City report · Cundinamarca, Colombia
Madrid Air quality today
Air quality in Madrid currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.7
- tree cover
- 14.3%
- trees in this area
- 44.9K
- more trees needed
- 49.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Madrid, Cundinamarca, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Madrid · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Madrid's tree count comes to 44,925 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 49,323 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Madrid today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Fontibon, Bogota, Colombia, 14.6 km away · median of 8 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.7
PM10
17.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, OAB - El Observatorio Ambiental de Bogotá
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Madrid's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 45 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 4.
Where Madrid stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Madrid: Critically low
14.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
44,925
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
49,323
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,085 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Madrid lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Madrid has lost about 1,450 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,450 haabout 2,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,350 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 354 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 260 ha | 1 ha | 261 ha |
| 2002 | 58 ha | 2 ha | 60 ha |
| 2003 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2004 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2005 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2006 | 66 ha | 2 ha | 67 ha |
| 2007 | 351 ha | 3 ha | 354 ha |
| 2008 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2009 | 138 ha | 6 ha | 144 ha |
| 2010 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2011 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2012 | 85 ha | 2 ha | 87 ha |
| 2013 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | 8 ha | 28 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 20 ha | 30 ha |
| 2024 | 24 ha | 42 ha | 66 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Madrid?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good82% · 1,190 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 151 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back4.2% · 61 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, 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
- 4,390 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,850 ha
- Overall change
- −535 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Madrid shrank from about 4,390 hectares to 3,850 hectares, a net loss of about 535 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 186 hectares, but 721 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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Measured cities near Madrid
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Facatativá13.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 69
- Soacha17.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 53
- Bogotá24.4 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 46
- Chía26.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 33
- Zipaquirá43.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 30%
- Air quality
- 64
- Girardot City77.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 34%
- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Madrid right now?
The latest reading for Madrid shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 09:00 local time by 8 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Fontibon, Bogota, Colombia, 14.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Madrid today?
At AQI 52 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Madrid been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Madrid's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 45 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 91 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 Madrid lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Madrid has lost about 1,450 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Madrid shrank from about 4,390 hectares to 3,850 hectares, a net loss of about 535 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 186 hectares, but 721 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Madrid?
Madrid has an estimated 44,925 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.3% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Madrid need?
Madrid needs roughly 49,323 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,085 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Madrid's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Madrid, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Madrid; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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