City report · Texas, United States
Amarillo Air quality today
Air quality in Amarillo currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 44
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.9
- tree cover
- 5.5%
- trees in this area
- 17.2K
- more trees needed
- 76.8K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Amarillo, TX, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Amarillo · AQI 44 (Good)
Amarillo's tree count comes to 17,244 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.54 km²) of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 76,815 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Amarillo today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Amarillo, 2.1 mi (3.4 km) away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.9
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Clarity
- 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 Amarillo's daily AQI at 10 on average, from 6 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 24 on Nov 8.
Where Amarillo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Amarillo: Critically low
5.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.54 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
17,244
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
76,815
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,690 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Amarillo lost?
There was almost no forest around Amarillo in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 272 acres (110 ha)
- Forest in 2020
- 329 acres (133 ha)
- Overall change
- +57 acres (23 ha)more forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Amarillo grew from about 272 acres (110 hectares) to 329 acres (133 hectares), a net gain of about 57 acres (23 hectares) (+21%). New forest grew on about 64 acres (26 hectares), while 7 acres (3 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 Amarillo right now?
The latest reading for Amarillo shows an AQI of 44 (Good), measured Nov 11, 08:00 local time by the Amarillo ground monitoring station, 2.1 mi (3.4 km) away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Amarillo today?
At AQI 44 (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 Amarillo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Amarillo's daily AQI at 10 on average, from 6 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 24 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 Amarillo lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Amarillo in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Amarillo grew from about 272 acres (110 hectares) to 329 acres (133 hectares), a net gain of about 57 acres (23 hectares) (+21%). New forest grew on about 64 acres (26 hectares), while 7 acres (3 hectares) were lost.
What is the tree count in Amarillo?
Amarillo has an estimated 17,244 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.54 km²) of land measured — 5.5% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Amarillo need?
Amarillo needs roughly 76,815 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,690 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Amarillo's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Amarillo, 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 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Amarillo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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