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Urdaneta Air quality today
Air quality in Urdaneta currently reads AQI 161 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 161
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 79.0
- tree cover
- 46.6%
- trees in this area
- 146K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Poblacion, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Urdaneta · AQI 161 (Unhealthy)
Urdaneta's tree count comes to 146,252 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Urdaneta today: AQI 161, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 17 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 17 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Angeles and San Fernando
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
79.0
PM10
30.2
NO₂
11.0
O₃
55.0
SO₂
5.6
CO
228.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Urdaneta's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 50 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 7.
Where Urdaneta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Urdaneta: Healthy tree cover
46.6% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
146,252
Target trees
146,252
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Urdaneta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Urdaneta has lost about 190 hectares of forest (about 270 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 190 haabout 270 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 174 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 31 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Urdaneta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good82% · 157 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.8% · 17 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown8.9% · 17 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
- 3,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,790 ha
- Overall change
- +87 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Urdaneta grew from about 3,700 hectares to 3,790 hectares, a net gain of about 87 hectares (+2.4%). New forest grew on about 224 hectares, while 137 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 Urdaneta right now?
The latest reading for Urdaneta shows an AQI of 161 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 17 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Urdaneta today?
At AQI 161 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Urdaneta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Urdaneta's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 50 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 119 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 Urdaneta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Urdaneta has lost about 190 hectares of forest (about 270 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Urdaneta grew from about 3,700 hectares to 3,790 hectares, a net gain of about 87 hectares (+2.4%). New forest grew on about 224 hectares, while 137 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Urdaneta?
Urdaneta has an estimated 146,252 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 46.6% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Urdaneta need?
Urdaneta has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Urdaneta'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 Poblacion; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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