City report · Guyana
Georgetown Air quality today
Air quality in Georgetown currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 33
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.6
- tree cover
- 11.3%
- trees in this area
- 31.8K
- more trees needed
- 52.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around WortmanVille, Georgetown, Guyana (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Georgetown · AQI 33 (Good)
Georgetown's tree count comes to 31,772 trees across 11.25 km² of land, 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,579 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Georgetown today: AQI 33, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.6
PM10
10.3
NO₂
1.0
O₃
44.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
145.0
- 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 Georgetown's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 30 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 7.
Where Georgetown stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Georgetown: Critically low
11.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.25 km² of land.
Trees in this area
31,772
Target trees
84,351
More trees needed
52,579
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,157 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Georgetown lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Georgetown has lost about 346 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 346 haabout 480 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 321 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 109 hectares of forest were lost.
Georgetown's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 17 ha | 6 ha | 23 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 108 ha | 1 ha | 109 ha |
| 2024 | 45 ha | 3 ha | 48 ha |
| 2025 | 34 ha | 10 ha | 43 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Georgetown?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 243 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 55 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7% · 24 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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
- 396 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 481 ha
- Overall change
- +85 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Georgetown grew from about 396 hectares to 481 hectares, a net gain of about 85 hectares (+21%). New forest grew on about 105 hectares, while 20 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 Georgetown right now?
The latest reading for Georgetown shows an AQI of 33 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Georgetown today?
At AQI 33 (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 Georgetown been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Georgetown's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 30 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 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 Georgetown lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Georgetown has lost about 346 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Georgetown grew from about 396 hectares to 481 hectares, a net gain of about 85 hectares (+21%). New forest grew on about 105 hectares, while 20 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Georgetown?
Georgetown has an estimated 31,772 trees across the 11.25 km² of land measured — 11.3% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Georgetown need?
Georgetown needs roughly 52,579 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,157 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Georgetown'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 WortmanVille; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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