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Taboão da Serra Air quality today
Air quality in Taboão da Serra 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)
- 11.1
- tree cover
- 18.2%
- trees in this area
- 57.2K
- more trees needed
- 37.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jardim Record, Taboão da Serra - SP, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Taboão da Serra · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Taboão da Serra's tree count comes to 57,177 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,071 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Taboão da Serra today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil, 3.9 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.1
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
- 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 Taboão da Serra's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 106 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Taboão da Serra: Below target
18.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
57,177
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
37,071
CO₂ if planted / yr
815.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Taboão da Serra lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taboão da Serra has lost about 1,080 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,080 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,040 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 63 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 43 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2007, when about 150 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2002 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2004 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2005 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 148 ha | 2 ha | 150 ha |
| 2008 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2009 | 85 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2010 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2011 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2016 | 21 ha | 5 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 36 ha | 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2018 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2019 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 74 ha |
| 2020 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2021 | 83 ha | under 1 ha | 83 ha |
| 2022 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2023 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 56 ha |
| 2024 | 48 ha | 23 ha | 71 ha |
| 2025 | 59 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Taboão da Serra?
- Towns and roadscleared for good86% · 927 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.9% · 85 ha
- Loggingcan grow back2.7% · 29 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
- 8,860 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,910 ha
- Overall change
- +44 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taboão da Serra stayed about the same size, at about 8,910 hectares: new forest grew on about 657 hectares, and about 613 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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Questions about Taboão da Serra
What is the air quality (AQI) in Taboão da Serra right now?
The latest reading for Taboão da Serra shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 15:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil, 3.9 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Taboão da Serra 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 Taboão da Serra been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Taboão da Serra's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 106 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 Taboão da Serra lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taboão da Serra has lost about 1,080 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is speeding up: about 63 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 43 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taboão da Serra stayed about the same size, at about 8,910 hectares: new forest grew on about 657 hectares, and about 613 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Taboão da Serra?
Taboão da Serra has an estimated 57,177 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.2% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Taboão da Serra need?
Taboão da Serra needs roughly 37,071 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 815.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Taboão da Serra's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jardim Record, 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 Jardim Record; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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