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Palma Air quality today
Air quality in Palma currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 7
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.2
- tree cover
- 7.8%
- trees in this area
- 17.1K
- more trees needed
- 48.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Cort, Centre, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Palma · AQI 7 (Good)
Palma's tree count comes to 17,080 trees across 8.76 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 48,611 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Palma today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Calanova, 5.1 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient
- 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 Palma's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 22 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 9.
Where Palma stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Palma: Critically low
7.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.76 km² of land.
Trees in this area
17,080
Target trees
65,691
More trees needed
48,611
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,069 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Palma lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Palma has lost about 177 hectares of forest (about 250 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 26 hectares (15%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 177 haabout 250 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 26 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 31 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 11 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 31 ha | 31 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Palma?
- Loggingcan grow back54% · 95 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back29% · 52 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 19 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, mining and energy, 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
- 4,520 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,540 ha
- Overall change
- +22 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Palma stayed about the same size, at about 4,540 hectares: new forest grew on about 66 hectares, and about 44 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 Palma right now?
The latest reading for Palma shows an AQI of 7 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by the Calanova ground monitoring station, 5.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Palma today?
At AQI 7 (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 Palma been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Palma's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 22 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Palma lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Palma has lost about 177 hectares of forest (about 250 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 26 hectares (15%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Palma stayed about the same size, at about 4,540 hectares: new forest grew on about 66 hectares, and about 44 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Palma?
Palma has an estimated 17,080 trees across the 8.76 km² of land measured — 7.8% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Palma need?
Palma needs roughly 48,611 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,069 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Palma's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Cort, 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 Cort; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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