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Air quality now: AQI38Good, Pucallpa

City report · Peru

Pucallpa Air quality today

Air quality in Pucallpa currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 38

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
6.4
tree cover
21.0%
trees in this area
66.0K
more trees needed
28.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around G, Pucallpa 25000, Peru (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Pucallpa · AQI 38 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 21, 2026

Pucallpa's tree count comes to 65,973 trees across 12.57 km², 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 28,274 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Pucallpa today: AQI 38, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 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

6.4

PM10

6.5

NO₂

2.6

O₃

8.0

SO₂

0.4

CO

212.0

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 Pucallpa's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 9.

Last 7 daysavg 33 · peak 63
Nov 5: AQI 26 (peak 46)Nov 6: AQI 36 (peak 50)Nov 7: AQI 34 (peak 59)Nov 8: AQI 38 (peak 62)Nov 9: AQI 33 (peak 63)Nov 10: AQI 23 (peak 44)Nov 11: AQI 42 (peak 44)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Pucallpa: Below target

21.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

9 points below target

Trees in this area

65,973

Target trees

94,247

More trees needed

28,274

CO₂ if planted / yr

622.0 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Pucallpa lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pucallpa has lost about 6,300 hectares of forest (about 8,800 football pitches): 41% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Pucallpa, July 2017

2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
6,300 haabout 8,800 football pitches
Share of its forest
41%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
3,660 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 295 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 373 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 559 hectares of forest were lost.

Pucallpa's full deforestation report
Forest lost each year around Pucallpa, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Pucallpa, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.559

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Forest lost each year around Pucallpa, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200157 ha19 ha75 ha
200287 ha29 ha116 ha
200339 ha42 ha81 ha
200434 ha14 ha48 ha
2005332 ha190 ha522 ha
200682 ha62 ha144 ha
200759 ha36 ha96 ha
2008163 ha45 ha208 ha
2009224 ha110 ha334 ha
201050 ha38 ha88 ha
2011123 ha198 ha321 ha
2012154 ha134 ha288 ha
201385 ha43 ha128 ha
2014166 ha132 ha298 ha
2015114 ha94 ha208 ha
2016279 ha157 ha436 ha
2017347 ha212 ha559 ha
201894 ha144 ha238 ha
2019127 ha202 ha329 ha
2020165 ha138 ha303 ha
2021294 ha136 ha430 ha
2022136 ha101 ha237 ha
2023222 ha140 ha362 ha
202471 ha85 ha156 ha
2025159 ha133 ha292 ha

What is causing deforestation around Pucallpa?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 2,880 ha
  • Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back39% · 2,470 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 768 ha

Also: shifting farming, wildfires, mining and energy, 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
6,090 ha
Forest in 2020
4,620 ha
Overall change
−1,470 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pucallpa shrank from about 6,090 hectares to 4,620 hectares, a net loss of about 1,470 hectares (−24%). New forest grew on about 833 hectares, but 2,300 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 Pucallpa right now?

The latest reading for Pucallpa shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 03:00 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 Pucallpa today?

At AQI 38 (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 Pucallpa been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pucallpa's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Pucallpa lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pucallpa has lost about 6,300 hectares of forest (about 8,800 football pitches): 41% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 295 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 373 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pucallpa shrank from about 6,090 hectares to 4,620 hectares, a net loss of about 1,470 hectares (−24%). New forest grew on about 833 hectares, but 2,300 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Pucallpa?

Pucallpa has an estimated 65,973 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 21.0% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Pucallpa need?

Pucallpa needs roughly 28,274 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 622.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Pucallpa'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 G; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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