City report · Antioquia, Colombia
Envigado Air quality today
Air quality in Envigado currently reads AQI 63 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 63
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.4
- tree cover
- 24.3%
- trees in this area
- 76.3K
- more trees needed
- 17.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Las Vegas, Zona 1, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Envigado · AQI 63 (Moderate)
Envigado's tree count comes to 76,341 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 17,907 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Envigado today: AQI 63, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Envigado, Medellín, Colombia, 1.3 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
- 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 Envigado's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 40 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 86 on Nov 4.
Where Envigado stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Envigado: Below target
24.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
76,341
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
17,907
CO₂ if planted / yr
394.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Envigado lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Envigado has lost about 2,100 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,100 haabout 2,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,340 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 34 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 59 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2006, when about 193 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 51 ha | 24 ha | 75 ha |
| 2002 | 55 ha | 41 ha | 96 ha |
| 2003 | 30 ha | 4 ha | 34 ha |
| 2004 | 142 ha | 35 ha | 177 ha |
| 2005 | 112 ha | 39 ha | 151 ha |
| 2006 | 145 ha | 48 ha | 193 ha |
| 2007 | 102 ha | 45 ha | 147 ha |
| 2008 | 70 ha | 74 ha | 143 ha |
| 2009 | 99 ha | 89 ha | 188 ha |
| 2010 | 41 ha | 38 ha | 79 ha |
| 2011 | 61 ha | 19 ha | 80 ha |
| 2012 | 59 ha | 22 ha | 81 ha |
| 2013 | 17 ha | 33 ha | 51 ha |
| 2014 | 28 ha | 60 ha | 88 ha |
| 2015 | 27 ha | 22 ha | 50 ha |
| 2016 | 56 ha | 26 ha | 83 ha |
| 2017 | 93 ha | 37 ha | 130 ha |
| 2018 | 23 ha | 18 ha | 40 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 6 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 13 ha | 19 ha |
| 2021 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2023 | 34 ha | 17 ha | 50 ha |
| 2024 | 27 ha | 35 ha | 62 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 21 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Envigado?
- Towns and roadscleared for good39% · 817 ha
- Loggingcan grow back36% · 753 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · 520 ha
Also: 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
- 20,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,400 ha
- Overall change
- −365 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Envigado stayed about the same size, at about 20,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 266 hectares, and about 631 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 Envigado right now?
The latest reading for Envigado shows an AQI of 63 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 09:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Envigado, Medellín, Colombia, 1.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Envigado today?
At AQI 63 (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 Envigado been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Envigado's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 40 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 86 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Envigado lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Envigado has lost about 2,100 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 34 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 59 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Envigado stayed about the same size, at about 20,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 266 hectares, and about 631 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Envigado?
Envigado has an estimated 76,341 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.3% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Envigado need?
Envigado needs roughly 17,907 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 394.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Envigado's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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