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Jalapa Air quality today
Air quality in Jalapa currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 18
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.0
- tree cover
- 16.7%
- trees in this area
- 52.5K
- more trees needed
- 41.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jalapa, Guatemala (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jalapa · AQI 18 (Good)
Jalapa's tree count comes to 52,465 trees across 12.57 km², 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 41,783 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jalapa today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Guatemala City and Villa Nueva
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.0
PM10
6.2
NO₂
0.3
O₃
66.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
157.0
- 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 Jalapa's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 7.
Where Jalapa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jalapa: Critically low
16.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
52,465
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
41,783
CO₂ if planted / yr
919.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jalapa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jalapa has lost about 1,190 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 9.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,190 haabout 1,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 978 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 27 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 53 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 167 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 158 ha | 9 ha | 167 ha |
| 2002 | 29 ha | 3 ha | 31 ha |
| 2003 | 38 ha | 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2004 | 31 ha | 7 ha | 37 ha |
| 2005 | 76 ha | 8 ha | 83 ha |
| 2006 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2007 | 59 ha | 3 ha | 62 ha |
| 2008 | 61 ha | 9 ha | 70 ha |
| 2009 | 45 ha | 7 ha | 52 ha |
| 2010 | 52 ha | 7 ha | 59 ha |
| 2011 | 41 ha | 2 ha | 42 ha |
| 2012 | 85 ha | 4 ha | 89 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 13 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 34 ha | 18 ha | 51 ha |
| 2018 | 47 ha | 30 ha | 77 ha |
| 2019 | 37 ha | 35 ha | 72 ha |
| 2020 | 32 ha | 4 ha | 37 ha |
| 2021 | 23 ha | 29 ha | 52 ha |
| 2022 | 28 ha | 9 ha | 37 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 23 ha | 4 ha | 27 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jalapa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good81% · 967 ha
- Loggingcan grow back14% · 169 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.5% · 30 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 16,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,500 ha
- Overall change
- +1,010 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jalapa grew from about 16,500 hectares to 17,500 hectares, a net gain of about 1,010 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 1,460 hectares, while 448 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Jalapa
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Villa Nueva65.1 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 30
- Mixco66.3 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 50%
- Air quality
- 30
- San Juan Sacatepéquez70.9 km
Guatemala
- Tree cover
- 69%
- Air quality
- 30
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Jalapa right now?
The latest reading for Jalapa shows an AQI of 18 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jalapa today?
At AQI 18 (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 Jalapa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jalapa's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 95 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 Jalapa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jalapa has lost about 1,190 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 9.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 27 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 53 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jalapa grew from about 16,500 hectares to 17,500 hectares, a net gain of about 1,010 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 1,460 hectares, while 448 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jalapa?
Jalapa has an estimated 52,465 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.7% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jalapa need?
Jalapa needs roughly 41,783 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 919.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jalapa'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 Jalapa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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