City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Uberlândia Air quality today
Air quality in Uberlândia currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 6
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.0
- tree cover
- 3.9%
- trees in this area
- 12.3K
- more trees needed
- 82.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Uberlândia - MG, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Uberlândia · AQI 6 (Good)
Uberlândia's tree count comes to 12,252 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,996 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Uberlândia today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 250 km, e.g. São José do Rio Preto and Sertãozinho
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.0
PM10
2.7
NO₂
2.1
O₃
61.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
167.0
- 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 Uberlândia's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 4.
Where Uberlândia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Uberlândia: Critically low
3.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,252
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
81,996
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,804 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Uberlândia lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Uberlândia has lost about 451 hectares of forest (about 630 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 451 haabout 630 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 367 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 95 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2003 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 30 ha | 33 ha | 64 ha |
| 2008 | 12 ha | 16 ha | 27 ha |
| 2009 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2010 | 95 ha | under 1 ha | 95 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 10 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Uberlândia?
- Towns and roadscleared for good58% · 263 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good22% · 99 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 79 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, 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
- 3,220 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,020 ha
- Overall change
- −204 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Uberlândia shrank from about 3,220 hectares to 3,020 hectares, a net loss of about 204 hectares (−6.3%). New forest grew on about 205 hectares, but 409 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 Uberlândia right now?
The latest reading for Uberlândia shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Uberlândia 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 Uberlândia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Uberlândia's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Uberlândia lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Uberlândia has lost about 451 hectares of forest (about 630 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Uberlândia shrank from about 3,220 hectares to 3,020 hectares, a net loss of about 204 hectares (−6.3%). New forest grew on about 205 hectares, but 409 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Uberlândia?
Uberlândia has an estimated 12,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.9% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Uberlândia need?
Uberlândia needs roughly 81,996 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,804 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Uberlândia'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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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