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Córdoba Air quality today
Air quality in Córdoba currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 53
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.7
- tree cover
- 10.1%
- trees in this area
- 31.3K
- more trees needed
- 61.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ollerías, Centro, Córdoba, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Córdoba · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Córdoba's tree count comes to 31,318 trees across 12.41 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,705 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Córdoba today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Granada and Málaga
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.7
PM10
7.8
NO₂
9.2
O₃
37.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
124.0
- 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 Córdoba's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 24 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 6.
Where Córdoba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Córdoba: Critically low
10.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
31,318
Target trees
93,023
More trees needed
61,705
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,358 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Córdoba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Córdoba has lost about 257 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 43 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 257 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 43 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 46 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 2 ha | 43 ha | 46 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 27 ha | 30 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 15 ha | 17 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 11 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Córdoba?
- Loggingcan grow back80% · 206 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 31 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.4% · 11 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 6,860 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,940 ha
- Overall change
- +78 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Córdoba stayed about the same size, at about 6,940 hectares: new forest grew on about 102 hectares, and about 25 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 Córdoba right now?
The latest reading for Córdoba shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, 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 Córdoba 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 Córdoba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Córdoba's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 24 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Córdoba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Córdoba has lost about 257 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 43 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Córdoba stayed about the same size, at about 6,940 hectares: new forest grew on about 102 hectares, and about 25 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Córdoba?
Córdoba has an estimated 31,318 trees across the 12.41 km² of land measured — 10.1% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Córdoba need?
Córdoba needs roughly 61,705 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,358 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Córdoba'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 Ollerías; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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