City report · São Paulo, Brazil
Valinhos Air quality today
Air quality in Valinhos currently reads AQI 15 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 15
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 26.9%
- trees in this area
- 84.3K
- more trees needed
- 9.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Valinhos - SP, 13274-465, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Valinhos · AQI 15 (Good)
Valinhos's tree count comes to 84,340 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,719 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Valinhos today: AQI 15, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Campinas-Taquaral, São Paulo, Brazil, 12.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.7
PM10
10.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
- 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 Valinhos's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 151 on Nov 5.
Where Valinhos stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Valinhos: Below target
26.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
84,340
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
9,719
CO₂ if planted / yr
213.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Valinhos lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Valinhos has lost about 1,050 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,050 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 673 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 183 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 36 ha | 34 ha | 70 ha |
| 2002 | 81 ha | 18 ha | 100 ha |
| 2003 | 41 ha | 5 ha | 45 ha |
| 2004 | 30 ha | 16 ha | 46 ha |
| 2005 | 55 ha | 26 ha | 81 ha |
| 2006 | 26 ha | 13 ha | 39 ha |
| 2007 | 105 ha | 78 ha | 183 ha |
| 2008 | 39 ha | 11 ha | 50 ha |
| 2009 | 55 ha | 4 ha | 60 ha |
| 2010 | 61 ha | 6 ha | 68 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 15 ha | 19 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | 28 ha | 41 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2017 | 25 ha | 9 ha | 34 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | 46 ha | 50 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 9 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | 14 ha | 19 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 13 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | 8 ha | 17 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Valinhos?
- Loggingcan grow back34% · 359 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good32% · 342 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 331 ha
Also: 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
- 9,150 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,060 ha
- Overall change
- −88 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Valinhos stayed about the same size, at about 9,060 hectares: new forest grew on about 619 hectares, and about 708 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Valinhos
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
Build your own
Compare Valinhos with anywhere
This place
Valinhos
Use this data
Put Valinhos's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Valinhos
What is the air quality (AQI) in Valinhos right now?
The latest reading for Valinhos shows an AQI of 15 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Campinas-Taquaral, São Paulo, Brazil, 12.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Valinhos today?
At AQI 15 (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 Valinhos been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Valinhos's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 151 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Valinhos lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Valinhos has lost about 1,050 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Valinhos stayed about the same size, at about 9,060 hectares: new forest grew on about 619 hectares, and about 708 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Valinhos?
Valinhos has an estimated 84,340 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 26.9% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Valinhos need?
Valinhos needs roughly 9,719 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 213.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Valinhos's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Centro, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address