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Ibagué Air quality today
Air quality in Ibagué currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 53
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.8
- tree cover
- 34.5%
- trees in this area
- 108K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ibagué, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ibagué · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Ibagué's tree count comes to 108,385 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ibagué today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Madrid and Soacha
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.8
PM10
16.1
NO₂
19.4
O₃
40.0
SO₂
4.8
CO
663.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ibagué's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 26 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.
Where Ibagué stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ibagué: Healthy tree cover
34.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
108,385
Target trees
108,385
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ibagué lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ibagué has lost about 1,760 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,760 haabout 2,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,760 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 25 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 63 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 228 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 121 ha | under 1 ha | 121 ha |
| 2002 | 97 ha | under 1 ha | 97 ha |
| 2003 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 84 ha | under 1 ha | 84 ha |
| 2005 | 86 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2006 | 144 ha | under 1 ha | 144 ha |
| 2007 | 105 ha | under 1 ha | 105 ha |
| 2008 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 82 ha |
| 2009 | 139 ha | under 1 ha | 139 ha |
| 2010 | 85 ha | under 1 ha | 85 ha |
| 2011 | 58 ha | under 1 ha | 59 ha |
| 2012 | 228 ha | under 1 ha | 228 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2017 | 144 ha | under 1 ha | 144 ha |
| 2018 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2019 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2020 | 46 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2021 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2023 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2024 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2025 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ibagué?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good89% · 1,560 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 194 ha
Also: 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
- 20,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 19,900 ha
- Overall change
- −561 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ibagué shrank from about 20,500 hectares to 19,900 hectares, a net loss of about 561 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 135 hectares, but 697 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 Ibagué right now?
The latest reading for Ibagué shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ibagué today?
At AQI 53 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Ibagué been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ibagué's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 26 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Ibagué lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ibagué has lost about 1,760 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 25 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 63 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ibagué shrank from about 20,500 hectares to 19,900 hectares, a net loss of about 561 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 135 hectares, but 697 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ibagué?
Ibagué has an estimated 108,385 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 34.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ibagué need?
Ibagué has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ibagué'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 Ibagué; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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