City report · Paraguay
Encarnación Air quality today
Air quality in Encarnación currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 53
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.3
- tree cover
- 31.3%
- trees in this area
- 61.2K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around La Catedral, 070117 Encarnación, Paraguay (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Encarnación · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Encarnación's tree count comes to 61,162 trees across 7.82 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Encarnación today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:10 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · NW_45, 4.5 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.3
PM10
10.4
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Breathe2Change, Breathe2Change - LEA (INQUINOA-CONICET-UNT)
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Encarnación's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 7.
Where Encarnación stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Encarnación: Healthy tree cover
31.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.82 km² of land.
Trees in this area
61,162
Target trees
61,162
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Encarnación lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Encarnación has lost about 730 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 730 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 690 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 103 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | 55 ha | 2 ha | 57 ha |
| 2004 | 49 ha | 2 ha | 51 ha |
| 2005 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 24 ha | 3 ha | 26 ha |
| 2007 | 63 ha | 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2008 | 100 ha | 3 ha | 103 ha |
| 2009 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 56 ha | 3 ha | 59 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2022 | 40 ha | 16 ha | 56 ha |
| 2023 | 30 ha | 2 ha | 31 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Encarnación?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good53% · 386 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 300 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.1% · 15 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 6,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,880 ha
- Overall change
- −821 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Encarnación shrank from about 6,700 hectares to 5,880 hectares, a net loss of about 821 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 226 hectares, but 1,050 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 Encarnación right now?
The latest reading for Encarnación shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 13:10 local time by the NW_45 ground monitoring station, 4.5 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Encarnación today?
At AQI 53 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Encarnación been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Encarnación's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Encarnación lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Encarnación has lost about 730 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Encarnación shrank from about 6,700 hectares to 5,880 hectares, a net loss of about 821 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 226 hectares, but 1,050 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Encarnación?
Encarnación has an estimated 61,162 trees across the 7.82 km² of land measured — 31.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Encarnación need?
Encarnación has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Encarnación's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near La Catedral, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 La Catedral; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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