Skip to content
Airleaf
Shop
Air quality now: AQI21Good, Palo Negro

City report · Aragua, Venezuela

Palo Negro Air quality today

Air quality in Palo Negro currently reads AQI 21 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 21

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
3.6
tree cover
24.6%
trees in this area
77.3K
more trees needed
17.0K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Palo Negro, Aragua, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Palo Negro · AQI 21 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 23, 2026

Palo Negro's tree count comes to 77,283 trees across 12.57 km², 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,965 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Palo Negro today: AQI 21, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 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

3.6

PM10

4.0

NO₂

0.2

O₃

65.0

SO₂

0.4

CO

169.0

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 Palo Negro's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 49 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 52 · peak 75
Nov 4: AQI 52 (peak 74)Nov 5: AQI 58 (peak 75)Nov 6: AQI 50 (peak 58)Nov 7: AQI 51 (peak 58)Nov 8: AQI 52 (peak 57)Nov 9: AQI 49 (peak 73)Nov 10: AQI 52 (peak 72)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Palo Negro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Palo Negro: Below target

24.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

5 points below target

Trees in this area

77,283

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

16,965

CO₂ if planted / yr

373.2 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Palo Negro lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Palo Negro has lost about 221 hectares of forest (about 310 football pitches): 8.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Palo Negro, January 2017

2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
221 haabout 310 football pitches
Share of its forest
8.5%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
208 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2008, when about 31 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Palo Negro, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Palo Negro, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.30.9

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year around Palo Negro, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200125 ha1 ha26 ha
200224 ha2 ha26 ha
20033 ha2 ha5 ha
200415 ha2 ha17 ha
20057 haunder 1 ha7 ha
200628 haunder 1 ha29 ha
20078 haunder 1 ha8 ha
200830 haunder 1 ha31 ha
200919 ha2 ha21 ha
20103 ha1 ha4 ha
20118 haunder 1 ha9 ha
20129 haunder 1 ha9 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20143 haunder 1 ha3 ha
20154 haunder 1 ha5 ha
20163 haunder 1 ha3 ha
20172 haunder 1 ha2 ha
20181 haunder 1 ha1 ha
20192 haunder 1 ha2 ha
20203 haunder 1 ha3 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20237 haunder 1 ha7 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20252 haunder 1 ha2 ha

What is causing deforestation around Palo Negro?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good67% · 148 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good27% · 59 ha
  • Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.6% · 6 ha

Also: 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
3,630 ha
Forest in 2020
3,660 ha
Overall change
+31 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Palo Negro stayed about the same size, at about 3,660 hectares: new forest grew on about 260 hectares, and about 229 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

In the same region

Measured cities near Palo Negro

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

Build your own

Compare Palo Negro with anywhere

This place

Palo Negro

Use this data

Put Palo Negro's numbers on your site

Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.

Palo Negro air quality (AQI) and tree cover — measured by Airleaf
HTML
Markdown

Frequently asked

Questions about Palo Negro

What is the air quality (AQI) in Palo Negro right now?

The latest reading for Palo Negro shows an AQI of 21 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 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 Palo Negro today?

At AQI 21 (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 Palo Negro been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Palo Negro's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 49 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Palo Negro lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Palo Negro has lost about 221 hectares of forest (about 310 football pitches): 8.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Palo Negro stayed about the same size, at about 3,660 hectares: new forest grew on about 260 hectares, and about 229 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Palo Negro?

Palo Negro has an estimated 77,283 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.6% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Palo Negro need?

Palo Negro needs roughly 16,965 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 373.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Palo Negro'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 Palo Negro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

See your own area

What does your neighborhood look like?

Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.

Check my address