City report · Bolivia
La Paz Air quality today
Air quality in La Paz currently reads AQI 9 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 9
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.0
- tree cover
- 2.1%
- trees in this area
- 6.6K
- more trees needed
- 87.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Macrodistrito Max Paredes, La Paz, Bolivia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
La Paz · AQI 9 (Good)
La Paz's tree count comes to 6,597 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 87,650 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in La Paz today: AQI 9, Good
Main pollutant: NO₂ · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 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
2.0
PM10
2.0
NO₂
19.6
O₃
10.0
SO₂
6.2
CO
386.0
- 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 Paz's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 9 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.
Where La Paz stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in La Paz: Critically low
2.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
6,597
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
87,650
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,928 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has La Paz lost?
There was very little forest around La Paz in 2000, about 68 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 167 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 186 ha
- Overall change
- +19 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Paz grew from about 167 hectares to 186 hectares, a net gain of about 19 hectares (+11%). New forest grew on about 22 hectares, while 2 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 Paz right now?
The latest reading for La Paz shows an AQI of 9 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is NO₂. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in La Paz today?
At AQI 9 (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 Paz been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put La Paz's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 9 on Nov 10 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 La Paz lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around La Paz in 2000, about 68 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Paz grew from about 167 hectares to 186 hectares, a net gain of about 19 hectares (+11%). New forest grew on about 22 hectares, while 2 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in La Paz?
La Paz has an estimated 6,597 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.1% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does La Paz need?
La Paz needs roughly 87,650 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,928 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are La Paz'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 Macrodistrito Max Paredes; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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