City report · Bolívar, Venezuela
Ciudad Guayana Air quality today
Air quality in Ciudad Guayana currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 14
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.6
- tree cover
- 16.1%
- trees in this area
- 50.6K
- more trees needed
- 43.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nueva Chirica, Ciudad Guayana 8051, Bolívar, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ciudad Guayana · AQI 14 (Good)
Ciudad Guayana's tree count comes to 50,580 trees across 12.57 km², 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,668 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ciudad Guayana today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 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
2.6
PM10
3.5
NO₂
1.4
O₃
40.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
143.0
- 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 Guayana's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 16 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 7.
Where Ciudad Guayana stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ciudad Guayana: Critically low
16.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
50,580
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
43,668
CO₂ if planted / yr
960.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ciudad Guayana lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Guayana has lost about 1,320 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) 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 east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,320 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,290 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 23 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 58 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 128 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 55 ha | 4 ha | 59 ha |
| 2002 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2003 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2004 | 68 ha | 3 ha | 71 ha |
| 2005 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | 61 ha | 2 ha | 63 ha |
| 2007 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2008 | 121 ha | 7 ha | 128 ha |
| 2009 | 78 ha | 3 ha | 81 ha |
| 2010 | 42 ha | 2 ha | 45 ha |
| 2011 | 58 ha | 2 ha | 59 ha |
| 2012 | 76 ha | 2 ha | 78 ha |
| 2013 | 58 ha | 1 ha | 59 ha |
| 2014 | 76 ha | 3 ha | 79 ha |
| 2015 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2016 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2017 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2018 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2019 | 83 ha | under 1 ha | 83 ha |
| 2020 | 79 ha | under 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2021 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2024 | 30 ha | 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ciudad Guayana?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 1,250 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.9% · 25 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.8% · 24 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 8,980 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,850 ha
- Overall change
- −1,130 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad Guayana shrank from about 8,980 hectares to 7,850 hectares, a net loss of about 1,130 hectares (−13%). New forest grew on about 168 hectares, but 1,300 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 Guayana right now?
The latest reading for Ciudad Guayana shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 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 Guayana today?
At AQI 14 (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 Guayana been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad Guayana's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 16 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 78 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 Ciudad Guayana lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Guayana has lost about 1,320 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 23 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 58 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad Guayana shrank from about 8,980 hectares to 7,850 hectares, a net loss of about 1,130 hectares (−13%). New forest grew on about 168 hectares, but 1,300 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ciudad Guayana?
Ciudad Guayana has an estimated 50,580 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.1% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ciudad Guayana need?
Ciudad Guayana needs roughly 43,668 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 960.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ciudad Guayana'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 Nueva Chirica; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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