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

Right now the 17 cities Airleaf measures in Cuba average AQI 17 (good). The worst air is in Havana, at AQI 24, and the cleanest in Las Tunas, at AQI 8.

None of the 17 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air.

Average right now

AQI 17

Good

US EPA index, across 17 cities
cities measured
17
worst air: Havana
24
cleanest air: Las Tunas
8
average tree cover
39.8%

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

Cuba · average AQI 17

Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Cuba

Havana

2 km around Havana

Good

Air quality now

AQI 24

14.9%
tree cover

41.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 14, 2026

Santiago de Cuba

2 km around Santiago de Cuba

Good

Air quality now

AQI 18

20.6%
tree cover

28.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 12, 2026

Camagüey

2 km around America Latina

Good

Air quality now

AQI 11

31.8%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 18, 2026

Holguín

2 km around Holguin

Good

Air quality now

AQI 13

28.2%
tree cover

5.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 5, 2026

Guantánamo

2 km around Guantanamo

Good

Air quality now

AQI 14

38.7%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 12, 2026

Santa Clara

2 km around Reparto Centro

Good

Air quality now

AQI 22

33.6%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Aug 17, 2026

Arroyo Naranjo

2 km around Havana

Good

Air quality now

AQI 22

71.8%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 11, 2026

Las Tunas

2 km around Las Tunas

Good

Air quality now

AQI 8

39.8%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 5, 2026

Across the country

How clean is the air across Cuba today?

None of the 17 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

17 measured cities

  • Good17 (100%)

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

In aggregate

Cuba 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 17 of 17 cities measured so far in Cuba.

Average air quality
AQI 17Mean of the latest reading per city
Average tree cover
39.8%3 of 17 below their target
Trees counted
2.0MAcross every measured area
More trees needed
75.8KTo bring each area to its target

Worst air quality right now

  1. 1Havana18h ago24
  2. 2Santa Clara5h ago22
  3. 3Matanzas1d ago22
  4. 4Arroyo Naranjo4h ago22
  5. 5Guanabacoa1d ago20
  6. 6Cienfuegos23h ago20
  7. 7Ciego de Ávila4h ago20
  8. 8Sancti Spíritus1d ago19
  9. 9Santiago de Cuba18h ago18
  10. 10Pinar del Río18h ago17

Cleanest air right now

  1. 1Las Tunas18h ago8
  2. 2Camagüey3h ago11
  3. 3Holguín3h ago13
  4. 4Bayamo1d ago14
  5. 5Guantánamo9h ago14
  6. 6Manzanillo22h ago14
  7. 7Palma Soriano18h ago14
  8. 8Pinar del Río18h ago17
  9. 9Santiago de Cuba18h ago18
  10. 10Sancti Spíritus1d ago19

Greenest cities in Cuba

  1. 1Arroyo Naranjo71.8%
  2. 2Palma Soriano56.5%
  3. 3Manzanillo51.5%
  4. 4Sancti Spíritus47.0%
  5. 5Bayamo46.7%
  6. 6Guanabacoa44.4%
  7. 7Pinar del Río41.7%
  8. 8Las Tunas39.8%
  9. 9Matanzas39.3%
  10. 10Guantánamo38.7%

Least tree cover in Cuba

Excludes barren and desert sites

  1. 1Havana14.9%
  2. 2Santiago de Cuba20.6%
  3. 3Holguín28.2%
  4. 4Camagüey31.8%
  5. 5Santa Clara33.6%
  6. 6Cienfuegos34.7%
  7. 7Ciego de Ávila35.6%
  8. 8Guantánamo38.7%
  9. 9Matanzas39.3%
  10. 10Las Tunas39.8%

Against everywhere else

How does Cuba compare with other countries?

Right now the cities of Cuba average cleaner air than 96% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 88%.

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Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Cuba lost?

Since 2001, Cuba has lost about 430,000 hectares of forest (about 4,300 km²): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (47%). About 208,000 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001
430,000 haabout 4,300 km²
Share of its forest
11%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
208,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Cuba, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Cuba, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.73.6K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Cuba, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200115,700 ha3,240 ha19,000 ha
20026,750 ha8,270 ha15,000 ha
20034,690 ha1,760 ha6,450 ha
200417,000 ha4,830 ha21,800 ha
20057,840 ha4,970 ha12,800 ha
20066,800 ha5,470 ha12,300 ha
20074,370 ha3,500 ha7,880 ha
200811,700 ha5,190 ha16,900 ha
200911,500 ha4,750 ha16,200 ha
20106,100 ha2,500 ha8,590 ha
201112,600 ha3,730 ha16,300 ha
20127,240 ha3,110 ha10,400 ha
20134,640 ha1,440 ha6,090 ha
20144,600 ha1,280 ha5,870 ha
20154,970 ha1,770 ha6,740 ha
201614,600 ha59,000 ha73,600 ha
201714,400 ha54,300 ha68,800 ha
20186,530 ha7,830 ha14,400 ha
20195,790 ha1,670 ha7,460 ha
20207,720 ha4,920 ha12,600 ha
20215,780 ha3,970 ha9,750 ha
20222,870 ha1,980 ha4,850 ha
20237,700 ha11,000 ha18,700 ha
20244,120 ha5,660 ha9,780 ha
202511,700 ha16,300 ha28,000 ha

Forest loss is slowing down: about 14,200 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 35,400 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 73,600 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Cuba?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good47% · 202,000 ha
  • Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back24% · 104,000 ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back16% · 68,800 ha

Also: shifting farming, logging, mining and energy, towns and roads, unknown causes.

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

Cuba's full deforestation report

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

Cuba as a whole

34.9% of Cuba was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).

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Air quality in Cuba: your questions answered

What is the air quality in Cuba today?

Right now the 17 cities Airleaf measures in Cuba average AQI 17 (good). The worst air is in Havana, at AQI 24, and the cleanest in Las Tunas, at AQI 8. None of the 17 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air.

Which city in Cuba has the worst air right now?

Havana, at AQI 24 (Good) on the US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Which city in Cuba has the cleanest air right now?

Las Tunas, at AQI 8 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Cuba has at least three cities with one.

Is the air in Cuba safe to breathe today?

It depends on the city. 17 cities are Good. At the national average of AQI 17: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

How much forest has Cuba lost since 2001?

About 430,000 ha from 2001 to 2025, 11% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 208,000 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.

Which city in Cuba has the most trees?

Arroyo Naranjo, with 71.8% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.

How does Airleaf measure air quality in Cuba?

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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