City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Teófilo Otoni Air quality today
Air quality in Teófilo Otoni currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.2
- tree cover
- 24.0%
- trees in this area
- 75.4K
- more trees needed
- 18.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around São Francisco, Teófilo Otoni - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Teófilo Otoni · AQI 6 (Good)
Teófilo Otoni's tree count comes to 75,398 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,850 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Teófilo Otoni today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.2
PM10
1.5
NO₂
0.5
O₃
59.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
101.0
- 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 Teófilo Otoni's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 4 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 8.
Where Teófilo Otoni stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Teófilo Otoni: Below target
24.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
75,398
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
18,850
CO₂ if planted / yr
414.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Teófilo Otoni lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Teófilo Otoni has lost about 1,830 hectares of forest (about 2,600 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from June 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,830 haabout 2,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,340 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 80 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 113 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 330 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 57 ha | 9 ha | 65 ha |
| 2002 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 57 ha | 2 ha | 59 ha |
| 2004 | 32 ha | 4 ha | 36 ha |
| 2005 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2006 | 83 ha | 6 ha | 89 ha |
| 2007 | 31 ha | 5 ha | 36 ha |
| 2008 | 108 ha | 17 ha | 125 ha |
| 2009 | 28 ha | 3 ha | 31 ha |
| 2010 | 29 ha | 3 ha | 33 ha |
| 2011 | 79 ha | 5 ha | 83 ha |
| 2012 | 34 ha | 4 ha | 38 ha |
| 2013 | 44 ha | 5 ha | 50 ha |
| 2014 | 96 ha | 18 ha | 114 ha |
| 2015 | 61 ha | 13 ha | 74 ha |
| 2016 | 177 ha | 153 ha | 330 ha |
| 2017 | 81 ha | 10 ha | 91 ha |
| 2018 | 75 ha | 4 ha | 79 ha |
| 2019 | 26 ha | 10 ha | 35 ha |
| 2020 | 20 ha | 8 ha | 28 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 41 ha | 15 ha | 56 ha |
| 2023 | 23 ha | 3 ha | 27 ha |
| 2024 | 67 ha | 176 ha | 243 ha |
| 2025 | 52 ha | 9 ha | 62 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Teófilo Otoni?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 1,270 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back25% · 463 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.1% · 56 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 15,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,700 ha
- Overall change
- −570 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Teófilo Otoni shrank from about 15,200 hectares to 14,700 hectares, a net loss of about 570 hectares (−3.7%). New forest grew on about 185 hectares, but 756 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 Teófilo Otoni right now?
The latest reading for Teófilo Otoni shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Teófilo Otoni today?
At AQI 6 (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 Teófilo Otoni been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Teófilo Otoni's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 4 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Teófilo Otoni lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Teófilo Otoni has lost about 1,830 hectares of forest (about 2,600 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 80 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 113 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Teófilo Otoni shrank from about 15,200 hectares to 14,700 hectares, a net loss of about 570 hectares (−3.7%). New forest grew on about 185 hectares, but 756 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Teófilo Otoni?
Teófilo Otoni has an estimated 75,398 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.0% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Teófilo Otoni need?
Teófilo Otoni needs roughly 18,850 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 414.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Teófilo Otoni'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 São Francisco; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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