City report · Venezuela
Barinas Air quality today
Air quality in Barinas currently reads AQI 35 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 35
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.2
- tree cover
- 15.9%
- trees in this area
- 50.0K
- more trees needed
- 44.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barinas 5201, Barinas, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Barinas · AQI 35 (Good)
Barinas's tree count comes to 49,951 trees across 12.57 km², 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 44,296 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Barinas today: AQI 35, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 05:00 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
6.2
PM10
6.3
NO₂
10.2
O₃
25.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
425.0
- 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 Barinas's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 29 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 4.
Where Barinas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Barinas: Critically low
15.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
49,951
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
44,296
CO₂ if planted / yr
974.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Barinas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Barinas has lost about 634 hectares of forest (about 890 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 634 haabout 890 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 625 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 81 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 64 ha | 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2002 | 69 ha | 2 ha | 71 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2005 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2006 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2007 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2008 | 53 ha | 2 ha | 54 ha |
| 2009 | 80 ha | 2 ha | 81 ha |
| 2010 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2011 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Barinas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good74% · 468 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 156 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.5% · 10 ha
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
- 4,480 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,360 ha
- Overall change
- −117 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Barinas shrank from about 4,480 hectares to 4,360 hectares, a net loss of about 117 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 286 hectares, but 403 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 Barinas right now?
The latest reading for Barinas shows an AQI of 35 (Good), observed Nov 10, 05:00 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 Barinas today?
At AQI 35 (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 Barinas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Barinas's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 29 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Barinas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Barinas has lost about 634 hectares of forest (about 890 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Barinas shrank from about 4,480 hectares to 4,360 hectares, a net loss of about 117 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 286 hectares, but 403 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Barinas?
Barinas has an estimated 49,951 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 15.9% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Barinas need?
Barinas needs roughly 44,296 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 974.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Barinas'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 Barinas 5201; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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