City report · Turks and Caicos Islands
Providenciales Air quality today
Air quality in Providenciales currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 16
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.6
- tree cover
- 26.7%
- trees in this area
- 58.9K
- more trees needed
- 7.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 30, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Providenciales · AQI 16 (Good)
Providenciales's tree count comes to 58,884 trees across 8.82 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 7,278 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Providenciales today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 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
2.6
PM10
4.2
NO₂
0.2
O₃
57.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
108.0
- 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 Providenciales's daily AQI at 20 on average, from 10 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 6.
Where Providenciales stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Providenciales: Below target
26.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.82 km² of land.
Trees in this area
58,884
Target trees
66,162
More trees needed
7,278
CO₂ if planted / yr
160.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Providenciales lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Providenciales has lost about 387 hectares of forest (about 540 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 387 haabout 540 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 371 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 37 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 | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 28 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
| 2008 | 33 ha | 4 ha | 37 ha |
| 2009 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2015 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2019 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2022 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Providenciales?
- Towns and roadscleared for good54% · 207 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good33% · 129 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.3% · 36 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 453 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 471 ha
- Overall change
- +18 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Providenciales grew from about 453 hectares to 471 hectares, a net gain of about 18 hectares (+4%). New forest grew on about 35 hectares, while 17 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 Providenciales right now?
The latest reading for Providenciales shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:00 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 Providenciales today?
At AQI 16 (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 Providenciales been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Providenciales's daily AQI at 20 on average, from 10 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 34 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 Providenciales lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Providenciales has lost about 387 hectares of forest (about 540 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Providenciales grew from about 453 hectares to 471 hectares, a net gain of about 18 hectares (+4%). New forest grew on about 35 hectares, while 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Providenciales?
Providenciales has an estimated 58,884 trees across the 8.82 km² of land measured — 26.7% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Providenciales need?
Providenciales needs roughly 7,278 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 160.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Providenciales'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 Providenciales; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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