City report · Martinique
Fort-de-France Air quality today
Air quality in Fort-de-France currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 19
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.4
- tree cover
- 30.3%
- trees in this area
- 62.3K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Fort-de-France, Martinique (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Fort-de-France · AQI 19 (Good)
Fort-de-France's tree count comes to 62,254 trees across 8.22 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Fort-de-France today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Lamentin, 7.7 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.4
PM10
7.0
NO₂
8.2
O₃
29.9
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Fort-de-France's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 4.
Where Fort-de-France stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Fort-de-France: Healthy tree cover
30.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.22 km² of land.
Trees in this area
62,254
Target trees
62,254
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Fort-de-France lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Fort-de-France has lost about 301 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 301 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 287 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 37 hectares of forest were lost.
Fort-de-France's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2004 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2005 | 36 ha | 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2007 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2012 | 31 ha | 3 ha | 34 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Fort-de-France?
- Towns and roadscleared for good57% · 171 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good38% · 115 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.5% · 11 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, shifting farming.
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
- 11,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,100 ha
- Overall change
- −178 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Fort-de-France stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 109 hectares, and about 288 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 Fort-de-France right now?
The latest reading for Fort-de-France shows an AQI of 19 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Lamentin, 7.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Fort-de-France today?
At AQI 19 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Fort-de-France been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Fort-de-France's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Fort-de-France lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Fort-de-France has lost about 301 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Fort-de-France stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 109 hectares, and about 288 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Fort-de-France?
Fort-de-France has an estimated 62,254 trees across the 8.22 km² of land measured — 30.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Fort-de-France need?
Fort-de-France has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Fort-de-France's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Fort-de-France, 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 Fort-de-France; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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