City report · Minas Gerais, Brazil
Vespasiano Air quality today
Air quality in Vespasiano currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 18
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.4
- tree cover
- 30.8%
- trees in this area
- 96.8K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around De Lourdes, Vespasiano - MG, 33200-000, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vespasiano · AQI 18 (Good)
Vespasiano's tree count comes to 96,761 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Vespasiano today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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
3.4
PM10
4.3
NO₂
2.0
O₃
66.0
SO₂
3.2
CO
119.0
- 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 Vespasiano's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 5.
Where Vespasiano stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vespasiano: Healthy tree cover
30.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
96,761
Target trees
96,761
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vespasiano lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vespasiano has lost about 1,280 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,280 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,090 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 170 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 45 ha | 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2002 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | 24 ha | 7 ha | 31 ha |
| 2004 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2006 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 26 ha |
| 2007 | 72 ha | 3 ha | 75 ha |
| 2008 | 169 ha | 1 ha | 170 ha |
| 2009 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2010 | 50 ha | 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2011 | 122 ha | 2 ha | 124 ha |
| 2012 | 71 ha | 1 ha | 73 ha |
| 2013 | 68 ha | 2 ha | 70 ha |
| 2014 | 58 ha | 23 ha | 81 ha |
| 2015 | 33 ha | 3 ha | 36 ha |
| 2016 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 62 ha | 43 ha | 104 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 33 ha | 20 ha | 53 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2022 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2023 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2024 | 46 ha | 65 ha | 111 ha |
| 2025 | 31 ha | 11 ha | 41 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Vespasiano?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 615 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good29% · 370 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back13% · 170 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
- 10,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,640 ha
- Overall change
- −953 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vespasiano shrank from about 10,600 hectares to 9,640 hectares, a net loss of about 953 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 175 hectares, but 1,130 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 Vespasiano right now?
The latest reading for Vespasiano shows an AQI of 18 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Vespasiano today?
At AQI 18 (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 Vespasiano been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vespasiano's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 65 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 Vespasiano lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vespasiano has lost about 1,280 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vespasiano shrank from about 10,600 hectares to 9,640 hectares, a net loss of about 953 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 175 hectares, but 1,130 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Vespasiano?
Vespasiano has an estimated 96,761 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 30.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vespasiano need?
Vespasiano has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Vespasiano'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 De Lourdes; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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