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Taguig Air quality today
Air quality in Taguig currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.5
- tree cover
- 31.5%
- trees in this area
- 91.1K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Santa Ana, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Taguig · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Taguig's tree count comes to 91,142 trees across 11.58 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Taguig today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:05 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Pateros Bridge, 2.8 km away · median of 24 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Clarity, CS, EGT
- 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 Taguig's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 10.
Where Taguig stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Taguig: Healthy tree cover
31.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.58 km² of land.
Trees in this area
91,142
Target trees
91,142
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Taguig lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taguig has lost about 139 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 139 haabout 200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 133 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 63 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Taguig?
- Towns and roadscleared for good62% · 86 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good34% · 47 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.6% · 6 ha
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
- 2,290 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,460 ha
- Overall change
- +166 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taguig grew from about 2,290 hectares to 2,460 hectares, a net gain of about 166 hectares (+7.2%). New forest grew on about 231 hectares, while 65 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 Taguig right now?
The latest reading for Taguig shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), measured Nov 12, 00:05 local time by 24 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Pateros Bridge, 2.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Taguig today?
At AQI 52 (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 Taguig been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Taguig's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Taguig lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taguig has lost about 139 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taguig grew from about 2,290 hectares to 2,460 hectares, a net gain of about 166 hectares (+7.2%). New forest grew on about 231 hectares, while 65 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Taguig?
Taguig has an estimated 91,142 trees across the 11.58 km² of land measured — 31.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Taguig need?
Taguig has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Taguig's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Santa Ana, 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 Santa Ana; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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