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Ciudad del Este Air quality today
Air quality in Ciudad del Este currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 18
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.2
- tree cover
- 36.6%
- trees in this area
- 115K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Isidro, 100164 Cd. del Este, Paraguay (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ciudad del Este · AQI 18 (Good)
Ciudad del Este's tree count comes to 114,982 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ciudad del Este today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · RESPIRA-MAX-CDE-KM8_5-001, 3.2 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Proyecto Respira
- 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 del Este's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 34 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 9.
Where Ciudad del Este stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ciudad del Este: Healthy tree cover
36.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
114,982
Target trees
114,982
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ciudad del Este lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad del Este has lost about 873 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 873 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 858 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 96 hectares of forest were lost.
Ciudad del Este's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2003 | 96 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2004 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2005 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2007 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2008 | 36 ha | 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha |
| 2012 | 56 ha | 3 ha | 59 ha |
| 2013 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2014 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2016 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2017 | 95 ha | under 1 ha | 95 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2019 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2020 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2021 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2022 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2023 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2025 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ciudad del Este?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good63% · 548 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good35% · 310 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.5% · 13 ha
Also: logging.
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
- 8,710 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,160 ha
- Overall change
- −558 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad del Este shrank from about 8,710 hectares to 8,160 hectares, a net loss of about 558 hectares (−6.4%). New forest grew on about 624 hectares, but 1,180 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Ciudad del Este right now?
The latest reading for Ciudad del Este shows an AQI of 18 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is RESPIRA-MAX-CDE-KM8_5-001, 3.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ciudad del Este today?
At AQI 18 (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 del Este been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad del Este's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 34 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 73 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 del Este lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad del Este has lost about 873 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad del Este shrank from about 8,710 hectares to 8,160 hectares, a net loss of about 558 hectares (−6.4%). New forest grew on about 624 hectares, but 1,180 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ciudad del Este?
Ciudad del Este has an estimated 114,982 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 36.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ciudad del Este need?
Ciudad del Este has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ciudad del Este's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near San Isidro, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 San Isidro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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