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Florencia Air quality today
Air quality in Florencia currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 54
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.4
- tree cover
- 37.1%
- trees in this area
- 116K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Florencia, Caqueta, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Florencia · AQI 54 (Moderate)
Florencia's tree count comes to 116,320 trees across 12.54 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Florencia today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.4
PM10
11.1
NO₂
6.6
O₃
49.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
193.0
- 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 Florencia's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 21 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 4.
Where Florencia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Florencia: Healthy tree cover
37.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
116,320
Target trees
116,320
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Florencia lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Florencia has lost about 1,580 hectares of forest (about 2,200 football pitches): 9.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,580 haabout 2,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,560 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 52 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 44 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 212 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2002 | 99 ha | 1 ha | 100 ha |
| 2003 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2004 | 113 ha | 1 ha | 114 ha |
| 2005 | 211 ha | 1 ha | 212 ha |
| 2006 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2007 | 128 ha | 1 ha | 129 ha |
| 2008 | 97 ha | under 1 ha | 98 ha |
| 2009 | 99 ha | under 1 ha | 100 ha |
| 2010 | 50 ha | 3 ha | 53 ha |
| 2011 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2012 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2013 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2014 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2015 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2017 | 49 ha | 4 ha | 53 ha |
| 2018 | 36 ha | 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2019 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2020 | 48 ha | 4 ha | 52 ha |
| 2021 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2023 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2024 | 66 ha | under 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2025 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Florencia?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good92% · 1,460 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.1% · 97 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, 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
- 16,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,800 ha
- Overall change
- +423 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Florencia grew from about 16,400 hectares to 16,800 hectares, a net gain of about 423 hectares (+2.6%). New forest grew on about 1,050 hectares, while 624 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 Florencia right now?
The latest reading for Florencia shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Florencia today?
At AQI 54 (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 Florencia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Florencia's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 21 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 65 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 Florencia lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Florencia has lost about 1,580 hectares of forest (about 2,200 football pitches): 9.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 52 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 44 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Florencia grew from about 16,400 hectares to 16,800 hectares, a net gain of about 423 hectares (+2.6%). New forest grew on about 1,050 hectares, while 624 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Florencia?
Florencia has an estimated 116,320 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 37.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Florencia need?
Florencia has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Florencia'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 Florencia; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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