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Panama City Air quality today
Air quality in Panama City currently reads AQI 37 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 37
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.3
- tree cover
- 13.9%
- trees in this area
- 43.5K
- more trees needed
- 50.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Obarrio, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, Panama (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Panama City · AQI 37 (Good)
Panama City's tree count comes to 43,537 trees across 12.53 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,428 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Panama City today: AQI 37, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 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
6.3
PM10
8.5
NO₂
8.6
O₃
45.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
326.0
- 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 Panama City's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 16 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 10.
Where Panama City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Panama City: Critically low
13.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
43,537
Target trees
93,965
More trees needed
50,428
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,109 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Panama City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Panama City has lost about 442 hectares of forest (about 620 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 442 haabout 620 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 432 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 69 hectares of forest were lost.
Panama City's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 59 ha | 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2005 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2009 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2010 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2012 | 67 ha | 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2013 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2014 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Panama City?
- Towns and roadscleared for good58% · 258 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good31% · 138 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.1% · 36 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
- 7,050 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,290 ha
- Overall change
- −767 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Panama City shrank from about 7,050 hectares to 6,290 hectares, a net loss of about 767 hectares (−11%). New forest grew on about 29 hectares, but 796 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 Panama City right now?
The latest reading for Panama City shows an AQI of 37 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 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 Panama City today?
At AQI 37 (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 Panama City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Panama City's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 16 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Panama City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Panama City has lost about 442 hectares of forest (about 620 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Panama City shrank from about 7,050 hectares to 6,290 hectares, a net loss of about 767 hectares (−11%). New forest grew on about 29 hectares, but 796 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Panama City?
Panama City has an estimated 43,537 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 13.9% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Panama City need?
Panama City needs roughly 50,428 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,109 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Panama City'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 Obarrio; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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