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Colón Air quality today
Air quality in Colón currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 31
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.9
- tree cover
- 7.8%
- trees in this area
- 9.5K
- more trees needed
- 26.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Colón, Colón Province, Panama (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Colón · AQI 31 (Good)
Colón's tree count comes to 9,459 trees across 4.85 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 26,921 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Colón today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 04:00 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
5.9
PM10
9.0
NO₂
3.8
O₃
50.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
113.0
- 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 Colón's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 15 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 4.
Where Colón stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Colón: Critically low
7.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.85 km² of land.
Trees in this area
9,459
Target trees
36,380
More trees needed
26,921
CO₂ if planted / yr
592.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Colón lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Colón has lost about 650 hectares of forest (about 910 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 650 haabout 910 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 585 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 92 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2005 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2008 | 77 ha | 2 ha | 78 ha |
| 2009 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2010 | 22 ha | 6 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | 39 ha | 2 ha | 41 ha |
| 2012 | 90 ha | 2 ha | 92 ha |
| 2013 | 12 ha | 10 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 31 ha | 3 ha | 34 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2017 | 28 ha | 11 ha | 39 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2019 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2020 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2021 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 23 ha | 10 ha | 33 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Colón?
- Towns and roadscleared for good63% · 407 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good26% · 172 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back4.3% · 28 ha
Also: shifting farming, logging, 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
- 10,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,350 ha
- Overall change
- −800 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Colón shrank from about 10,100 hectares to 9,350 hectares, a net loss of about 800 hectares (−7.9%). New forest grew on about 82 hectares, but 883 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Colón right now?
The latest reading for Colón shows an AQI of 31 (Good), observed Nov 10, 04:00 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 Colón today?
At AQI 31 (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 Colón been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Colón's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 15 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Colón lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Colón has lost about 650 hectares of forest (about 910 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Colón shrank from about 10,100 hectares to 9,350 hectares, a net loss of about 800 hectares (−7.9%). New forest grew on about 82 hectares, but 883 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Colón?
Colón has an estimated 9,459 trees across the 4.85 km² of land measured — 7.8% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Colón need?
Colón needs roughly 26,921 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 592.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Colón'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 Colón; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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