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Tarlac City Air quality today
Air quality in Tarlac City currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 58
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.8
- tree cover
- 37.0%
- trees in this area
- 115K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ligtasan, Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tarlac City · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Tarlac City's tree count comes to 114,612 trees across 12.39 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tarlac City today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 16 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Angeles and San Fernando
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.8
PM10
5.7
NO₂
3.4
O₃
76.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
195.0
- 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 Tarlac City's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 39 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 7.
Where Tarlac City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tarlac City: Healthy tree cover
37.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.39 km² of land.
Trees in this area
114,612
Target trees
114,612
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tarlac City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tarlac City has lost about 47 hectares of forest (about 66 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 47 haabout 66 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 36 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 7 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 | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tarlac City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good51% · 24 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 12 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown24% · 11 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
- 2,150 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,420 ha
- Overall change
- +270 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tarlac City grew from about 2,150 hectares to 2,420 hectares, a net gain of about 270 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 366 hectares, while 95 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 Tarlac City right now?
The latest reading for Tarlac City shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tarlac City today?
At AQI 58 (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 Tarlac City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tarlac City's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 39 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 81 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 Tarlac City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tarlac City has lost about 47 hectares of forest (about 66 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tarlac City grew from about 2,150 hectares to 2,420 hectares, a net gain of about 270 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 366 hectares, while 95 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tarlac City?
Tarlac City has an estimated 114,612 trees across the 12.39 km² of land measured — 37.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tarlac City need?
Tarlac City has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tarlac City'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 Ligtasan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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