City report · Zulia, Venezuela
Maracaibo Air quality today
Air quality in Maracaibo currently reads AQI 64 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 64
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.9
- tree cover
- 8.2%
- trees in this area
- 18.6K
- more trees needed
- 49.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sector Bolivar, Maracaibo 4001, Zulia, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Maracaibo · AQI 64 (Moderate)
Maracaibo's tree count comes to 18,625 trees across 9.09 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 49,516 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Maracaibo today: AQI 64, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.9
PM10
17.9
NO₂
9.6
O₃
161.0
SO₂
4.1
CO
585.0
- 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 Maracaibo's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 42 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 6.
Where Maracaibo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Maracaibo: Critically low
8.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.09 km² of land.
Trees in this area
18,625
Target trees
68,141
More trees needed
49,516
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,089 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Maracaibo lost?
There was very little forest around Maracaibo in 2000, about 90 hectares, and about 18 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2017, when about 15 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Maracaibo?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back80% · 14 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 2 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.1% · under 1 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
- 120 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 141 ha
- Overall change
- +21 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Maracaibo grew from about 120 hectares to 141 hectares, a net gain of about 21 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 25 hectares, while 4 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 Maracaibo
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Los Puertos de Altagracia12.7 km
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- Air quality
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- La Concepción25.0 km
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- 21%
- Air quality
- 51
- Cabimas32.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 55
- Ciudad Ojeda58.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 64
- Maicao106.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 52
- Machiques121.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 44%
- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Maracaibo right now?
The latest reading for Maracaibo shows an AQI of 64 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Maracaibo today?
At AQI 64 (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 Maracaibo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Maracaibo's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 42 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Maracaibo lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Maracaibo in 2000, about 90 hectares, and about 18 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Maracaibo grew from about 120 hectares to 141 hectares, a net gain of about 21 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 25 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Maracaibo?
Maracaibo has an estimated 18,625 trees across the 9.09 km² of land measured — 8.2% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Maracaibo need?
Maracaibo needs roughly 49,516 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,089 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Maracaibo'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 Sector Bolivar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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