City report · Madrid, Spain
Parla Air quality today
Air quality in Parla currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 26
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.5
- tree cover
- 3.9%
- trees in this area
- 12.3K
- more trees needed
- 82.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Parla, Madrid, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Parla · AQI 26 (Good)
Parla's tree count comes to 12,252 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,996 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Parla today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: Ozone · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · VALDEMORO, 9.3 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.5
PM10
1.0
NO₂
9.5
O₃
56.5
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Parla's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 96 on Nov 7.
Where Parla stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Parla: Critically low
3.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,252
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
81,996
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,804 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Parla lost?
There was very little forest around Parla in 2000, about 15 hectares, and about 4 hectares 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.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2021, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Parla?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 2 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown37% · 1 ha
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
- 53 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 102 ha
- Overall change
- +49 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Parla grew from about 53 hectares to 102 hectares, a net gain of about 49 hectares. New forest grew on about 50 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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Frequently asked
Questions about Parla
What is the air quality (AQI) in Parla right now?
The latest reading for Parla shows an AQI of 26 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is VALDEMORO, 9.3 km away). The main pollutant is Ozone. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Parla today?
At AQI 26 (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 Parla been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Parla's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 96 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 Parla lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Parla in 2000, about 15 hectares, and about 4 hectares 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Parla grew from about 53 hectares to 102 hectares, a net gain of about 49 hectares. New forest grew on about 50 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Parla?
Parla has an estimated 12,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.9% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Parla need?
Parla needs roughly 81,996 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,804 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Parla's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Parla, 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 Parla; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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