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Pamplona Air quality today
Air quality in Pamplona currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 17
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.1
- tree cover
- 19.6%
- trees in this area
- 61.6K
- more trees needed
- 32.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Casco Viejo, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pamplona · AQI 17 (Good)
Pamplona's tree count comes to 61,575 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,673 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pamplona today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Pamplona-Felisa Munarriz, Navarra, Spain, 1.1 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.1
PM10
6.5
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Calidad del Aire en Navarra
- 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 Pamplona's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 7.
Where Pamplona stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pamplona: Below target
19.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
61,575
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
32,673
CO₂ if planted / yr
718.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pamplona lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pamplona has lost about 841 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 27 hectares (3.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 841 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 27 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 80 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 31 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 128 hectares 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 | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 41 ha | 41 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 36 ha | 36 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 32 ha | 32 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 41 ha | 41 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 27 ha | 28 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 37 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 24 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | 14 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | 49 ha | 53 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 33 ha | 38 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 128 ha | 128 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 98 ha | 98 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 105 ha | 105 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 59 ha | 60 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pamplona?
- Loggingcan grow back90% · 759 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.4% · 29 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.9% · 25 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 6,930 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,230 ha
- Overall change
- +307 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pamplona grew from about 6,930 hectares to 7,230 hectares, a net gain of about 307 hectares (+4.4%). New forest grew on about 362 hectares, while 55 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 Pamplona right now?
The latest reading for Pamplona shows an AQI of 17 (Good), measured Nov 11, 15:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Pamplona-Felisa Munarriz, Navarra, Spain, 1.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pamplona today?
At AQI 17 (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 Pamplona been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pamplona's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Pamplona lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pamplona has lost about 841 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 27 hectares (3.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 80 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 31 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pamplona grew from about 6,930 hectares to 7,230 hectares, a net gain of about 307 hectares (+4.4%). New forest grew on about 362 hectares, while 55 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pamplona?
Pamplona has an estimated 61,575 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.6% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pamplona need?
Pamplona needs roughly 32,673 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 718.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pamplona's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Casco Viejo, 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 Casco Viejo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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