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Badajoz Air quality today
Air quality in Badajoz currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 13
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.5
- tree cover
- 11.0%
- trees in this area
- 33.8K
- more trees needed
- 58.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Badajoz, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Badajoz · AQI 13 (Good)
Badajoz's tree count comes to 33,763 trees across 12.28 km² of land, 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 58,317 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Badajoz today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Huelva and Coimbra
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.5
PM10
4.3
NO₂
1.3
O₃
62.0
SO₂
0.1
CO
115.0
- 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 Badajoz's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 12 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 6.
Where Badajoz stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Badajoz: Critically low
11.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.28 km² of land.
Trees in this area
33,763
Target trees
92,080
More trees needed
58,317
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,283 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Badajoz lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Badajoz has lost about 195 hectares of forest (about 270 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) 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 5 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 195 haabout 270 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 151 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 29 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 18 ha | 4 ha | 22 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 22 ha | 7 ha | 29 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Badajoz?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good73% · 142 ha
- Loggingcan grow back16% · 31 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.9% · 10 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
- 695 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 957 ha
- Overall change
- +262 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Badajoz grew from about 695 hectares to 957 hectares, a net gain of about 262 hectares (+38%). New forest grew on about 354 hectares, while 92 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 Badajoz right now?
The latest reading for Badajoz shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Badajoz today?
At AQI 13 (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 Badajoz been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Badajoz's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 12 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Badajoz lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Badajoz has lost about 195 hectares of forest (about 270 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Badajoz grew from about 695 hectares to 957 hectares, a net gain of about 262 hectares (+38%). New forest grew on about 354 hectares, while 92 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Badajoz?
Badajoz has an estimated 33,763 trees across the 12.28 km² of land measured — 11.0% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Badajoz need?
Badajoz needs roughly 58,317 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,283 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Badajoz'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 Badajoz; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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