City report · São Paulo, Brazil
Sorocaba Air quality today
Air quality in Sorocaba currently reads AQI 40 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 40
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.2
- tree cover
- 8.2%
- trees in this area
- 25.8K
- more trees needed
- 68.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Sorocaba - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sorocaba · AQI 40 (Good)
Sorocaba's tree count comes to 25,761 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 68,487 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sorocaba today: AQI 40, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 2.1 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.2
PM10
18.4
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
- 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 Sorocaba's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 19 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 128 on Nov 5.
Where Sorocaba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sorocaba: Critically low
8.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
25,761
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
68,487
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,507 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sorocaba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sorocaba has lost about 1,670 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 455 hectares (27%) 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 southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,670 haabout 2,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 455 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 224 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 30 ha | 32 ha | 62 ha |
| 2002 | 28 ha | 186 ha | 214 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | 32 ha | 45 ha |
| 2004 | 16 ha | 26 ha | 42 ha |
| 2005 | 16 ha | 146 ha | 162 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 7 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 46 ha | 8 ha | 55 ha |
| 2008 | 37 ha | 59 ha | 96 ha |
| 2009 | 74 ha | 28 ha | 102 ha |
| 2010 | 55 ha | 169 ha | 224 ha |
| 2011 | 15 ha | 146 ha | 161 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | 35 ha | 61 ha |
| 2013 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | 61 ha | 67 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 101 ha | 107 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 16 ha | 22 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | 77 ha | 83 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 20 ha | 26 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | 8 ha | 19 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 27 ha | 29 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sorocaba?
- Loggingcan grow back72% · 1,210 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 246 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good12% · 197 ha
Also: 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
- 7,660 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,520 ha
- Overall change
- −142 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sorocaba stayed about the same size, at about 7,520 hectares: new forest grew on about 520 hectares, and about 663 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 Sorocaba right now?
The latest reading for Sorocaba shows an AQI of 40 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by the Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil ground monitoring station, 2.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sorocaba today?
At AQI 40 (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 Sorocaba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sorocaba's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 19 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 128 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 Sorocaba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sorocaba has lost about 1,670 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 455 hectares (27%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sorocaba stayed about the same size, at about 7,520 hectares: new forest grew on about 520 hectares, and about 663 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sorocaba?
Sorocaba has an estimated 25,761 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 8.2% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sorocaba need?
Sorocaba needs roughly 68,487 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,507 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sorocaba's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near 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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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