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Holguín Air quality today
Air quality in Holguín currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 13
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.6
- tree cover
- 28.2%
- trees in this area
- 88.6K
- more trees needed
- 5.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Holguin, Cuba (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Holguín · AQI 13 (Good)
Holguín's tree count comes to 88,593 trees across 12.57 km², 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 5,655 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Holguín today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 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
2.6
PM10
3.4
NO₂
4.8
O₃
32.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
144.0
- 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 Holguín's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 11 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 7.
Where Holguín stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Holguín: Below target
28.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
88,593
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
5,655
CO₂ if planted / yr
124.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Holguín lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Holguín has lost about 241 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 241 haabout 340 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 184 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 33 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 23 ha | 9 ha | 33 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | 10 ha | 24 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 11 ha | 26 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Holguín?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good75% · 182 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back13% · 30 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.1% · 3 ha
Also: 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
- 6,410 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,370 ha
- Overall change
- −46 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Holguín stayed about the same size, at about 6,370 hectares: new forest grew on about 186 hectares, and about 233 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 Holguín right now?
The latest reading for Holguín shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 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 Holguín today?
At AQI 13 (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 Holguín been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Holguín's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 11 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 48 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 Holguín lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Holguín has lost about 241 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Holguín stayed about the same size, at about 6,370 hectares: new forest grew on about 186 hectares, and about 233 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Holguín?
Holguín has an estimated 88,593 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 28.2% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Holguín need?
Holguín needs roughly 5,655 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 124.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Holguín'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 Holguin; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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