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Cobán Air quality today
Air quality in Cobán currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 14
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 52.8%
- trees in this area
- 166K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Cobán, Guatemala (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cobán · AQI 14 (Good)
Cobán's tree count comes to 165,876 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 Cobán today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 105 km, e.g. San Juan Sacatepéquez and Guatemala City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.7
PM10
6.2
NO₂
5.6
O₃
38.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
208.0
- 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 Cobán's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 40 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 6.
Where Cobán stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cobán: Healthy tree cover
52.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
165,876
Target trees
165,876
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cobán lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cobán has lost about 8,280 hectares of forest (about 12,000 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) 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 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 8,280 haabout 12,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 28%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6,210 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 361 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 546 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 1,110 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 125 ha | 45 ha | 170 ha |
| 2002 | 72 ha | 35 ha | 107 ha |
| 2003 | 75 ha | 35 ha | 110 ha |
| 2004 | 175 ha | 66 ha | 241 ha |
| 2005 | 35 ha | 7 ha | 42 ha |
| 2006 | 385 ha | 175 ha | 560 ha |
| 2007 | 299 ha | 125 ha | 424 ha |
| 2008 | 238 ha | 85 ha | 323 ha |
| 2009 | 213 ha | 97 ha | 310 ha |
| 2010 | 150 ha | 41 ha | 191 ha |
| 2011 | 121 ha | 71 ha | 192 ha |
| 2012 | 378 ha | 119 ha | 497 ha |
| 2013 | 137 ha | 40 ha | 177 ha |
| 2014 | 171 ha | 34 ha | 205 ha |
| 2015 | 145 ha | 49 ha | 194 ha |
| 2016 | 889 ha | 219 ha | 1,110 ha |
| 2017 | 289 ha | 122 ha | 411 ha |
| 2018 | 355 ha | 96 ha | 451 ha |
| 2019 | 250 ha | 98 ha | 348 ha |
| 2020 | 296 ha | 118 ha | 414 ha |
| 2021 | 281 ha | 101 ha | 382 ha |
| 2022 | 427 ha | 102 ha | 529 ha |
| 2023 | 249 ha | 84 ha | 333 ha |
| 2024 | 247 ha | 44 ha | 291 ha |
| 2025 | 207 ha | 61 ha | 268 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cobán?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 5,810 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back17% · 1,370 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8.5% · 704 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 30,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 29,700 ha
- Overall change
- −398 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cobán stayed about the same size, at about 29,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 70 hectares, and about 468 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Cobán
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Mixco96.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 50%
- Air quality
- 30
- Chichicastenango98.4 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 75%
- Air quality
- 70
- Villa Nueva107.5 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 30
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Cobán right now?
The latest reading for Cobán shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cobán 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 Cobán been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cobán's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 40 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cobán lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cobán has lost about 8,280 hectares of forest (about 12,000 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 361 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 546 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cobán stayed about the same size, at about 29,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 70 hectares, and about 468 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cobán?
Cobán has an estimated 165,876 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 52.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cobán need?
Cobán has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Cobán'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 Cobán; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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