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Iquitos Air quality today
Air quality in Iquitos currently reads AQI 34 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 34
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.3
- tree cover
- 16.5%
- trees in this area
- 49.5K
- more trees needed
- 40.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Iquitos, Peru (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Iquitos · AQI 34 (Good)
Iquitos's tree count comes to 49,504 trees across 12 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,503 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Iquitos today: AQI 34, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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
6.3
PM10
6.4
NO₂
1.1
O₃
25.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
230.0
- 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 Iquitos's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 19 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 9.
Where Iquitos stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Iquitos: Critically low
16.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12 km² of land.
Trees in this area
49,504
Target trees
90,007
More trees needed
40,503
CO₂ if planted / yr
891.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Iquitos lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iquitos has lost about 5,610 hectares of forest (about 7,900 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was shifting farming (37%), after which forest can grow back. About 1,790 hectares (32%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,610 haabout 7,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,790 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 243 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 263 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 427 hectares of forest were lost.
Iquitos's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 65 ha | 134 ha | 199 ha |
| 2002 | 6 ha | 31 ha | 38 ha |
| 2003 | 18 ha | 52 ha | 71 ha |
| 2004 | 115 ha | 160 ha | 275 ha |
| 2005 | 173 ha | 188 ha | 361 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | 35 ha | 65 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | 61 ha | 75 ha |
| 2008 | 87 ha | 139 ha | 226 ha |
| 2009 | 147 ha | 280 ha | 427 ha |
| 2010 | 127 ha | 185 ha | 312 ha |
| 2011 | 67 ha | 115 ha | 182 ha |
| 2012 | 97 ha | 261 ha | 358 ha |
| 2013 | 22 ha | 77 ha | 99 ha |
| 2014 | 37 ha | 214 ha | 251 ha |
| 2015 | 27 ha | 114 ha | 140 ha |
| 2016 | 83 ha | 235 ha | 318 ha |
| 2017 | 95 ha | 243 ha | 338 ha |
| 2018 | 59 ha | 157 ha | 216 ha |
| 2019 | 66 ha | 150 ha | 216 ha |
| 2020 | 53 ha | 175 ha | 228 ha |
| 2021 | 61 ha | 142 ha | 203 ha |
| 2022 | 90 ha | 196 ha | 286 ha |
| 2023 | 106 ha | 187 ha | 293 ha |
| 2024 | 67 ha | 116 ha | 183 ha |
| 2025 | 76 ha | 173 ha | 249 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Iquitos?
- Shifting farmingcan grow back37% · 2,100 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back31% · 1,720 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good20% · 1,140 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 17,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,700 ha
- Overall change
- −561 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iquitos shrank from about 17,200 hectares to 16,700 hectares, a net loss of about 561 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 1,180 hectares, but 1,740 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 Iquitos right now?
The latest reading for Iquitos shows an AQI of 34 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Iquitos today?
At AQI 34 (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 Iquitos been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iquitos's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 19 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Iquitos lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iquitos has lost about 5,610 hectares of forest (about 7,900 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was shifting farming (37%), after which forest can grow back. About 1,790 hectares (32%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 243 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 263 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iquitos shrank from about 17,200 hectares to 16,700 hectares, a net loss of about 561 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 1,180 hectares, but 1,740 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Iquitos?
Iquitos has an estimated 49,504 trees across the 12 km² of land measured — 16.5% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Iquitos need?
Iquitos needs roughly 40,503 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 891.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Iquitos'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 Iquitos; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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