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Bogotá Air quality today
Air quality in Bogotá currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 46
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.2
- tree cover
- 4.0%
- trees in this area
- 12.6K
- more trees needed
- 81.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around El Liston, Los Mártires, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bogotá · AQI 46 (Good)
Bogotá's tree count comes to 12,566 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,681 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bogotá today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · MinAmbiente, Bogota, Colombia, 2.4 km away · median of 7 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.2
PM10
13.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, OAB - El Observatorio Ambiental de Bogotá
- 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 Bogotá's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 49 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 5.
Where Bogotá stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bogotá: Critically low
4.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,566
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
81,681
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,797 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bogotá lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bogotá has lost about 199 hectares of forest (about 280 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (79%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2019: satellite photo from December 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 199 haabout 280 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 157 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 25 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2002 | 21 ha | 4 ha | 25 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2006 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bogotá?
- Towns and roadscleared for good55% · 109 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good24% · 48 ha
- Loggingcan grow back10% · 20 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 8,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,570 ha
- Overall change
- +111 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bogotá stayed about the same size, at about 8,570 hectares: new forest grew on about 214 hectares, and about 102 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 Bogotá right now?
The latest reading for Bogotá shows an AQI of 46 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 7 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is MinAmbiente, Bogota, Colombia, 2.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bogotá today?
At AQI 46 (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 Bogotá been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bogotá's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 49 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bogotá lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bogotá has lost about 199 hectares of forest (about 280 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (79%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bogotá stayed about the same size, at about 8,570 hectares: new forest grew on about 214 hectares, and about 102 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bogotá?
Bogotá has an estimated 12,566 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.0% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bogotá need?
Bogotá needs roughly 81,681 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,797 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bogotá's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near El Liston, 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 2 km radius around El Liston; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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