City report · Eastern Visayas, Philippines
Tacloban Air quality today
Air quality in Tacloban currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 49
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.1
- tree cover
- 41.0%
- trees in this area
- 56.4K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barangay 25, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tacloban · AQI 49 (Good)
Tacloban's tree count comes to 56,417 trees across 5.51 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tacloban today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Cebu City and Talisay
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
9.1
PM10
9.1
NO₂
0.7
O₃
41.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
169.0
- 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 Tacloban's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 45 on Nov 7.
Where Tacloban stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tacloban: Healthy tree cover
41.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 5.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
56,417
Target trees
56,417
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tacloban lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tacloban has lost about 1,480 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,480 haabout 2,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,230 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 493 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 ha | 4 ha | 17 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | 18 ha | 3 ha | 21 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2006 | 17 ha | 4 ha | 21 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2009 | 33 ha | 3 ha | 36 ha |
| 2010 | 45 ha | 4 ha | 49 ha |
| 2011 | 23 ha | 3 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 33 ha | 5 ha | 38 ha |
| 2013 | 329 ha | 164 ha | 493 ha |
| 2014 | 332 ha | 34 ha | 366 ha |
| 2015 | 43 ha | 3 ha | 46 ha |
| 2016 | 58 ha | 2 ha | 60 ha |
| 2017 | 55 ha | 3 ha | 59 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 40 ha | 4 ha | 44 ha |
| 2021 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2024 | 37 ha | 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tacloban?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good58% · 860 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 372 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back17% · 245 ha
Also: 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
- 10,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,850 ha
- Overall change
- −931 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tacloban shrank from about 10,800 hectares to 9,850 hectares, a net loss of about 931 hectares (−8.6%). New forest grew on about 31 hectares, but 962 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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- Air quality
- 18
- Talisay168.1 km
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- 30%
- Air quality
- 18
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- Air quality
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- Naga, Central Visayas178.3 km
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tacloban right now?
The latest reading for Tacloban shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tacloban 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 Tacloban been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tacloban's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 45 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 Tacloban lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tacloban has lost about 1,480 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tacloban shrank from about 10,800 hectares to 9,850 hectares, a net loss of about 931 hectares (−8.6%). New forest grew on about 31 hectares, but 962 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tacloban?
Tacloban has an estimated 56,417 trees across the 5.51 km² of land measured — 41.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tacloban need?
Tacloban has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tacloban'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 Barangay 25; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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