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Chiclayo Air quality today
Air quality in Chiclayo currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 44
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.7
- tree cover
- 2.0%
- trees in this area
- 6.3K
- more trees needed
- 88.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Urb Patazca, Chiclayo 14009, Peru (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chiclayo · AQI 44 (Good)
Chiclayo's tree count comes to 6,283 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 87,965 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chiclayo today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 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
8.7
PM10
14.2
NO₂
0.3
O₃
55.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
102.0
- 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 Chiclayo's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 38 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 6.
Where Chiclayo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chiclayo: Critically low
2.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
6,283
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
87,965
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,935 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chiclayo lost?
There was very little forest around Chiclayo in 2000, about 10 hectares, and about 10 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 4 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 | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chiclayo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good19% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.4% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown74% · 7 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. 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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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chiclayo right now?
The latest reading for Chiclayo shows an AQI of 44 (Good), observed Nov 10, 13:00 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 Chiclayo today?
At AQI 44 (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 Chiclayo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chiclayo's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 38 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 51 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 Chiclayo lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Chiclayo in 2000, about 10 hectares, and about 10 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Chiclayo?
Chiclayo has an estimated 6,283 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.0% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chiclayo need?
Chiclayo needs roughly 87,965 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,935 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chiclayo'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 Urb Patazca; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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