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

Right now the 57 cities Airleaf measures in Venezuela average AQI 39 (good). The worst air is in Barquisimeto, at AQI 72, and the cleanest in Porlamar, at AQI 5.

None of the 57 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 61% have Good air.

Average right now

AQI 39

Good

US EPA index, across 57 cities
cities measured
57
worst air: Barquisimeto
72
cleanest air: Porlamar
5
average tree cover
27.3%

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

Venezuela · average AQI 39

Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Venezuela

Caracas

2 km around Colinas de Bello Monte

Good

Air quality now

AQI 33

29.5%
tree cover

1.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Aug 8, 2026

Maracaibo

2 km around Sector Bolivar

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 64

8.2%
tree cover

49.5K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 6, 2026

Valencia

2 km around North El Carmen

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 59

11.1%
tree cover

59.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 8, 2026

Barquisimeto

2 km around Brisas Del Obelisco

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 72

12.2%
tree cover

55.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Aug 24, 2026

Ciudad Guayana

2 km around Nueva Chirica

Good

Air quality now

AQI 14

16.1%
tree cover

43.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 14, 2026

Barcelona

2 km around Barrio Buenos Aires

Good

Air quality now

AQI 23

16.2%
tree cover

43.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 22, 2026

Maturín

2 km around Downtown

Good

Air quality now

AQI 19

28.4%
tree cover

5.0K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 2, 2026

Maracay

2 km around Barrio El Carmen

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 59

16.2%
tree cover

43.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 23, 2026

Across the country

How clean is the air across Venezuela today?

None of the 57 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 61% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

57 measured cities

  • Good35 (61%)
  • Moderate22 (39%)

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

In aggregate

Venezuela 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 57 of 57 cities measured so far in Venezuela.

Average air quality
AQI 39Mean of the latest reading per city
Average tree cover
27.3%34 of 57 below their target
Trees counted
4.7MAcross every measured area
More trees needed
1.1MTo bring each area to its target

Worst air quality right now

  1. 1Barquisimeto23h ago72
  2. 2Acarigua8h ago72
  3. 3Santa Teresa del Tuy23h ago70
  4. 4Cabudare4h ago70
  5. 5Puerto Ayacucho13h ago67
  6. 6Maracaibo16h ago64
  7. 7Ciudad Ojeda4h ago64
  8. 8Yaritagua1h ago63
  9. 9Guanare3h ago61
  10. 10Carora6h ago61

Cleanest air right now

  1. 1Porlamar7h ago5
  2. 2Anaco8h ago7
  3. 3Upata23h ago9
  4. 4Valle de La Pascua19h ago10
  5. 5Carúpano8h ago11
  6. 6Cumaná23h ago12
  7. 7Guarenas2h ago12
  8. 8Ciudad Guayana23h ago14
  9. 9San Juan de los Morros14h ago15
  10. 10Mariara2h ago17

Greenest cities in Venezuela

  1. 1Puerto Ayacucho66.8%
  2. 2Ocumare del Tuy58.4%
  3. 3Santa Teresa del Tuy47.8%
  4. 4Upata44.1%
  5. 5Machiques43.7%
  6. 6Mérida43.3%
  7. 7Valera42.8%
  8. 8Guarenas39.9%
  9. 9Cúa39.3%
  10. 10Charallave38.7%

Least tree cover in Venezuela

Excludes barren and desert sites

  1. 1Punto Fijo7.9%
  2. 2Maracaibo8.2%
  3. 3Valencia11.1%
  4. 4Ciudad Ojeda11.9%
  5. 5Barquisimeto12.2%
  6. 6Coro12.5%
  7. 7Cumaná12.6%
  8. 8Acarigua13.9%
  9. 9Puerto La Cruz14.1%
  10. 10Porlamar14.1%

Against everywhere else

How does Venezuela compare with other countries?

Right now the cities of Venezuela average cleaner air than 72% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 60%.

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Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Venezuela lost?

Since 2001, Venezuela has lost about 2.66 million hectares of forest (about 27,000 km²): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
2.66 million haabout 27,000 km²
Share of its forest
4.7%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
1.92 million hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Venezuela, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Venezuela, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.209K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Venezuela, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200196,100 ha28,900 ha125,000 ha
200275,900 ha15,100 ha91,000 ha
200364,800 ha23,100 ha87,800 ha
200472,300 ha19,400 ha91,600 ha
200578,700 ha17,000 ha95,600 ha
200668,400 ha17,700 ha86,000 ha
200791,400 ha23,800 ha115,000 ha
200899,900 ha21,600 ha121,000 ha
2009119,000 ha24,200 ha144,000 ha
201072,900 ha29,200 ha102,000 ha
201157,400 ha17,700 ha75,200 ha
201283,000 ha24,000 ha107,000 ha
201346,200 ha19,000 ha65,200 ha
201479,900 ha22,400 ha102,000 ha
201549,300 ha13,100 ha62,500 ha
2016101,000 ha108,000 ha209,000 ha
2017136,000 ha32,100 ha169,000 ha
201883,900 ha30,000 ha114,000 ha
201973,400 ha69,200 ha143,000 ha
202092,300 ha48,500 ha141,000 ha
202149,300 ha16,300 ha65,500 ha
202244,200 ha12,400 ha56,600 ha
202360,600 ha17,000 ha77,600 ha
202471,900 ha73,900 ha146,000 ha
202548,400 ha16,000 ha64,400 ha

Forest loss is slowing down: about 82,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 155,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 209,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Venezuela?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 1.85 million ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back10% · 277,000 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back5.5% · 147,000 ha

Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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.

Venezuela'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

Venezuela as a whole

53.4% of Venezuela 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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Frequently asked

Air quality in Venezuela: your questions answered

What is the air quality in Venezuela today?

Right now the 57 cities Airleaf measures in Venezuela average AQI 39 (good). The worst air is in Barquisimeto, at AQI 72, and the cleanest in Porlamar, at AQI 5. None of the 57 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 61% have Good air.

Which city in Venezuela has the worst air right now?

Barquisimeto, at AQI 72 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Which city in Venezuela has the cleanest air right now?

Porlamar, at AQI 5 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Venezuela has at least three cities with one.

Is the air in Venezuela safe to breathe today?

It depends on the city. 35 cities are Good, 22 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 39: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

How much forest has Venezuela lost since 2001?

About 2.66 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 5% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 1.92 million ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.

Which city in Venezuela has the most trees?

Puerto Ayacucho, with 66.8% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.

How does Airleaf measure air quality in Venezuela?

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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