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Jacmel Air quality today
Air quality in Jacmel currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 68
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.1
- tree cover
- 52.2%
- trees in this area
- 122K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jacmel, Haiti (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jacmel · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Jacmel's tree count comes to 121,517 trees across 9.31 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jacmel today: AQI 68, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.1
PM10
25.4
NO₂
22.2
O₃
38.0
SO₂
3.5
CO
258.0
- 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 Jacmel's daily AQI at 83 on average, from 60 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 165 on Nov 6.
Where Jacmel stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jacmel: Healthy tree cover
52.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.31 km² of land.
Trees in this area
121,517
Target trees
121,517
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jacmel lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jacmel has lost about 245 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 245 haabout 340 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 131 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 57 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 2013 | 31 ha | 26 ha | 57 ha |
| 2014 | 18 ha | 14 ha | 32 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jacmel?
- Shifting farmingcan grow back42% · 102 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 100 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 31 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
- 12,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,100 ha
- Overall change
- +120 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jacmel stayed about the same size, at about 13,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 194 hectares, and about 74 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 Jacmel right now?
The latest reading for Jacmel shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Jacmel today?
At AQI 68 (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 Jacmel been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jacmel's daily AQI at 83 on average, from 60 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 165 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jacmel lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jacmel has lost about 245 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jacmel stayed about the same size, at about 13,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 194 hectares, and about 74 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jacmel?
Jacmel has an estimated 121,517 trees across the 9.31 km² of land measured — 52.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jacmel need?
Jacmel has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Jacmel'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 Jacmel; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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