City report · Castille and León, Spain
Burgos Air quality today
Air quality in Burgos currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 8
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.5
- tree cover
- 18.5%
- trees in this area
- 58.1K
- more trees needed
- 36.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Burgos, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Burgos · AQI 8 (Good)
Burgos's tree count comes to 58,119 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,128 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Burgos today: AQI 8, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 13 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Vitoria-Gasteiz and Valladolid
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.5
PM10
2.9
NO₂
2.3
O₃
50.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
106.0
- 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 Burgos's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 7 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 6.
Where Burgos stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Burgos: Below target
18.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
58,119
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
36,128
CO₂ if planted / yr
794.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Burgos lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Burgos has lost about 110 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 33 hectares (30%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 110 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 33 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 13 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Burgos?
- Loggingcan grow back67% · 74 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 21 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · 12 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
- 1,330 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,330 ha
- Overall change
- +1 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Burgos stayed about the same size, at about 1,330 hectares: new forest grew on about 77 hectares, and about 76 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Burgos
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Gasteiz / Vitoria101.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 11
- Logroño103.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 17
- Valladolid113.8 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 16
- Bilbao120.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 36%
- Air quality
- 14
- Santander125.4 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 17
- León155.9 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 23
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Burgos right now?
The latest reading for Burgos shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Burgos today?
At AQI 8 (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 Burgos been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Burgos's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 7 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 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 Burgos lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Burgos has lost about 110 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 33 hectares (30%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Burgos stayed about the same size, at about 1,330 hectares: new forest grew on about 77 hectares, and about 76 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Burgos?
Burgos has an estimated 58,119 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.5% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Burgos need?
Burgos needs roughly 36,128 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 794.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Burgos'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 Burgos; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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