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Dessalines Air quality today
Air quality in Dessalines currently reads AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 122
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 43.5
- tree cover
- 44.2%
- trees in this area
- 138K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Marchand Dessalines, Haiti (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Dessalines · AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Dessalines's tree count comes to 138,164 trees across 12.51 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dessalines today: AQI 122, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
43.5
PM10
43.8
NO₂
17.7
O₃
5.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
177.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dessalines's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 52 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 123 on Nov 11.
Where Dessalines stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dessalines: Healthy tree cover
44.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
138,164
Target trees
138,164
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dessalines lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dessalines has lost about 270 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 270 haabout 380 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 215 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 43 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34 ha | 4 ha | 39 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 35 ha | 9 ha | 43 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | 7 ha | 30 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 14 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Dessalines?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 215 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back15% · 40 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown5.7% · 15 ha
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
- 5,950 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,890 ha
- Overall change
- −68 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dessalines stayed about the same size, at about 5,890 hectares: new forest grew on about 107 hectares, and about 176 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 Dessalines right now?
The latest reading for Dessalines shows an AQI of 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Dessalines today?
At AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Dessalines been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dessalines's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 52 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 123 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Dessalines lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dessalines has lost about 270 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dessalines stayed about the same size, at about 5,890 hectares: new forest grew on about 107 hectares, and about 176 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Dessalines?
Dessalines has an estimated 138,164 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 44.2% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dessalines need?
Dessalines has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Dessalines'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 Marchand Dessalines; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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