City report · Cagayan Valley, Philippines
Tuguegarao Air quality today
Air quality in Tuguegarao currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 27
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.6
- tree cover
- 32.8%
- trees in this area
- 95.1K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ugac Norte, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tuguegarao · AQI 27 (Good)
Tuguegarao's tree count comes to 95,110 trees across 11.6 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tuguegarao today: AQI 27, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 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
5.6
PM10
7.5
NO₂
2.6
O₃
60.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
177.0
- 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 Tuguegarao's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 21 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 6.
Where Tuguegarao stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tuguegarao: Healthy tree cover
32.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.6 km² of land.
Trees in this area
95,110
Target trees
95,110
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tuguegarao lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tuguegarao has lost about 43 hectares of forest (about 60 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 43 haabout 60 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 37 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 6 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tuguegarao?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good71% · 31 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 6 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown14% · 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
- 3,980 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,080 ha
- Overall change
- +100 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tuguegarao grew from about 3,980 hectares to 4,080 hectares, a net gain of about 100 hectares (+2.5%). New forest grew on about 166 hectares, while 66 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 Tuguegarao right now?
The latest reading for Tuguegarao shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 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 Tuguegarao today?
At AQI 27 (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 Tuguegarao been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tuguegarao's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 21 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 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 Tuguegarao lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tuguegarao has lost about 43 hectares of forest (about 60 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tuguegarao grew from about 3,980 hectares to 4,080 hectares, a net gain of about 100 hectares (+2.5%). New forest grew on about 166 hectares, while 66 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tuguegarao?
Tuguegarao has an estimated 95,110 trees across the 11.6 km² of land measured — 32.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tuguegarao need?
Tuguegarao has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tuguegarao'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 Ugac Norte; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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