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David Air quality today
Air quality in David currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 24
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.8
- tree cover
- 28.7%
- trees in this area
- 90.2K
- more trees needed
- 4.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barrio El Carmen, David, Provincia de Chiriquí, Panama (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Apr 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
David · AQI 24 (Good)
David's tree count comes to 90,164 trees across 12.57 km², 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 4,084 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in David today: AQI 24, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Paraíso and San José
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.8
PM10
5.5
NO₂
3.9
O₃
22.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
483.0
- 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 David's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 12 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 9.
Where David stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in David: Below target
28.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
90,164
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
4,084
CO₂ if planted / yr
89.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has David lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of David has lost about 1,170 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,170 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,110 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 449 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 82 ha |
| 2002 | 38 ha | 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2003 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 101 ha | under 1 ha | 101 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 111 ha | 2 ha | 113 ha |
| 2009 | 446 ha | 3 ha | 449 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2012 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2013 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2014 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | 23 ha | 2 ha | 25 ha |
| 2018 | 17 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | 17 ha | 32 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 26 ha | 5 ha | 31 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around David?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 839 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good23% · 274 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.4% · 40 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, 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
- 9,120 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,490 ha
- Overall change
- +378 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around David grew from about 9,120 hectares to 9,490 hectares, a net gain of about 378 hectares (+4.1%). New forest grew on about 919 hectares, while 541 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
In the same region
Measured cities near David
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Limón186.1 km
Costa Rica
- Tree cover
- 37%
- Air quality
- 18
- Paraíso222.4 km
Costa Rica
- Tree cover
- 37%
- Air quality
- 40
- San José247.0 km
Costa Rica
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 40
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What is the air quality (AQI) in David right now?
The latest reading for David shows an AQI of 24 (Good), observed Nov 10, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in David today?
At AQI 24 (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 David been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put David's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 12 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around David lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of David has lost about 1,170 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around David grew from about 9,120 hectares to 9,490 hectares, a net gain of about 378 hectares (+4.1%). New forest grew on about 919 hectares, while 541 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in David?
David has an estimated 90,164 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 28.7% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does David need?
David needs roughly 4,084 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 89.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are David'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 El Carmen; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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