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Montería Air quality today
Air quality in Montería 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)
- 9.4
- tree cover
- 11.5%
- trees in this area
- 35.3K
- more trees needed
- 56.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Montería, Cordoba, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Montería · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Montería's tree count comes to 35,333 trees across 12.29 km² of land, 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 56,841 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Montería today: AQI 52, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.4
PM10
11.7
NO₂
3.1
O₃
58.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
154.0
- 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 Montería's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 14 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 10.
Where Montería stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Montería: Critically low
11.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.29 km² of land.
Trees in this area
35,333
Target trees
92,174
More trees needed
56,841
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,251 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Montería lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Montería has lost about 206 hectares of forest (about 290 football pitches): 9.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) 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 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 206 haabout 290 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 195 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 22 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 21 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2005 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Montería?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good90% · 186 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.1% · 6 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.1% · 2 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
- 1,660 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,910 ha
- Overall change
- +257 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Montería grew from about 1,660 hectares to 1,910 hectares, a net gain of about 257 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 363 hectares, while 105 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 Montería right now?
The latest reading for Montería shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 01:00 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 Montería 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 Montería been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Montería's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 14 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Montería lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Montería has lost about 206 hectares of forest (about 290 football pitches): 9.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Montería grew from about 1,660 hectares to 1,910 hectares, a net gain of about 257 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 363 hectares, while 105 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Montería?
Montería has an estimated 35,333 trees across the 12.29 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 Montería need?
Montería needs roughly 56,841 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,251 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Montería'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 Montería; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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