City report · Miranda, Venezuela
Los Teques Air quality today
Air quality in Los Teques currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 46
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.2
- tree cover
- 34.4%
- trees in this area
- 108K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Los Teques · AQI 46 (Good)
Los Teques's tree count comes to 108,071 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 Los Teques today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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
10.2
PM10
11.2
NO₂
10.8
O₃
49.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
168.0
- 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 Los Teques's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 9.
Where Los Teques stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Los Teques: Healthy tree cover
34.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
108,071
Target trees
108,071
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Los Teques lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Los Teques has lost about 731 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 4.2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (49%), after which forest can grow back. About 358 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 731 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 358 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 6 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 85 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 334 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2002 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | 44 ha | 6 ha | 49 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 23 ha | 3 ha | 25 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2008 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 11 ha | 323 ha | 334 ha |
| 2017 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 23 ha | 27 ha | 50 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Los Teques?
- Wildfirescan grow back49% · 357 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good36% · 261 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 96 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 22,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 22,500 ha
- Overall change
- −224 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Los Teques stayed about the same size, at about 22,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 92 hectares, and about 316 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 Los Teques right now?
The latest reading for Los Teques shows an AQI of 46 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Los Teques today?
At AQI 46 (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 Los Teques been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Los Teques's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Los Teques lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Los Teques has lost about 731 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 4.2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (49%), after which forest can grow back. About 358 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 6 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 85 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Los Teques stayed about the same size, at about 22,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 92 hectares, and about 316 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Los Teques?
Los Teques has an estimated 108,071 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 34.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Los Teques need?
Los Teques has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Los Teques'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 Los Teques; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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