City report · Paraguay
Itauguá Air quality today
Air quality in Itauguá currently reads AQI 34 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 34
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.2
- tree cover
- 68.7%
- trees in this area
- 216K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Jose Obrero, 110604 Itauguá, Paraguay (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Itauguá · AQI 34 (Good)
Itauguá's tree count comes to 215,827 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 Itauguá today: AQI 34, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · San Bernardino, 10.7 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Proyecto Respira
- 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 Itauguá's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 76 on Nov 4.
Where Itauguá stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Itauguá: Healthy tree cover
68.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
215,827
Target trees
215,827
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Itauguá lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itauguá has lost about 1,360 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,360 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,340 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 96 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 63 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 112 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2002 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2003 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2004 | 72 ha | under 1 ha | 72 ha |
| 2005 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2007 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2008 | 80 ha | under 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2009 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2010 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2011 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2012 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2013 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2015 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2016 | 111 ha | 1 ha | 112 ha |
| 2017 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2018 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2019 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2020 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2021 | 105 ha | 3 ha | 108 ha |
| 2022 | 98 ha | under 1 ha | 99 ha |
| 2023 | 84 ha | under 1 ha | 84 ha |
| 2024 | 83 ha | 6 ha | 89 ha |
| 2025 | 97 ha | 4 ha | 101 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Itauguá?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good56% · 753 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good43% · 586 ha
Also: logging, wildfires, 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
- 7,870 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,390 ha
- Overall change
- +526 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itauguá grew from about 7,870 hectares to 8,390 hectares, a net gain of about 526 hectares (+6.7%). New forest grew on about 991 hectares, while 464 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 Itauguá right now?
The latest reading for Itauguá shows an AQI of 34 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is San Bernardino, 10.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Itauguá 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 Itauguá been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Itauguá's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 76 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Itauguá lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Itauguá has lost about 1,360 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 96 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 63 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Itauguá grew from about 7,870 hectares to 8,390 hectares, a net gain of about 526 hectares (+6.7%). New forest grew on about 991 hectares, while 464 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Itauguá?
Itauguá has an estimated 215,827 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 68.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Itauguá need?
Itauguá has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Itauguá's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near San Jose Obrero, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 San Jose Obrero; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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