City report · Cundinamarca, Colombia
Girardot City Air quality today
Air quality in Girardot City currently reads AQI 36 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 36
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.2
- tree cover
- 33.7%
- trees in this area
- 105K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Girardot City · AQI 36 (Good)
Girardot City's tree count comes to 104,919 trees across 12.46 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Girardot City today: AQI 36, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Soacha and Madrid
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.2
PM10
9.1
NO₂
11.0
O₃
53.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
293.0
- 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 Girardot City's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 23 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 7.
Where Girardot City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Girardot City: Healthy tree cover
33.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
104,919
Target trees
104,919
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Girardot City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Girardot City has lost about 749 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 7.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 749 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 730 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 89 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2002 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2003 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2004 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2005 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2006 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2007 | 53 ha | 3 ha | 56 ha |
| 2008 | 34 ha | 4 ha | 38 ha |
| 2009 | 88 ha | 1 ha | 89 ha |
| 2010 | 30 ha | 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2011 | 46 ha | 3 ha | 49 ha |
| 2012 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 23 ha | 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2018 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2019 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2020 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Girardot City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 601 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 114 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2% · 15 ha
Also: shifting farming, logging, 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
- 9,220 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,520 ha
- Overall change
- +297 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Girardot City grew from about 9,220 hectares to 9,520 hectares, a net gain of about 297 hectares (+3.2%). New forest grew on about 683 hectares, while 385 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 Girardot City right now?
The latest reading for Girardot City shows an AQI of 36 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Girardot City today?
At AQI 36 (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 Girardot City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Girardot City's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 23 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Girardot City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Girardot City has lost about 749 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 7.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Girardot City grew from about 9,220 hectares to 9,520 hectares, a net gain of about 297 hectares (+3.2%). New forest grew on about 683 hectares, while 385 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Girardot City?
Girardot City has an estimated 104,919 trees across the 12.46 km² of land measured — 33.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Girardot City need?
Girardot City has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Girardot City'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 Girardot; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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