City report · Guatemala
Chichicastenango
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chichicastenango, Guatemala (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 82.5%
- Air quality
- 69Moderate
- Trees in this area
- 259K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Aug 28, 2026
Chichicastenango's tree count comes to 259,181 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 69 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chichicastenango: Healthy tree cover
82.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
259,181
Target trees
259,181
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chichicastenango today: AQI 69, Moderate
Observed Oct 18, 23:00 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
17.8
PM10
17.8
NO₂
11.0
O₃
15.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
301.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chichicastenango lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chichicastenango has lost about 1,320 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 6.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,320 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,250 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 187 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | 80 ha | 1 ha | 81 ha |
| 2003 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2004 | 178 ha | 9 ha | 187 ha |
| 2005 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2006 | 71 ha | 2 ha | 73 ha |
| 2007 | 160 ha | 13 ha | 173 ha |
| 2008 | 60 ha | 6 ha | 65 ha |
| 2009 | 59 ha | 14 ha | 74 ha |
| 2010 | 82 ha | 3 ha | 85 ha |
| 2011 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 123 ha | 3 ha | 126 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2014 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2016 | 51 ha | 2 ha | 54 ha |
| 2017 | 62 ha | 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2018 | 47 ha | 5 ha | 52 ha |
| 2019 | 22 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2020 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 30 ha | 5 ha | 36 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chichicastenango?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 1,130 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.8% · 116 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back4.2% · 56 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 24,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 24,100 ha
- Overall change
- −157 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chichicastenango stayed about the same size, at about 24,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 71 hectares, and about 228 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 centre, 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- San Juan Sacatepéquez56.1 km
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- Air quality
- 20
- Mixco64.4 km
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- Air quality
- 20
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa68.3 km
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- Air quality
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- Guatemala City72.6 km
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- Air quality
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What is the tree count in Chichicastenango?
Chichicastenango has an estimated 259,181 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 82.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chichicastenango need?
Chichicastenango has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Chichicastenango right now?
The latest reading for Chichicastenango shows an AQI of 69 (Moderate), observed Oct 18, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has the area around Chichicastenango lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chichicastenango has lost about 1,320 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 6.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chichicastenango stayed about the same size, at about 24,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 71 hectares, and about 228 hectares were lost.
How is Chichicastenango's tree cover and air quality measured?
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 Chichicastenango; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. 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.
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