City report · Carabobo, Venezuela
Guacara Air quality today
Air quality in Guacara currently reads AQI 41 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 41
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.8
- tree cover
- 18.8%
- trees in this area
- 59.1K
- more trees needed
- 35.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barrio Coromoto, Guacara 2015, Carabobo, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Guacara · AQI 41 (Good)
Guacara's tree count comes to 59,062 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 35,186 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Guacara today: AQI 41, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 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
8.8
PM10
8.9
NO₂
17.5
O₃
22.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
198.0
- 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 Guacara's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 40 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 5.
Where Guacara stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Guacara: Below target
18.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
59,062
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
35,186
CO₂ if planted / yr
774.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Guacara lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Guacara has lost about 629 hectares of forest (about 880 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 629 haabout 880 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 624 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 144 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2003 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2004 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2005 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2006 | 81 ha | under 1 ha | 81 ha |
| 2007 | 144 ha | under 1 ha | 144 ha |
| 2008 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 89 ha |
| 2009 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2012 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Guacara?
- Towns and roadscleared for good56% · 350 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 259 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.4% · 15 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 5,160 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,640 ha
- Overall change
- −524 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Guacara shrank from about 5,160 hectares to 4,640 hectares, a net loss of about 524 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 160 hectares, but 684 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 Guacara right now?
The latest reading for Guacara shows an AQI of 41 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 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 Guacara today?
At AQI 41 (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 Guacara been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Guacara's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 40 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Guacara lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Guacara has lost about 629 hectares of forest (about 880 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Guacara shrank from about 5,160 hectares to 4,640 hectares, a net loss of about 524 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 160 hectares, but 684 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Guacara?
Guacara has an estimated 59,062 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.8% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Guacara need?
Guacara needs roughly 35,186 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 774.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Guacara'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 Barrio Coromoto; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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