City report · Mato Grosso, Brazil
Sinop Air quality today
Air quality in Sinop currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 55
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.4
- tree cover
- 12.0%
- trees in this area
- 37.7K
- more trees needed
- 56.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around St. Res. Sul, Sinop - MT, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sinop · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Sinop's tree count comes to 37,699 trees across 12.57 km², 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 56,549 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sinop today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 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
11.4
PM10
11.7
NO₂
2.6
O₃
28.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
174.0
- 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 Sinop's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 40 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 10.
Where Sinop stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sinop: Critically low
12.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
37,699
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
56,549
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,244 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sinop lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sinop has lost about 4,030 hectares of forest (about 5,600 football pitches): 44% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4,030 haabout 5,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 44%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,880 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 106 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 142 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2004, when about 1,050 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 214 ha | 4 ha | 218 ha |
| 2002 | 146 ha | under 1 ha | 146 ha |
| 2003 | 413 ha | 2 ha | 415 ha |
| 2004 | 1,050 ha | 1 ha | 1,050 ha |
| 2005 | 240 ha | under 1 ha | 240 ha |
| 2006 | 68 ha | 2 ha | 70 ha |
| 2007 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2008 | 35 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2009 | 82 ha | 2 ha | 84 ha |
| 2010 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2011 | 155 ha | 1 ha | 156 ha |
| 2012 | 78 ha | 1 ha | 79 ha |
| 2013 | 47 ha | 2 ha | 49 ha |
| 2014 | 45 ha | 39 ha | 83 ha |
| 2015 | 49 ha | 9 ha | 58 ha |
| 2016 | 246 ha | 30 ha | 276 ha |
| 2017 | 129 ha | 12 ha | 141 ha |
| 2018 | 77 ha | under 1 ha | 77 ha |
| 2019 | 108 ha | 7 ha | 115 ha |
| 2020 | 95 ha | 8 ha | 103 ha |
| 2021 | 69 ha | 3 ha | 72 ha |
| 2022 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2023 | 174 ha | under 1 ha | 174 ha |
| 2024 | 111 ha | 31 ha | 142 ha |
| 2025 | 101 ha | under 1 ha | 101 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sinop?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 2,890 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 987 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.4% · 139 ha
Also: 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
- 8,790 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,720 ha
- Overall change
- −3,080 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sinop shrank from about 8,790 hectares to 5,720 hectares, a net loss of about 3,080 hectares (−35%). New forest grew on about 180 hectares, but 3,260 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 Sinop right now?
The latest reading for Sinop shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 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 Sinop today?
At AQI 55 (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 Sinop been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sinop's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 40 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 108 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 Sinop lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sinop has lost about 4,030 hectares of forest (about 5,600 football pitches): 44% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 106 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 142 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sinop shrank from about 8,790 hectares to 5,720 hectares, a net loss of about 3,080 hectares (−35%). New forest grew on about 180 hectares, but 3,260 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sinop?
Sinop has an estimated 37,699 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.0% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sinop need?
Sinop needs roughly 56,549 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,244 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sinop'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 St. Res. Sul; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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