City report · Micronesia
Palikir Air quality today
Air quality in Palikir currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 13
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.5
- tree cover
- 98.9%
- trees in this area
- 310K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Palikir, Pohnpei, Micronesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Palikir · AQI 13 (Good)
Palikir's tree count comes to 310,393 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Palikir today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 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
2.5
PM10
4.4
NO₂
0.1
O₃
21.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
98.0
- 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 Palikir's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 7 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 31 on Nov 7.
Where Palikir stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Palikir: Healthy tree cover
98.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
310,393
Target trees
310,393
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Palikir lost?
There was almost no forest around Palikir in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
The forest-loss maps don't cover this area.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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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Questions about Palikir
What is the air quality (AQI) in Palikir right now?
The latest reading for Palikir shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 20:00 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 Palikir today?
At AQI 13 (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 Palikir been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Palikir's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 7 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 31 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 Palikir lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Palikir in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Palikir?
Palikir has an estimated 310,393 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 98.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Palikir need?
Palikir has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Palikir'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 Palikir; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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