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Cochabamba Air quality today
Air quality in Cochabamba currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 53
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.7
- tree cover
- 11.4%
- trees in this area
- 35.8K
- more trees needed
- 58.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Noroeste, Cochabamba, Bolivia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cochabamba · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Cochabamba's tree count comes to 35,814 trees across 12.57 km², 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 58,434 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cochabamba today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.7
PM10
11.2
NO₂
2.5
O₃
64.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
300.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cochabamba's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 9 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 4.
Where Cochabamba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cochabamba: Critically low
11.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
35,814
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
58,434
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,286 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cochabamba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cochabamba has lost about 27 hectares of forest (about 38 football pitches): 3.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (36%), after which forest can grow back. About 11 hectares (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 27 haabout 38 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 11 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 8 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cochabamba?
- Wildfirescan grow back36% · 10 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good22% · 6 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good17% · 5 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 1,250 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,270 ha
- Overall change
- +15 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cochabamba stayed about the same size, at about 1,270 hectares: new forest grew on about 67 hectares, and about 52 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 Cochabamba right now?
The latest reading for Cochabamba shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cochabamba today?
At AQI 53 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Cochabamba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cochabamba's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 9 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cochabamba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cochabamba has lost about 27 hectares of forest (about 38 football pitches): 3.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (36%), after which forest can grow back. About 11 hectares (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cochabamba stayed about the same size, at about 1,270 hectares: new forest grew on about 67 hectares, and about 52 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cochabamba?
Cochabamba has an estimated 35,814 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 11.4% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cochabamba need?
Cochabamba needs roughly 58,434 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,286 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cochabamba'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 Noroeste; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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