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Maturín Air quality today
Air quality in Maturín currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 22
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.0
- tree cover
- 28.4%
- trees in this area
- 89.2K
- more trees needed
- 5.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Downtown, Maturin 6201, Monagas, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Maturín · AQI 22 (Good)
Maturín's tree count comes to 89,221 trees across 12.57 km², 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 5,027 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Maturín today: AQI 22, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 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
4.3
NO₂
0.9
O₃
35.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
118.0
- 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 Maturín's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 7.
Where Maturín stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Maturín: Below target
28.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
89,221
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
5,027
CO₂ if planted / yr
110.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Maturín lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Maturín has lost about 905 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 16% 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 October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 905 haabout 1,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 902 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 142 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 122 ha | under 1 ha | 122 ha |
| 2002 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2003 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2004 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2005 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2006 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2007 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2008 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2009 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2010 | 81 ha | under 1 ha | 82 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2013 | 142 ha | under 1 ha | 142 ha |
| 2014 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Maturín?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good81% · 737 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 165 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 3,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,110 ha
- Overall change
- −492 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Maturín shrank from about 3,600 hectares to 3,110 hectares, a net loss of about 492 hectares (−14%). New forest grew on about 171 hectares, but 663 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 Maturín right now?
The latest reading for Maturín shows an AQI of 22 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 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 Maturín today?
At AQI 22 (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 Maturín been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Maturín's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Maturín lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Maturín has lost about 905 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Maturín shrank from about 3,600 hectares to 3,110 hectares, a net loss of about 492 hectares (−14%). New forest grew on about 171 hectares, but 663 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Maturín?
Maturín has an estimated 89,221 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 28.4% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Maturín need?
Maturín needs roughly 5,027 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 110.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Maturín'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 Downtown; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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