City report · Lara, Venezuela
Cabudare Air quality today
Air quality in Cabudare currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 70
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.2
- tree cover
- 19.7%
- trees in this area
- 61.9K
- more trees needed
- 32.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around La Mata, Cabudare 3023, Lara, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cabudare · AQI 70 (Moderate)
Cabudare's tree count comes to 61,889 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,358 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cabudare today: AQI 70, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.2
PM10
20.4
NO₂
18.6
O₃
24.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
177.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cabudare's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 40 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 5.
Where Cabudare stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cabudare: Below target
19.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
61,889
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
32,358
CO₂ if planted / yr
711.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cabudare lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cabudare has lost about 332 hectares of forest (about 460 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) 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
- 332 haabout 460 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 319 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 44 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2005 | 42 ha | 3 ha | 44 ha |
| 2006 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2007 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2008 | 26 ha | 3 ha | 29 ha |
| 2009 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2018 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cabudare?
- Towns and roadscleared for good52% · 173 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good44% · 147 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.8% · 13 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural 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
- 10,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,500 ha
- Overall change
- −363 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cabudare shrank from about 10,900 hectares to 10,500 hectares, a net loss of about 363 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 150 hectares, but 512 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 Cabudare right now?
The latest reading for Cabudare shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cabudare today?
At AQI 70 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Cabudare been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cabudare's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 40 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 91 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 Cabudare lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cabudare has lost about 332 hectares of forest (about 460 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cabudare shrank from about 10,900 hectares to 10,500 hectares, a net loss of about 363 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 150 hectares, but 512 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cabudare?
Cabudare has an estimated 61,889 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.7% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cabudare need?
Cabudare needs roughly 32,358 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 711.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cabudare'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 La Mata; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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