City report · Murcia, Spain
Murcia Air quality today
Air quality in Murcia currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 47
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.5
- tree cover
- 16.3%
- trees in this area
- 51.2K
- more trees needed
- 43.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Miguel, Murcia, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Murcia · AQI 47 (Good)
Murcia's tree count comes to 51,157 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,997 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Murcia today: AQI 47, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Orihuela and Cartagena
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.5
PM10
10.2
NO₂
10.8
O₃
30.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
132.0
- 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 Murcia's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 41 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 7.
Where Murcia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Murcia: Critically low
16.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
51,157
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
42,997
CO₂ if planted / yr
945.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Murcia lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Murcia has lost about 44 hectares of forest (about 61 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (50%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 44 haabout 61 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 22 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 7 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Murcia?
- Towns and roadscleared for good39% · 17 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back31% · 13 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · 5 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
- 2,850 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,940 ha
- Overall change
- +89 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Murcia grew from about 2,850 hectares to 2,940 hectares, a net gain of about 89 hectares (+3.1%). New forest grew on about 102 hectares, while 14 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 Murcia right now?
The latest reading for Murcia shows an AQI of 47 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Murcia today?
At AQI 47 (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 Murcia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Murcia's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 41 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Murcia lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Murcia has lost about 44 hectares of forest (about 61 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (50%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Murcia grew from about 2,850 hectares to 2,940 hectares, a net gain of about 89 hectares (+3.1%). New forest grew on about 102 hectares, while 14 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Murcia?
Murcia has an estimated 51,157 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 16.3% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Murcia need?
Murcia needs roughly 42,997 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 945.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Murcia'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 San Miguel; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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