City report · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown Air quality today
Air quality in Kingstown currently reads AQI 25 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 25
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.5
- tree cover
- 62.5%
- trees in this area
- 138K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kingstown · AQI 25 (Good)
Kingstown's tree count comes to 138,034 trees across 8.84 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kingstown today: AQI 25, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 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
4.5
PM10
7.7
NO₂
1.0
O₃
49.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
137.0
- 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 Kingstown's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 25 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.
Where Kingstown stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kingstown: Healthy tree cover
62.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.84 km² of land.
Trees in this area
138,034
Target trees
138,034
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kingstown lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kingstown has lost about 155 hectares of forest (about 220 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from February 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 155 haabout 220 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 121 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 20 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kingstown?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 76 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good29% · 45 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back14% · 21 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
- 11,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,100 ha
- Overall change
- −217 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kingstown stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 39 hectares, and about 256 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 Kingstown right now?
The latest reading for Kingstown shows an AQI of 25 (Good), observed Nov 11, 00:00 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 Kingstown today?
At AQI 25 (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 Kingstown been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kingstown's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 25 on Nov 11 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 Kingstown lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kingstown has lost about 155 hectares of forest (about 220 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kingstown stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 39 hectares, and about 256 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kingstown?
Kingstown has an estimated 138,034 trees across the 8.84 km² of land measured — 62.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kingstown need?
Kingstown has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kingstown'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 Kingstown; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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