City report · Sucre, Venezuela
Carúpano Air quality today
Air quality in Carúpano currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 12
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.3
- tree cover
- 34.7%
- trees in this area
- 72.2K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Carupano, Sucre, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Carúpano · AQI 12 (Good)
Carúpano's tree count comes to 72,167 trees across 8.32 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Carúpano today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 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
2.3
PM10
3.7
NO₂
2.3
O₃
43.0
SO₂
0.5
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 Carúpano's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 12 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 5.
Where Carúpano stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Carúpano: Healthy tree cover
34.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.32 km² of land.
Trees in this area
72,167
Target trees
72,167
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Carúpano lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Carúpano has lost about 964 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 964 haabout 1,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 944 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 11 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 101 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2018, when about 143 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2002 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2004 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2007 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2009 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2010 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2013 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2014 | 63 ha | 2 ha | 65 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 48 ha | 4 ha | 53 ha |
| 2017 | 126 ha | 3 ha | 129 ha |
| 2018 | 140 ha | 3 ha | 143 ha |
| 2019 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 74 ha |
| 2020 | 107 ha | 1 ha | 108 ha |
| 2021 | 20 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Carúpano?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good84% · 807 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 121 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.6% · 16 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 12,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,200 ha
- Overall change
- −686 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Carúpano shrank from about 12,900 hectares to 12,200 hectares, a net loss of about 686 hectares (−5.3%). New forest grew on about 65 hectares, but 750 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 Carúpano right now?
The latest reading for Carúpano shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 11, 00:00 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 Carúpano today?
At AQI 12 (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 Carúpano been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Carúpano's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 12 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Carúpano lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Carúpano has lost about 964 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 11 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 101 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Carúpano shrank from about 12,900 hectares to 12,200 hectares, a net loss of about 686 hectares (−5.3%). New forest grew on about 65 hectares, but 750 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Carúpano?
Carúpano has an estimated 72,167 trees across the 8.32 km² of land measured — 34.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Carúpano need?
Carúpano has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Carúpano'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 Carupano; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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