City report · Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Buenaventura Air quality today
Air quality in Buenaventura currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 18
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.4
- tree cover
- 49.9%
- trees in this area
- 138K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Buenaventura · AQI 18 (Good)
Buenaventura's tree count comes to 138,110 trees across 11.07 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Buenaventura today: AQI 18, 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
3.4
PM10
4.6
NO₂
0.4
O₃
42.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
151.0
- 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 Buenaventura's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 12 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 8.
Where Buenaventura stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Buenaventura: Healthy tree cover
49.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.07 km² of land.
Trees in this area
138,110
Target trees
138,110
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Buenaventura lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Buenaventura has lost about 750 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 750 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 601 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 123 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | 5 ha | 24 ha |
| 2009 | 24 ha | 3 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 92 ha | 13 ha | 104 ha |
| 2011 | 69 ha | 9 ha | 78 ha |
| 2012 | 78 ha | 13 ha | 91 ha |
| 2013 | 102 ha | 21 ha | 123 ha |
| 2014 | 46 ha | 25 ha | 70 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 21 ha | 19 ha | 41 ha |
| 2017 | 52 ha | 14 ha | 66 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Buenaventura?
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 305 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good39% · 289 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back8.1% · 60 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, mining and energy, 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
- 23,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 22,800 ha
- Overall change
- −765 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Buenaventura shrank from about 23,500 hectares to 22,800 hectares, a net loss of about 765 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 240 hectares, but 1,010 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 Buenaventura right now?
The latest reading for Buenaventura shows an AQI of 18 (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 Buenaventura today?
At AQI 18 (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 Buenaventura been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Buenaventura's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 12 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 53 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 Buenaventura lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Buenaventura has lost about 750 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Buenaventura shrank from about 23,500 hectares to 22,800 hectares, a net loss of about 765 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 240 hectares, but 1,010 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Buenaventura?
Buenaventura has an estimated 138,110 trees across the 11.07 km² of land measured — 49.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Buenaventura need?
Buenaventura has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Buenaventura'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 Buenaventura; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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