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Ciudad de la Paz Air quality today
Air quality in Ciudad de la Paz currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 26
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.4
- tree cover
- 51.7%
- trees in this area
- 162K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ciudad de la Paz, Equatorial Guinea (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Apr 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ciudad de la Paz · AQI 26 (Good)
Ciudad de la Paz's tree count comes to 162,258 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ciudad de la Paz today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 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
5.4
PM10
9.3
NO₂
0.3
O₃
53.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
151.0
- 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 Ciudad de la Paz's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 9.
Where Ciudad de la Paz stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ciudad de la Paz: Healthy tree cover
51.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
162,258
Target trees
162,258
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ciudad de la Paz lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad de la Paz has lost about 2,670 hectares of forest (about 3,700 football pitches): 8.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2018: satellite photo from January 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,670 haabout 3,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,380 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 47 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 105 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 866 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 17 ha | 15 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2006 | 31 ha | 5 ha | 36 ha |
| 2007 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2008 | 95 ha | 20 ha | 114 ha |
| 2009 | 126 ha | 6 ha | 132 ha |
| 2010 | 12 ha | 4 ha | 16 ha |
| 2011 | 282 ha | 6 ha | 288 ha |
| 2012 | 37 ha | 2 ha | 38 ha |
| 2013 | 42 ha | 15 ha | 57 ha |
| 2014 | 811 ha | 55 ha | 866 ha |
| 2015 | 223 ha | 18 ha | 241 ha |
| 2016 | 98 ha | 20 ha | 118 ha |
| 2017 | 147 ha | 20 ha | 167 ha |
| 2018 | 44 ha | 34 ha | 78 ha |
| 2019 | 92 ha | 26 ha | 118 ha |
| 2020 | 32 ha | 11 ha | 43 ha |
| 2021 | 35 ha | 6 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 49 ha | 4 ha | 53 ha |
| 2023 | 32 ha | 3 ha | 35 ha |
| 2024 | 65 ha | 8 ha | 73 ha |
| 2025 | 34 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ciudad de la Paz?
- Mining and energycleared for good80% · 2,140 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.8% · 236 ha
- Loggingcan grow back6.6% · 175 ha
Also: shifting farming, storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 31,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 28,400 ha
- Overall change
- −2,820 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad de la Paz shrank from about 31,200 hectares to 28,400 hectares, a net loss of about 2,820 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 13 hectares, but 2,830 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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Measured cities near Ciudad de la Paz
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Oyem84.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 49%
- Air quality
- 41
- Ébolowa149.8 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
- 104
- Libreville202.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 53
- Edéa257.2 km
Cameroon
- Tree cover
- 58%
- Air quality
- 55
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Questions about Ciudad de la Paz
What is the air quality (AQI) in Ciudad de la Paz right now?
The latest reading for Ciudad de la Paz shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:00 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 Ciudad de la Paz today?
At AQI 26 (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 Ciudad de la Paz been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad de la Paz's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ciudad de la Paz lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad de la Paz has lost about 2,670 hectares of forest (about 3,700 football pitches): 8.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Forest loss is slowing down: about 47 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 105 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad de la Paz shrank from about 31,200 hectares to 28,400 hectares, a net loss of about 2,820 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 13 hectares, but 2,830 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ciudad de la Paz?
Ciudad de la Paz has an estimated 162,258 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 51.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ciudad de la Paz need?
Ciudad de la Paz has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ciudad de la Paz'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 Ciudad de la Paz; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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