City report · Argentina
Neuquén Air quality today
Air quality in Neuquén currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 19
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.5
- tree cover
- 10.8%
- trees in this area
- 33.9K
- more trees needed
- 60.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Neuquen, Neuquén Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Feb 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Neuquén · AQI 19 (Good)
Neuquén's tree count comes to 33,895 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 60,258 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Neuquén today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Colonia Rural - CdS Nueva Esperanza, 8.3 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustentabilidad Sin Fronteras
- 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 Neuquén's daily AQI at 12 on average, from 4 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 38 on Nov 10.
Where Neuquén stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Neuquén: Critically low
10.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
33,895
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
60,258
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,326 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Neuquén lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Neuquén has lost about 343 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 6.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) 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 north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 343 haabout 480 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 297 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 101 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 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 93 ha | 8 ha | 101 ha |
| 2006 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 35 ha | 3 ha | 38 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2012 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2017 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | 23 ha | 28 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Neuquén?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good56% · 192 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 105 ha
- Loggingcan grow back12% · 40 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Neuquén right now?
The latest reading for Neuquén shows an AQI of 19 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by the Colonia Rural - CdS Nueva Esperanza ground monitoring station, 8.3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Neuquén today?
At AQI 19 (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 Neuquén been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Neuquén's daily AQI at 12 on average, from 4 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 38 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 Neuquén lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Neuquén has lost about 343 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 6.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
What is the tree count in Neuquén?
Neuquén has an estimated 33,895 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 10.8% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Neuquén need?
Neuquén needs roughly 60,258 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,326 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Neuquén's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Neuquen, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Neuquen; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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