City report · Venezuela
Caracas Air quality today
Air quality in Caracas currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 33
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.9
- tree cover
- 29.5%
- trees in this area
- 92.7K
- more trees needed
- 1.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Colinas de Bello Monte, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Caracas · AQI 33 (Good)
Caracas's tree count comes to 92,677 trees across 12.57 km², 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 1,571 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Caracas today: AQI 33, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 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
5.9
PM10
6.2
NO₂
18.0
O₃
17.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
219.0
- 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 Caracas's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 34 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 120 on Nov 5.
Where Caracas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Caracas: Below target
29.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
92,677
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
1,571
CO₂ if planted / yr
34.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Caracas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Caracas has lost about 297 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 297 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 252 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2015, when about 33 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 | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 13 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 26 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | 9 ha | 19 ha |
| 2014 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2015 | 30 ha | 3 ha | 33 ha |
| 2016 | 20 ha | 4 ha | 23 ha |
| 2017 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Caracas?
- Towns and roadscleared for good69% · 204 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good16% · 48 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back7.5% · 22 ha
Also: shifting farming, logging, wildfires, 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
- 17,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,100 ha
- Overall change
- −103 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Caracas stayed about the same size, at about 17,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 119 hectares, and about 223 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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Questions about Caracas
What is the air quality (AQI) in Caracas right now?
The latest reading for Caracas shows an AQI of 33 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 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 Caracas today?
At AQI 33 (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 Caracas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Caracas's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 34 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 120 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 Caracas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Caracas has lost about 297 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Caracas stayed about the same size, at about 17,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 119 hectares, and about 223 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Caracas?
Caracas has an estimated 92,677 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 29.5% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Caracas need?
Caracas needs roughly 1,571 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 34.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Caracas'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 Colinas de Bello Monte; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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