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Oranjestad Air quality today
Air quality in Oranjestad currently reads AQI 35 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 35
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.1
- tree cover
- 10.4%
- trees in this area
- 29.1K
- more trees needed
- 54.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Oranjestad-West, Aruba (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Oranjestad · AQI 35 (Good)
Oranjestad's tree count comes to 29,144 trees across 11.21 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,925 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Oranjestad today: AQI 35, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 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
6.1
PM10
9.3
NO₂
1.5
O₃
58.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
148.0
- 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 Oranjestad's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 29 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 8.
Where Oranjestad stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Oranjestad: Critically low
10.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.21 km² of land.
Trees in this area
29,144
Target trees
84,069
More trees needed
54,925
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,208 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Oranjestad lost?
There was very little forest around Oranjestad in 2000, about 20 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2003, when about 1 hectare 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Oranjestad?
- Towns and roadscleared for good83% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · under 1 ha
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 Oranjestad right now?
The latest reading for Oranjestad shows an AQI of 35 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 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 Oranjestad today?
At AQI 35 (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 Oranjestad been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Oranjestad's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 29 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Oranjestad lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Oranjestad in 2000, about 20 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Oranjestad?
Oranjestad has an estimated 29,144 trees across the 11.21 km² of land measured — 10.4% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Oranjestad need?
Oranjestad needs roughly 54,925 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,208 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Oranjestad'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 Oranjestad-West; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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