City report · Coquimbo Region, Chile
Coquimbo Air quality today
Air quality in Coquimbo currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 24
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.2
- tree cover
- 4.6%
- trees in this area
- 9.8K
- more trees needed
- 54.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Coquimbo, Chile (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Coquimbo · AQI 24 (Good)
Coquimbo's tree count comes to 9,827 trees across 8.55 km² of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,262 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Coquimbo today: AQI 24, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 10:00 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
4.2
PM10
5.4
NO₂
4.2
O₃
53.0
SO₂
9.9
CO
132.0
- 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 Coquimbo's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 5.
Where Coquimbo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Coquimbo: Critically low
4.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.55 km² of land.
Trees in this area
9,827
Target trees
64,089
More trees needed
54,262
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,194 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Coquimbo lost?
There was very little forest around Coquimbo in 2000, about 9 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 1 hectare of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Coquimbo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good94% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown5.6% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Coquimbo right now?
The latest reading for Coquimbo shows an AQI of 24 (Good), observed Nov 10, 10:00 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 Coquimbo today?
At AQI 24 (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 Coquimbo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Coquimbo's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Coquimbo lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Coquimbo in 2000, about 9 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Coquimbo?
Coquimbo has an estimated 9,827 trees across the 8.55 km² of land measured — 4.6% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Coquimbo need?
Coquimbo needs roughly 54,262 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,194 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Coquimbo'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 Coquimbo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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