City report · Sucre, Venezuela
Cumaná Air quality today
Air quality in Cumaná currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.2
- tree cover
- 12.6%
- trees in this area
- 33.8K
- more trees needed
- 46.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barrio Buena Vista, Cumana 6101, Sucre, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cumaná · AQI 12 (Good)
Cumaná's tree count comes to 33,805 trees across 10.73 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 46,683 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cumaná today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 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
2.2
PM10
3.1
NO₂
2.1
O₃
40.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
304.0
- 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 Cumaná's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 8.
Where Cumaná stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cumaná: Critically low
12.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.73 km² of land.
Trees in this area
33,805
Target trees
80,488
More trees needed
46,683
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,027 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cumaná lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cumaná has lost about 359 hectares of forest (about 500 football pitches): 8.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 359 haabout 500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 357 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 64 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2002 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2007 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2008 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2013 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2015 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cumaná?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 177 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 111 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good19% · 69 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 2,290 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,090 ha
- Overall change
- −206 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cumaná shrank from about 2,290 hectares to 2,090 hectares, a net loss of about 206 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 134 hectares, but 340 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 Cumaná right now?
The latest reading for Cumaná shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 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 Cumaná today?
At AQI 12 (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 Cumaná been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cumaná's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cumaná lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cumaná has lost about 359 hectares of forest (about 500 football pitches): 8.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cumaná shrank from about 2,290 hectares to 2,090 hectares, a net loss of about 206 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 134 hectares, but 340 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cumaná?
Cumaná has an estimated 33,805 trees across the 10.73 km² of land measured — 12.6% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cumaná need?
Cumaná needs roughly 46,683 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,027 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cumaná'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 Barrio Buena Vista; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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