City report · Honduras
La Ceiba Air quality today
Air quality in La Ceiba currently reads AQI 15 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 15
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 60.7%
- trees in this area
- 190K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sector 3, La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
La Ceiba · AQI 15 (Good)
La Ceiba's tree count comes to 189,932 trees across 12.52 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in La Ceiba today: AQI 15, 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 · La Ceiba, Atlantida - Sustenta Honduras, 2.9 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.7
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustenta Honduras
- 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 La Ceiba's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 6.
Where La Ceiba stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in La Ceiba: Healthy tree cover
60.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
189,932
Target trees
189,932
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has La Ceiba lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of La Ceiba has lost about 2,200 hectares of forest (about 3,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) 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 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,200 haabout 3,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,890 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 96 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 164 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 220 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 30 ha | 6 ha | 36 ha |
| 2002 | 45 ha | 10 ha | 55 ha |
| 2003 | 32 ha | 3 ha | 35 ha |
| 2004 | 35 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2005 | 32 ha | 3 ha | 35 ha |
| 2006 | 51 ha | 6 ha | 57 ha |
| 2007 | 67 ha | 2 ha | 69 ha |
| 2008 | 50 ha | 4 ha | 54 ha |
| 2009 | 58 ha | 4 ha | 62 ha |
| 2010 | 30 ha | 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2011 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2012 | 48 ha | 6 ha | 54 ha |
| 2013 | 143 ha | 9 ha | 152 ha |
| 2014 | 103 ha | 5 ha | 108 ha |
| 2015 | 78 ha | 7 ha | 85 ha |
| 2016 | 96 ha | 23 ha | 119 ha |
| 2017 | 191 ha | 24 ha | 215 ha |
| 2018 | 122 ha | 11 ha | 133 ha |
| 2019 | 102 ha | 31 ha | 133 ha |
| 2020 | 164 ha | 56 ha | 220 ha |
| 2021 | 89 ha | 32 ha | 121 ha |
| 2022 | 83 ha | 15 ha | 98 ha |
| 2023 | 61 ha | 4 ha | 66 ha |
| 2024 | 75 ha | 29 ha | 104 ha |
| 2025 | 65 ha | 24 ha | 89 ha |
What is causing deforestation around La Ceiba?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good67% · 1,490 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 401 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back9% · 198 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 16,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,100 ha
- Overall change
- −520 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Ceiba shrank from about 16,600 hectares to 16,100 hectares, a net loss of about 520 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 152 hectares, but 672 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 La Ceiba right now?
The latest reading for La Ceiba shows an AQI of 15 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by the La Ceiba, Atlantida - Sustenta Honduras ground monitoring station, 2.9 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in La Ceiba today?
At AQI 15 (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 La Ceiba been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put La Ceiba's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 59 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 La Ceiba lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of La Ceiba has lost about 2,200 hectares of forest (about 3,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 96 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 164 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Ceiba shrank from about 16,600 hectares to 16,100 hectares, a net loss of about 520 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 152 hectares, but 672 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in La Ceiba?
La Ceiba has an estimated 189,932 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 60.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does La Ceiba need?
La Ceiba has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are La Ceiba's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Sector 3, 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 Sector 3; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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