City report · Zulia, Venezuela
Machiques Air quality today
Air quality in Machiques currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 38
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.0
- tree cover
- 43.7%
- trees in this area
- 137K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Machiques 4021, Zulia, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Machiques · AQI 38 (Good)
Machiques's tree count comes to 137,288 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 Machiques today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · 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
6.0
PM10
6.3
NO₂
8.8
O₃
29.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
114.0
- 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 Machiques's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 9.
Where Machiques stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Machiques: Healthy tree cover
43.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
137,288
Target trees
137,288
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Machiques lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Machiques has lost about 1,790 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) 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
- 1,790 haabout 2,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,780 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 6 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 52 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2003, when about 293 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 284 ha | 2 ha | 286 ha |
| 2002 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2003 | 292 ha | 1 ha | 293 ha |
| 2004 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2005 | 62 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2006 | 126 ha | under 1 ha | 126 ha |
| 2007 | 238 ha | 1 ha | 239 ha |
| 2008 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2009 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 74 ha |
| 2010 | 104 ha | under 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2011 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2012 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2015 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2016 | 151 ha | under 1 ha | 151 ha |
| 2017 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Machiques?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for goodover 99% · 1,780 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 9,190 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,630 ha
- Overall change
- −1,560 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Machiques shrank from about 9,190 hectares to 7,630 hectares, a net loss of about 1,560 hectares (−17%). New forest grew on about 416 hectares, but 1,970 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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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Machiques right now?
The latest reading for Machiques shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 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 Machiques today?
At AQI 38 (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 Machiques been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Machiques's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Machiques lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Machiques has lost about 1,790 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 6 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 52 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Machiques shrank from about 9,190 hectares to 7,630 hectares, a net loss of about 1,560 hectares (−17%). New forest grew on about 416 hectares, but 1,970 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Machiques?
Machiques has an estimated 137,288 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 43.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Machiques need?
Machiques has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Machiques'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 Machiques 4021; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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