City report · Dominican Republic
La Romana Air quality today
Air quality in La Romana currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 29
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.6
- tree cover
- 30.3%
- trees in this area
- 82.7K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro De La Ciudad, 22000 La Romana, Dominican Republic (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
La Romana · AQI 29 (Good)
La Romana's tree count comes to 82,720 trees across 10.92 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in La Romana today: AQI 29, 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
5.6
PM10
7.2
NO₂
6.1
O₃
30.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
133.0
- 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 Romana's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 24 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 5.
Where La Romana stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in La Romana: Healthy tree cover
30.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.92 km² of land.
Trees in this area
82,720
Target trees
82,720
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has La Romana lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of La Romana has lost about 596 hectares of forest (about 840 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 596 haabout 840 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 577 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2015, when about 73 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2002 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2003 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2004 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2005 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2006 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2007 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2008 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2009 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2015 | 61 ha | 12 ha | 73 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around La Romana?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good57% · 337 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good36% · 216 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.2% · 25 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 2,260 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,120 ha
- Overall change
- −145 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Romana shrank from about 2,260 hectares to 2,120 hectares, a net loss of about 145 hectares (−6.4%). New forest grew on about 153 hectares, but 297 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 Romana right now?
The latest reading for La Romana shows an AQI of 29 (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 Romana today?
At AQI 29 (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 Romana been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put La Romana's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 24 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 67 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 Romana lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of La Romana has lost about 596 hectares of forest (about 840 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around La Romana shrank from about 2,260 hectares to 2,120 hectares, a net loss of about 145 hectares (−6.4%). New forest grew on about 153 hectares, but 297 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in La Romana?
La Romana has an estimated 82,720 trees across the 10.92 km² of land measured — 30.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does La Romana need?
La Romana has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are La Romana'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 Centro De La Ciudad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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