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Votuporanga Air quality today
Air quality in Votuporanga currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 26
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.3
- tree cover
- 13.0%
- trees in this area
- 40.8K
- more trees needed
- 53.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vila Sao Vicente, Votuporanga - SP, 15500-003, Brazil (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Votuporanga · AQI 26 (Good)
Votuporanga's tree count comes to 40,800 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 53,354 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Votuporanga today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 245 km, e.g. São José do Rio Preto and Sertãozinho
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.3
PM10
5.8
NO₂
2.1
O₃
78.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
267.0
- 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 Votuporanga's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 37 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 4.
Where Votuporanga stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Votuporanga: Critically low
13.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
40,800
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
53,354
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,174 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Votuporanga lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Votuporanga has lost about 681 hectares of forest (about 950 football pitches): 24% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 681 haabout 950 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 24%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 586 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 18 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 220 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 | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2005 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 15 ha | 8 ha | 23 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 82 ha | 5 ha | 87 ha |
| 2013 | 87 ha | 10 ha | 97 ha |
| 2014 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 74 ha | 8 ha | 82 ha |
| 2021 | 208 ha | 12 ha | 220 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 25 ha | 32 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 14 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Votuporanga?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 584 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 89 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 3,840 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,570 ha
- Overall change
- +730 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Votuporanga grew from about 3,840 hectares to 4,570 hectares, a net gain of about 730 hectares (+19%). New forest grew on about 1,240 hectares, while 512 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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- São José do Rio Preto75.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 16
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- Air quality
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- Birigui103.6 km
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- 21%
- Air quality
- 52
- Catanduva130.9 km
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- 16%
- Air quality
- 38
- Barretos147.1 km
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- Air quality
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- Ituiutaba169.7 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Votuporanga right now?
The latest reading for Votuporanga shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 10, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Votuporanga today?
At AQI 26 (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 Votuporanga been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Votuporanga's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 37 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 73 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 Votuporanga lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Votuporanga has lost about 681 hectares of forest (about 950 football pitches): 24% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 18 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Votuporanga grew from about 3,840 hectares to 4,570 hectares, a net gain of about 730 hectares (+19%). New forest grew on about 1,240 hectares, while 512 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Votuporanga?
Votuporanga has an estimated 40,800 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 13.0% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Votuporanga need?
Votuporanga needs roughly 53,354 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,174 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Votuporanga'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 Vila Sao Vicente; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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