City report · Jamaica
Ocho Rios Air quality today
Air quality in Ocho Rios currently reads AQI 41 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 41
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.9
- tree cover
- 60.2%
- trees in this area
- 120K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ocho Rios, Jamaica (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ocho Rios · AQI 41 (Good)
Ocho Rios's tree count comes to 120,094 trees across 7.98 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ocho Rios today: AQI 41, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 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
6.9
PM10
8.6
NO₂
2.5
O₃
65.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
145.0
- 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 Ocho Rios's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 25 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 47 on Nov 10.
Where Ocho Rios stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ocho Rios: Healthy tree cover
60.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.98 km² of land.
Trees in this area
120,094
Target trees
120,094
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ocho Rios lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ocho Rios has lost about 1,820 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,820 haabout 2,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,620 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 83 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 212 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 28 ha | 4 ha | 32 ha |
| 2002 | 57 ha | 8 ha | 65 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 56 ha | 5 ha | 61 ha |
| 2005 | 26 ha | 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2006 | 28 ha | 3 ha | 31 ha |
| 2007 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 24 ha |
| 2008 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2009 | 91 ha | 10 ha | 101 ha |
| 2010 | 28 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
| 2011 | 35 ha | 6 ha | 41 ha |
| 2012 | 92 ha | 8 ha | 99 ha |
| 2013 | 38 ha | 3 ha | 41 ha |
| 2014 | 177 ha | 35 ha | 212 ha |
| 2015 | 134 ha | 16 ha | 150 ha |
| 2016 | 46 ha | 8 ha | 54 ha |
| 2017 | 58 ha | 9 ha | 66 ha |
| 2018 | 110 ha | 3 ha | 113 ha |
| 2019 | 152 ha | 25 ha | 177 ha |
| 2020 | 50 ha | 6 ha | 56 ha |
| 2021 | 36 ha | 2 ha | 39 ha |
| 2022 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2023 | 75 ha | 5 ha | 80 ha |
| 2024 | 100 ha | 2 ha | 102 ha |
| 2025 | 101 ha | 31 ha | 132 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ocho Rios?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 845 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good40% · 734 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back9% · 164 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 15,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,600 ha
- Overall change
- −340 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ocho Rios shrank from about 15,000 hectares to 14,600 hectares, a net loss of about 340 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 136 hectares, but 477 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 Ocho Rios right now?
The latest reading for Ocho Rios shows an AQI of 41 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 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 Ocho Rios today?
At AQI 41 (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 Ocho Rios been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ocho Rios's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 25 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 47 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 Ocho Rios lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ocho Rios has lost about 1,820 hectares of forest (about 2,500 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 83 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ocho Rios shrank from about 15,000 hectares to 14,600 hectares, a net loss of about 340 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 136 hectares, but 477 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ocho Rios?
Ocho Rios has an estimated 120,094 trees across the 7.98 km² of land measured — 60.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ocho Rios need?
Ocho Rios has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ocho Rios'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 Ocho Rios; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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