City report · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar del Plata Air quality today
Air quality in Mar del Plata currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 17
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.0
- tree cover
- 11.5%
- trees in this area
- 32.4K
- more trees needed
- 52.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mar del Plata · AQI 17 (Good)
Mar del Plata's tree count comes to 32,407 trees across 11.28 km² of land, 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,133 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mar del Plata today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 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
3.0
PM10
3.9
NO₂
1.4
O₃
63.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
88.0
- 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 Mar del Plata's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 17 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 5.
Where Mar del Plata stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mar del Plata: Critically low
11.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.28 km² of land.
Trees in this area
32,407
Target trees
84,540
More trees needed
52,133
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,147 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mar del Plata lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mar del Plata has lost about 62 hectares of forest (about 87 football pitches): 8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 62 haabout 87 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 47 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 14 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 4 ha | 14 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mar del Plata?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good50% · 31 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 16 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 11 ha
Also: 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
- 400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 395 ha
- Overall change
- −5 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mar del Plata stayed about the same size, at about 395 hectares: new forest grew on about 65 hectares, and about 70 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 Mar del Plata right now?
The latest reading for Mar del Plata shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 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 Mar del Plata today?
At AQI 17 (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 Mar del Plata been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mar del Plata's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 17 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Mar del Plata lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mar del Plata has lost about 62 hectares of forest (about 87 football pitches): 8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mar del Plata stayed about the same size, at about 395 hectares: new forest grew on about 65 hectares, and about 70 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mar del Plata?
Mar del Plata has an estimated 32,407 trees across the 11.28 km² of land measured — 11.5% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mar del Plata need?
Mar del Plata needs roughly 52,133 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,147 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mar del Plata'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 Mar del Plata; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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