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La Chorrera Air quality today
Air quality in La Chorrera currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 33
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.7
- tree cover
- 34.7%
- trees in this area
- 109K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around La Chorrera, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
La Chorrera · AQI 33 (Good)
La Chorrera's tree count comes to 109,013 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 La Chorrera today: AQI 33, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 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
5.7
PM10
7.8
NO₂
7.6
O₃
45.0
SO₂
2.7
CO
117.0
- 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 La Chorrera's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 16 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 10.
Where La Chorrera stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in La Chorrera: Healthy tree cover
34.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
109,013
Target trees
109,013
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has La Chorrera lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of La Chorrera has lost about 1,640 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,640 haabout 2,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,640 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 41 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 246 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 84 ha | 2 ha | 85 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2004 | 192 ha | under 1 ha | 192 ha |
| 2005 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2006 | 101 ha | 1 ha | 102 ha |
| 2007 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2008 | 246 ha | under 1 ha | 246 ha |
| 2009 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2010 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2011 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2012 | 107 ha | under 1 ha | 107 ha |
| 2013 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2016 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2017 | 149 ha | under 1 ha | 149 ha |
| 2018 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2019 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2020 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2021 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2022 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2024 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2025 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
What is causing deforestation around La Chorrera?
- Towns and roadscleared for good48% · 780 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 760 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5.9% · 96 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
- 11,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,440 ha
- Overall change
- −1,760 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Chorrera shrank from about 11,200 hectares to 9,440 hectares, a net loss of about 1,760 hectares (−16%). New forest grew on about 394 hectares, but 2,150 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 Chorrera right now?
The latest reading for La Chorrera shows an AQI of 33 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 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 La Chorrera today?
At AQI 33 (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 Chorrera been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put La Chorrera's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 16 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around La Chorrera lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of La Chorrera has lost about 1,640 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 41 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Chorrera shrank from about 11,200 hectares to 9,440 hectares, a net loss of about 1,760 hectares (−16%). New forest grew on about 394 hectares, but 2,150 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in La Chorrera?
La Chorrera has an estimated 109,013 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 34.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does La Chorrera need?
La Chorrera has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are La Chorrera'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 La Chorrera; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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