City report · Huila Department, Colombia
Neiva Air quality today
Air quality in Neiva currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.8
- tree cover
- 28.6%
- trees in this area
- 89.5K
- more trees needed
- 4.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Neiva, Huila, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Neiva · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Neiva's tree count comes to 89,490 trees across 12.52 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 4,381 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Neiva today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Cali and Soacha
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.8
PM10
6.9
NO₂
5.4
O₃
14.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
185.0
- 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 Neiva's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 4.
Where Neiva stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Neiva: Below target
28.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
89,490
Target trees
93,871
More trees needed
4,381
CO₂ if planted / yr
96.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Neiva lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Neiva has lost about 387 hectares of forest (about 540 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 387 haabout 540 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 370 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 65 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37 ha | 2 ha | 38 ha |
| 2002 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2005 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2006 | 35 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2007 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 47 ha | 2 ha | 48 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2012 | 35 ha | 3 ha | 38 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Neiva?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good84% · 324 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 43 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4% · 15 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural 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
- 6,440 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,530 ha
- Overall change
- +93 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Neiva stayed about the same size, at about 6,530 hectares: new forest grew on about 233 hectares, and about 140 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Neiva right now?
The latest reading for Neiva shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, 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 Neiva today?
At AQI 60 (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 Neiva been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Neiva's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Neiva lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Neiva has lost about 387 hectares of forest (about 540 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Neiva stayed about the same size, at about 6,530 hectares: new forest grew on about 233 hectares, and about 140 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Neiva?
Neiva has an estimated 89,490 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 28.6% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Neiva need?
Neiva needs roughly 4,381 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 96.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Neiva'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 Neiva; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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