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Lucaya Air quality today
Air quality in Lucaya currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 23
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.4
- tree cover
- 60.3%
- trees in this area
- 189K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yeoman Wood, Freeport, The Bahamas (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lucaya · AQI 23 (Good)
Lucaya's tree count comes to 189,438 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 Lucaya today: AQI 23, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 165 km, e.g. West Palm Beach and Pompano Beach
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.4
PM10
12.5
NO₂
1.0
O₃
88.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
141.0
- 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 Lucaya's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 25 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 49 on Nov 4.
Where Lucaya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lucaya: Healthy tree cover
60.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
189,438
Target trees
189,438
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lucaya lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lucaya has lost about 851 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 33% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 851 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 33%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 462 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 65 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 61 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 155 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | 7 ha | 23 ha |
| 2003 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 23 ha | 4 ha | 28 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2007 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 9 ha | 17 ha | 25 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | 18 ha | 34 ha |
| 2017 | 81 ha | 74 ha | 155 ha |
| 2018 | 27 ha | 33 ha | 60 ha |
| 2019 | 11 ha | 23 ha | 34 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 10 ha | 22 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 25 ha | 32 ha |
| 2022 | 47 ha | 19 ha | 65 ha |
| 2023 | 16 ha | 8 ha | 24 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | 54 ha | 69 ha |
| 2025 | 62 ha | 72 ha | 134 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lucaya?
- Towns and roadscleared for good43% · 365 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back24% · 205 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back20% · 170 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, logging, 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
- 787 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,140 ha
- Overall change
- +353 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lucaya grew from about 787 hectares to 1,140 hectares, a net gain of about 353 hectares (+45%). New forest grew on about 370 hectares, while 17 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Lucaya
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- West Palm Beach139.3 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 33
- Pompano Beach148.9 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 27%
- Air quality
- 36
- Fort Lauderdale154.1 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 29%
- Air quality
- 36
- Coral Springs162.4 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 26
- Pembroke Pines166.1 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 36
- Miami174.2 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 13
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Lucaya right now?
The latest reading for Lucaya shows an AQI of 23 (Good), observed Nov 10, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lucaya today?
At AQI 23 (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 Lucaya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lucaya's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 25 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 49 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lucaya lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lucaya has lost about 851 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 33% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 65 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 61 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lucaya grew from about 787 hectares to 1,140 hectares, a net gain of about 353 hectares (+45%). New forest grew on about 370 hectares, while 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lucaya?
Lucaya has an estimated 189,438 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 60.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lucaya need?
Lucaya has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Lucaya'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 Yeoman Wood; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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