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Chincha Alta Air quality today

Air quality in Chincha Alta currently reads AQI 32 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 32

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
5.3
tree cover
1.4%
trees in this area
4.4K
more trees needed
89.8K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Chincha Alta, Ika, Peru (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Chincha Alta · AQI 32 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 23, 2026

Chincha Alta's tree count comes to 4,398 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 89,850 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Chincha Alta today: AQI 32, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 08:00 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

5.3

PM10

11.4

NO₂

1.2

O₃

40.0

SO₂

1.0

CO

114.0

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 Chincha Alta's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 25 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 43 on Nov 7.

Last 7 daysavg 30 · peak 43
Nov 4: AQI 27 (peak 32)Nov 5: AQI 29 (peak 33)Nov 6: AQI 25 (peak 31)Nov 7: AQI 30 (peak 43)Nov 8: AQI 34 (peak 42)Nov 9: AQI 36 (peak 41)Nov 10: AQI 32 (peak 33)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Chincha Alta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Chincha Alta: Critically low

1.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

29 points below target

Trees in this area

4,398

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

89,850

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,977 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Chincha Alta lost?

There was almost no forest around Chincha Alta in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Chincha Alta, February 2017

2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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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    5%
    Air quality
    37
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  • Lima

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    180.4 km
    Tree cover
    1%
    Air quality
    60
  • Callao

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    Tree cover
    3%
    Air quality
    62
  • 208.4 km
    Tree cover
    8%
    Air quality
    17
  • 387.3 km
    Tree cover
    3%
    Air quality
    4

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chincha Alta right now?

The latest reading for Chincha Alta shows an AQI of 32 (Good), observed Nov 10, 08:00 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 Chincha Alta today?

At AQI 32 (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 Chincha Alta been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chincha Alta's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 25 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 43 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Chincha Alta lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Chincha Alta in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Chincha Alta?

Chincha Alta has an estimated 4,398 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.4% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Chincha Alta need?

Chincha Alta needs roughly 89,850 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,977 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Chincha Alta'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 Chincha Alta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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