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Pedro Juan Caballero Air quality today
Air quality in Pedro Juan Caballero currently reads AQI 37 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 37
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.4
- tree cover
- 26.9%
- trees in this area
- 84.5K
- more trees needed
- 9.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Guarani, Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pedro Juan Caballero · AQI 37 (Good)
Pedro Juan Caballero's tree count comes to 84,509 trees across 12.57 km², 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,739 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pedro Juan Caballero today: AQI 37, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 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
7.4
PM10
7.6
NO₂
6.4
O₃
58.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
261.0
- 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 Pedro Juan Caballero's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 6.
Where Pedro Juan Caballero stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pedro Juan Caballero: Below target
26.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
84,509
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
9,739
CO₂ if planted / yr
214.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pedro Juan Caballero lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pedro Juan Caballero has lost about 772 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 772 haabout 1,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 723 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 44 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 67 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 86 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 27 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2003 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2004 | 45 ha | 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2015 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2016 | 33 ha | 3 ha | 36 ha |
| 2017 | 69 ha | 4 ha | 73 ha |
| 2018 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2019 | 76 ha | 10 ha | 86 ha |
| 2020 | 65 ha | 2 ha | 66 ha |
| 2021 | 62 ha | 2 ha | 64 ha |
| 2022 | 50 ha | 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2023 | 50 ha | 4 ha | 53 ha |
| 2024 | 18 ha | 8 ha | 26 ha |
| 2025 | 18 ha | 6 ha | 24 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pedro Juan Caballero?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 673 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.5% · 50 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back4% · 31 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 5,970 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,950 ha
- Overall change
- −15 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pedro Juan Caballero stayed about the same size, at about 5,950 hectares: new forest grew on about 463 hectares, and about 479 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 Pedro Juan Caballero right now?
The latest reading for Pedro Juan Caballero shows an AQI of 37 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 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 Pedro Juan Caballero 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 Pedro Juan Caballero been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pedro Juan Caballero's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pedro Juan Caballero lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pedro Juan Caballero has lost about 772 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 44 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 67 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pedro Juan Caballero stayed about the same size, at about 5,950 hectares: new forest grew on about 463 hectares, and about 479 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pedro Juan Caballero?
Pedro Juan Caballero has an estimated 84,509 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 26.9% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pedro Juan Caballero need?
Pedro Juan Caballero needs roughly 9,739 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 214.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pedro Juan Caballero'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 Guarani; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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