City report · Mato Grosso, Brazil
Sorriso Air quality today
Air quality in Sorriso currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 49
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.9
- tree cover
- 21.5%
- trees in this area
- 67.5K
- more trees needed
- 26.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro Sul, Sorriso - MT, 78890-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sorriso · AQI 49 (Good)
Sorriso's tree count comes to 67,544 trees across 12.57 km², 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 26,704 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sorriso today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 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
8.9
PM10
9.1
NO₂
4.7
O₃
25.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
433.0
- 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 Sorriso's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 47 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 145 on Nov 10.
Where Sorriso stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sorriso: Below target
21.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
67,544
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
26,704
CO₂ if planted / yr
587.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sorriso lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sorriso has lost about 1,990 hectares of forest (about 2,800 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) 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 6 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,990 haabout 2,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,760 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 67 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2004, when about 316 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 286 ha | 2 ha | 288 ha |
| 2002 | 151 ha | 1 ha | 152 ha |
| 2003 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2004 | 314 ha | 2 ha | 316 ha |
| 2005 | 142 ha | under 1 ha | 142 ha |
| 2006 | 77 ha | 8 ha | 84 ha |
| 2007 | 33 ha | 3 ha | 36 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2009 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 55 ha | 3 ha | 58 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 57 ha | 2 ha | 59 ha |
| 2015 | 102 ha | 2 ha | 104 ha |
| 2016 | 44 ha | 15 ha | 59 ha |
| 2017 | 48 ha | 33 ha | 81 ha |
| 2018 | 68 ha | 6 ha | 74 ha |
| 2019 | 24 ha | 6 ha | 30 ha |
| 2020 | 60 ha | 32 ha | 92 ha |
| 2021 | 20 ha | 6 ha | 25 ha |
| 2022 | 24 ha | 13 ha | 37 ha |
| 2023 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2024 | 38 ha | 86 ha | 124 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 8 ha | 19 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sorriso?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good58% · 1,150 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 602 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back7% · 139 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 8,530 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,860 ha
- Overall change
- −1,670 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sorriso shrank from about 8,530 hectares to 6,860 hectares, a net loss of about 1,670 hectares (−20%). New forest grew on about 255 hectares, but 1,920 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 Sorriso right now?
The latest reading for Sorriso shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:00 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 Sorriso today?
At AQI 49 (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 Sorriso been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sorriso's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 47 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 145 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 Sorriso lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sorriso has lost about 1,990 hectares of forest (about 2,800 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 67 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sorriso shrank from about 8,530 hectares to 6,860 hectares, a net loss of about 1,670 hectares (−20%). New forest grew on about 255 hectares, but 1,920 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sorriso?
Sorriso has an estimated 67,544 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 21.5% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sorriso need?
Sorriso needs roughly 26,704 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 587.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sorriso'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 Sul; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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