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Escuintla Air quality today
Air quality in Escuintla currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 70
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.1
- tree cover
- 40.5%
- trees in this area
- 127K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Clonia Izcuintlan, Escuintla, Guatemala (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Escuintla · AQI 70 (Moderate)
Escuintla's tree count comes to 127,235 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Escuintla today: AQI 70, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Villa Nueva and Guatemala City
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.1
PM10
39.6
NO₂
23.8
O₃
0.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
395.0
- 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 Escuintla's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 103 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 6.
Where Escuintla stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Escuintla: Healthy tree cover
40.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
127,235
Target trees
127,235
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Escuintla lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Escuintla has lost about 978 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 978 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 804 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 105 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 20 ha | 5 ha | 25 ha |
| 2003 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2004 | 16 ha | 3 ha | 20 ha |
| 2005 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2006 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2007 | 101 ha | 4 ha | 105 ha |
| 2008 | 29 ha | 2 ha | 32 ha |
| 2009 | 43 ha | 3 ha | 46 ha |
| 2010 | 48 ha | 10 ha | 58 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | 12 ha | 38 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | 4 ha | 30 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 32 ha | 39 ha |
| 2014 | 61 ha | 16 ha | 77 ha |
| 2015 | 22 ha | 23 ha | 45 ha |
| 2016 | 31 ha | 26 ha | 56 ha |
| 2017 | 46 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2018 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2019 | 60 ha | 3 ha | 63 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | 13 ha | 23 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | 7 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 69 ha | 5 ha | 73 ha |
| 2024 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Escuintla?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 708 ha
- Loggingcan grow back16% · 158 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good9.8% · 96 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
- 15,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,000 ha
- Overall change
- +920 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Escuintla grew from about 15,100 hectares to 16,000 hectares, a net gain of about 920 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 1,450 hectares, while 531 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 Escuintla
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Villa Nueva33.1 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 30
- Guatemala City48.0 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 30
- San Juan Sacatepéquez49.0 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 69%
- Air quality
- 30
- Chichicastenango79.4 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 75%
- Air quality
- 70
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Questions about Escuintla
What is the air quality (AQI) in Escuintla right now?
The latest reading for Escuintla shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Escuintla today?
At AQI 70 (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 Escuintla been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Escuintla's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 103 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 6. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Escuintla lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Escuintla has lost about 978 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 5.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Escuintla grew from about 15,100 hectares to 16,000 hectares, a net gain of about 920 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 1,450 hectares, while 531 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Escuintla?
Escuintla has an estimated 127,235 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 40.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Escuintla need?
Escuintla has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Escuintla'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 Clonia Izcuintlan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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