City report · Soccsksargen, Philippines
Tacurong Air quality today
Air quality in Tacurong currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 8
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.6
- tree cover
- 51.7%
- trees in this area
- 162K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Poblacion, City of Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tacurong · AQI 8 (Good)
Tacurong's tree count comes to 162,258 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tacurong today: AQI 8, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Davao City and Panabo
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.6
PM10
7.2
NO₂
4.2
O₃
65.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
214.0
- 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 Tacurong's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 33 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 103 on Nov 6.
Where Tacurong stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tacurong: Healthy tree cover
51.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
162,258
Target trees
162,258
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tacurong lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tacurong has lost about 1,610 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,610 haabout 2,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,600 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 62 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 30 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 287 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 | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2002 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | 62 ha | 2 ha | 64 ha |
| 2005 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2006 | 86 ha | 1 ha | 87 ha |
| 2007 | 98 ha | 2 ha | 100 ha |
| 2008 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2009 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2010 | 284 ha | 3 ha | 287 ha |
| 2011 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2012 | 91 ha | under 1 ha | 92 ha |
| 2013 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2014 | 246 ha | under 1 ha | 246 ha |
| 2015 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2016 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2017 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2018 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2019 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2020 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2021 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2022 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2025 | 181 ha | under 1 ha | 181 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tacurong?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good94% · 1,520 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.9% · 79 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
- 10,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,400 ha
- Overall change
- +199 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tacurong stayed about the same size, at about 10,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 771 hectares, and about 572 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 Tacurong right now?
The latest reading for Tacurong shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tacurong today?
At AQI 8 (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 Tacurong been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tacurong's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 33 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 103 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tacurong lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tacurong has lost about 1,610 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 62 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 30 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tacurong stayed about the same size, at about 10,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 771 hectares, and about 572 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tacurong?
Tacurong has an estimated 162,258 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 51.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tacurong need?
Tacurong has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tacurong'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 Poblacion; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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