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Bridgetown Air quality today
Air quality in Bridgetown currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 23
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.0
- tree cover
- 13.2%
- trees in this area
- 27.9K
- more trees needed
- 35.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bridgetown · AQI 23 (Good)
Bridgetown's tree count comes to 27,950 trees across 8.47 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 35,573 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bridgetown today: AQI 23, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 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
4.0
PM10
6.9
NO₂
1.1
O₃
43.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
137.0
- 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 Bridgetown's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 30 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 4.
Where Bridgetown stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bridgetown: Critically low
13.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
27,950
Target trees
63,523
More trees needed
35,573
CO₂ if planted / yr
782.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bridgetown lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bridgetown has lost about 67 hectares of forest (about 94 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 67 haabout 94 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 60 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 17 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bridgetown?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good45% · 30 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 28 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.1% · 2 ha
Also: 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
- 1,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,660 ha
- Overall change
- +63 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bridgetown grew from about 1,600 hectares to 1,660 hectares, a net gain of about 63 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 99 hectares, while 36 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 Bridgetown right now?
The latest reading for Bridgetown shows an AQI of 23 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 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 Bridgetown today?
At AQI 23 (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 Bridgetown been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bridgetown's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 30 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Bridgetown lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bridgetown has lost about 67 hectares of forest (about 94 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bridgetown grew from about 1,600 hectares to 1,660 hectares, a net gain of about 63 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 99 hectares, while 36 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bridgetown?
Bridgetown has an estimated 27,950 trees across the 8.47 km² of land measured — 13.2% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bridgetown need?
Bridgetown needs roughly 35,573 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 782.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bridgetown'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 Bridgetown; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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