City report · Honduras
Choloma
Measured across a 2 km radius around B. San Antonio, Choloma, Cortés, Honduras (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 49.1%
- Air quality
- 24Good
- Trees in this area
- 154K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Aug 13, 2026
Choloma's tree count comes to 154,252 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Choloma: Healthy tree cover
49.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
154,252
Target trees
154,252
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Choloma today: AQI 24, Good
Observed Oct 19, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Colonia Moderna, San Pedro Sula - Sustenta Honduras/CIPOTES, 15.1 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.3
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustenta Honduras
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Choloma lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Choloma has lost about 3,430 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south-west of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,430 haabout 4,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,030 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 126 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 273 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 480 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34 ha | 4 ha | 38 ha |
| 2002 | 29 ha | 4 ha | 33 ha |
| 2003 | 32 ha | 5 ha | 37 ha |
| 2004 | 49 ha | 4 ha | 54 ha |
| 2005 | 22 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 44 ha | 3 ha | 47 ha |
| 2007 | 94 ha | 7 ha | 101 ha |
| 2008 | 53 ha | 2 ha | 55 ha |
| 2009 | 135 ha | 12 ha | 147 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | 2 ha | 26 ha |
| 2011 | 102 ha | 7 ha | 109 ha |
| 2012 | 69 ha | 3 ha | 72 ha |
| 2013 | 126 ha | 6 ha | 132 ha |
| 2014 | 186 ha | 11 ha | 197 ha |
| 2015 | 341 ha | 27 ha | 368 ha |
| 2016 | 112 ha | 9 ha | 121 ha |
| 2017 | 307 ha | 49 ha | 356 ha |
| 2018 | 154 ha | 19 ha | 173 ha |
| 2019 | 412 ha | 68 ha | 480 ha |
| 2020 | 182 ha | 53 ha | 235 ha |
| 2021 | 94 ha | 14 ha | 108 ha |
| 2022 | 62 ha | 6 ha | 68 ha |
| 2023 | 82 ha | 16 ha | 98 ha |
| 2024 | 190 ha | 62 ha | 252 ha |
| 2025 | 96 ha | 7 ha | 103 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Choloma?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 2,360 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 668 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back11% · 385 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 15,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,600 ha
- Overall change
- −1,400 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Choloma shrank from about 15,000 hectares to 13,600 hectares, a net loss of about 1,400 hectares (−9.4%). New forest grew on about 945 hectares, but 2,350 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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What is the tree count in Choloma?
Choloma has an estimated 154,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 49.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Choloma need?
Choloma has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Choloma right now?
The latest reading for Choloma shows an AQI of 24 (Good), measured Oct 19, 16:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Colonia Moderna, San Pedro Sula - Sustenta Honduras/CIPOTES, 15.1 km away). Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Choloma lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Choloma has lost about 3,430 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 126 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 273 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Choloma shrank from about 15,000 hectares to 13,600 hectares, a net loss of about 1,400 hectares (−9.4%). New forest grew on about 945 hectares, but 2,350 hectares were lost.
How is Choloma'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 B. San Antonio; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near B. San Antonio, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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