City report · Central Visayas, Philippines
Talisay Air quality today
Air quality in Talisay currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 18
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.3
- tree cover
- 30.4%
- trees in this area
- 54.0K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Poblacion, Talisay, Cebu, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Talisay · AQI 18 (Good)
Talisay's tree count comes to 53,960 trees across 7.1 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Talisay today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:01 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Lapu-Lapu City, 16.8 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.3
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Clarity
- 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 Talisay's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 41 on Nov 10.
Where Talisay stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Talisay: Healthy tree cover
30.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.1 km² of land.
Trees in this area
53,960
Target trees
53,960
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Talisay lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Talisay has lost about 237 hectares of forest (about 330 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2019: satellite photo from April 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 237 haabout 330 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 228 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 49 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2009 | 47 ha | 2 ha | 49 ha |
| 2010 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Talisay?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good54% · 127 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · 94 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3% · 7 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 6,810 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,770 ha
- Overall change
- −45 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Talisay stayed about the same size, at about 6,770 hectares: new forest grew on about 83 hectares, and about 128 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 Talisay right now?
The latest reading for Talisay shows an AQI of 18 (Good), measured Nov 12, 00:01 local time by the Lapu-Lapu City ground monitoring station, 16.8 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Talisay today?
At AQI 18 (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 Talisay been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Talisay's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 41 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 Talisay lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Talisay has lost about 237 hectares of forest (about 330 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Talisay stayed about the same size, at about 6,770 hectares: new forest grew on about 83 hectares, and about 128 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Talisay?
Talisay has an estimated 53,960 trees across the 7.1 km² of land measured — 30.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Talisay need?
Talisay has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Talisay's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Poblacion, 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 Poblacion; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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