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Air quality now: AQI49Good, Paradise

City report · Nevada, United States

Paradise Air quality today

Air quality in Paradise currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 49

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
8.8
tree cover
1.7%
trees in this area
5.3K
more trees needed
88.9K

Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Paradise, NV, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Paradise · AQI 49 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 13, 2026

Paradise's tree count comes to 5,341 trees across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²), 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,907 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Paradise today: AQI 49, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · RT, 3.4 mi (5.4 km) away · median of 5 stations

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

8.8

PM10

43.0

NO₂

47.3

O₃

17.7

SO₂

2.6

CO

687.4

Data: OpenAQ · AirNow

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 Paradise's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 27 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 7.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 41 · peak 71
Nov 4: AQI 45 (peak 66)Nov 5: AQI 41 (peak 59)Nov 6: AQI 27 (peak 56)Nov 7: AQI 35 (peak 71)Nov 8: AQI 51 (peak 71)Nov 9: AQI 48 (peak 68)Nov 10: AQI 41 (peak 62)
Nov 4Nov 10

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Paradise: Critically low

1.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²).

28 points below target

Trees in this area

5,341

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

88,907

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,956 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Paradise lost?

There was very little forest around Paradise in 2000, about 12 acres (5 hectares), and about 3 acres (1 hectare) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Paradise, June 2017

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

The worst year was 2003, when about 2 acres (1 hectare) of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Paradise, 2001–2025

Acres of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Paradise, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.2.47

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Forest lost each year around Paradise, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 ha2 acres (1 ha)
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Paradise?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good43% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown50% · under 1 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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 Paradise

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

The latest reading for Paradise shows an AQI of 49 (Good), measured Nov 11, 08:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is RT, 3.4 mi (5.4 km) away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Paradise today?

At AQI 49 (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 Paradise been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Paradise's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 27 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Paradise lost since 2001?

There was very little forest around Paradise in 2000, about 12 acres (5 hectares), and about 3 acres (1 hectare) of it has been lost 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 Paradise?

Paradise has an estimated 5,341 trees across the 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²) measured — 1.7% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Paradise need?

Paradise needs roughly 88,907 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,956 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Paradise's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Paradise, 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 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Paradise; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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