6 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.9
PM10
12.6
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, IEMA - Instituto Estadual de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos
- 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 Serra's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 37 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 7.
Where Serra stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Serra: Healthy tree cover
36.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
114,354
Target trees
114,354
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Serra lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Serra has lost about 2,370 hectares of forest (about 3,300 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 694 hectares (29%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,370 haabout 3,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 694 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 26 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 130 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2007, when about 776 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22 ha | 67 ha | 89 ha |
| 2002 | 34 ha | 57 ha | 91 ha |
| 2003 | 37 ha | 3 ha | 41 ha |
| 2004 | 38 ha | 10 ha | 48 ha |
| 2005 | 13 ha | 12 ha | 25 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 60 ha | 70 ha |
| 2007 | 52 ha | 724 ha | 776 ha |
| 2008 | 22 ha | 21 ha | 43 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 10 ha | 21 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 11 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 10 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 21 ha | 173 ha | 193 ha |
| 2014 | 47 ha | 16 ha | 63 ha |
| 2015 | 44 ha | 34 ha | 78 ha |
| 2016 | 45 ha | 47 ha | 92 ha |
| 2017 | 143 ha | 178 ha | 321 ha |
| 2018 | 65 ha | 147 ha | 212 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 74 ha | 85 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Serra?
- Loggingcan grow back66% · 1,570 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 438 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 255 ha
Also: shifting farming, wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 11,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,100 ha
- Overall change
- +1 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Serra stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 501 hectares, and about 500 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 Serra right now?
The latest reading for Serra shows an AQI of 16 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:30 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Jardim Camburi, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 14.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Serra 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 Serra been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Serra's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 37 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Serra lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Serra has lost about 2,370 hectares of forest (about 3,300 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 694 hectares (29%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 26 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 130 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Serra stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 501 hectares, and about 500 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Serra?
Serra has an estimated 114,354 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 36.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Serra need?
Serra has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Serra's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Serra Centro, 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 Serra Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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