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Vitória de Santo Antão Air quality today
Air quality in Vitória de Santo Antão currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 59
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.7
- tree cover
- 15.1%
- trees in this area
- 47.4K
- more trees needed
- 46.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Matriz, Vitória de Santo Antão - PE, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vitória de Santo Antão · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Vitória de Santo Antão's tree count comes to 47,438 trees across 12.57 km², 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 46,810 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Vitória de Santo Antão today: AQI 59, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.7
PM10
11.9
NO₂
5.9
O₃
39.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
217.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vitória de Santo Antão's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 58 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 138 on Nov 8.
Where Vitória de Santo Antão stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vitória de Santo Antão: Critically low
15.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
47,438
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
46,810
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,030 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vitória de Santo Antão lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vitória de Santo Antão has lost about 917 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 9.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 917 haabout 1,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 917 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 88 ha |
| 2002 | 117 ha | under 1 ha | 117 ha |
| 2003 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2006 | 71 ha | under 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2007 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2008 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2009 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2010 | 110 ha | under 1 ha | 110 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 131 ha | under 1 ha | 131 ha |
| 2013 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2016 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
The worst year was 2012, when about 131 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation around Vitória de Santo Antão?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 851 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.6% · 60 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 3,770 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,830 ha
- Overall change
- +61 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vitória de Santo Antão stayed about the same size, at about 3,830 hectares: new forest grew on about 127 hectares, and about 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. How it's measured
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Questions about Vitória de Santo Antão
What is the air quality (AQI) in Vitória de Santo Antão right now?
The latest reading for Vitória de Santo Antão shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Vitória de Santo Antão today?
At AQI 59 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Vitória de Santo Antão been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vitória de Santo Antão's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 58 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 138 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Vitória de Santo Antão lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vitória de Santo Antão has lost about 917 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 9.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vitória de Santo Antão stayed about the same size, at about 3,830 hectares: new forest grew on about 127 hectares, and about 66 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Vitória de Santo Antão?
Vitória de Santo Antão has an estimated 47,438 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 15.1% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vitória de Santo Antão need?
Vitória de Santo Antão needs roughly 46,810 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,030 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Vitória de Santo Antão'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 Matriz; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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