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Argentina air quality today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now the 37 cities Airleaf measures in Argentina average AQI 25 (good). The worst air is in Santiago del Estero, at AQI 87, and the cleanest in Formosa, at AQI 6.

At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 32 across 15 cities. None of the 37 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 81% have Good air.

Average right now

AQI 25

Good

US EPA index, across 37 cities
cities measured
37
worst air: Santiago del Estero
87
cleanest air: Formosa
6
average tree cover
18.2%

Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.

Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Argentina

Buenos Aires

2 km around Monserrat

Good

Air quality now

AQI 13

13.2%
tree cover

50.3K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Mar 8, 2026

Córdoba

2 km around Alberdi

Good

Air quality now

AQI 29

8.3%
tree cover

68.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Mar 2, 2026

Rosario

2 km around Centro

Good

Air quality now

AQI 27

18.2%
tree cover

28.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Mar 11, 2026

Mar del Plata

2 km around Mar del Plata

Good

Air quality now

AQI 17

11.5%
tree cover

52.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Mar 15, 2026

San Miguel de Tucumán

2 km around San Miguel de Tucumán

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 65

10.1%
tree cover

62.5K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 23, 2026

Salta

2 km around Salta

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 53

7.2%
tree cover

71.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 28, 2026

Santa Fe

2 km around Santa Fe

Good

Air quality now

AQI 30

19.2%
tree cover

30.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Mar 13, 2026

Corrientes

2 km around Barrio Fray José de la Quintana

Good

Air quality now

AQI 29

17.6%
tree cover

29.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Nov 6, 2026

Across the country

How clean is the air across Argentina today?

None of the 37 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 81% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

37 measured cities

  • Good30 (81%)
  • Moderate7 (19%)

Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.

In aggregate

Argentina in numbers

Every figure below is read the same way over the same 2 km area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 37 of 37 cities measured so far in Argentina.

Average air quality
AQI 25Mean of the latest reading per city
Average tree cover
18.2%33 of 37 below their target
Trees counted
2.0MAcross every measured area
More trees needed
1.5MTo bring each area to its target

Against everywhere else

How does Argentina compare with other countries?

Right now the cities of Argentina average cleaner air than 91% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 37%.

Cleaner air than…

Argentina
Beats 91%

More tree cover than…

Argentina
Beats 37%

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Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Argentina lost?

Since 2001, Argentina has lost about 7.18 million hectares of forest (about 72,000 km²): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
7.18 million haabout 72,000 km²
Share of its forest
18%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
5.72 million hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Argentina, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Argentina, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.594K

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Forest lost each year in Argentina, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001110,000 ha38,200 ha148,000 ha
200274,800 ha30,400 ha105,000 ha
2003207,000 ha43,100 ha250,000 ha
2004381,000 ha53,700 ha434,000 ha
2005318,000 ha50,500 ha368,000 ha
2006260,000 ha57,500 ha317,000 ha
2007368,000 ha58,500 ha426,000 ha
2008522,000 ha72,100 ha594,000 ha
2009262,000 ha48,600 ha311,000 ha
2010360,000 ha53,900 ha414,000 ha
2011435,000 ha65,000 ha500,000 ha
2012381,000 ha98,800 ha479,000 ha
2013264,000 ha114,000 ha378,000 ha
2014185,000 ha56,400 ha242,000 ha
2015126,000 ha54,700 ha181,000 ha
2016183,000 ha48,200 ha231,000 ha
2017191,000 ha43,700 ha234,000 ha
2018144,000 ha29,100 ha173,000 ha
2019118,000 ha27,900 ha146,000 ha
2020139,000 ha58,500 ha198,000 ha
2021150,000 ha52,100 ha202,000 ha
2022168,000 ha64,600 ha233,000 ha
2023168,000 ha48,800 ha216,000 ha
2024128,000 ha75,600 ha203,000 ha
202582,700 ha115,000 ha198,000 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 211,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 196,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 594,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Argentina?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good79% · 5.66 million ha
  • Loggingcan grow back12% · 841,000 ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back5.6% · 402,000 ha

Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, mining and energy, shifting farming, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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. How it's measured

Argentina as a whole

17.1% of Argentina was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 35.3B trees across 35.3M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).

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Frequently asked

Air quality in Argentina: your questions answered

What is the air quality in Argentina today?

Right now the 37 cities Airleaf measures in Argentina average AQI 25 (good). The worst air is in Santiago del Estero, at AQI 87, and the cleanest in Formosa, at AQI 6. At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 32 across 15 cities. None of the 37 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 81% have Good air.

Which city in Argentina has the worst air right now?

Santiago del Estero, at AQI 87 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Which city in Argentina has the cleanest air right now?

Formosa, at AQI 6 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Argentina has at least three cities with one.

Is the air in Argentina safe to breathe today?

It depends on the city. 30 cities are Good, 7 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 25: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

How much forest has Argentina lost since 2001?

About 7.18 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 18% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 5.72 million ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.

Which city in Argentina has the most trees?

Ituzaingó, with 63.5% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.

How does Airleaf measure air quality in Argentina?

Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.

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