City report · Guatemala
Puerto Barrios
Measured across a 2 km radius around Puerto Barrios, Guatemala (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 41.7%
- Air quality
- 11Good
- Trees in this area
- 78.5K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 7.53 km²land, in a 12.57 km² circle
- Satellite image
- Aug 8, 2026
Puerto Barrios's tree count comes to 78,472 trees across 7.53 km² of land — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 11 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Puerto Barrios: Healthy tree cover
41.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
78,472
Target trees
78,472
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Puerto Barrios today: AQI 11, Good
Observed Oct 19, 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
2.0
PM10
2.2
NO₂
3.2
O₃
27.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
160.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Puerto Barrios lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Barrios has lost about 4,200 hectares of forest (about 5,900 football pitches): 24% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4,200 haabout 5,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 24%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,660 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 122 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 190 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 333 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 85 ha | 4 ha | 88 ha |
| 2002 | 176 ha | 11 ha | 187 ha |
| 2003 | 113 ha | 13 ha | 126 ha |
| 2004 | 117 ha | 57 ha | 174 ha |
| 2005 | 301 ha | 32 ha | 333 ha |
| 2006 | 130 ha | 4 ha | 134 ha |
| 2007 | 288 ha | 26 ha | 314 ha |
| 2008 | 174 ha | 17 ha | 191 ha |
| 2009 | 138 ha | 21 ha | 159 ha |
| 2010 | 127 ha | 14 ha | 141 ha |
| 2011 | 108 ha | 29 ha | 137 ha |
| 2012 | 151 ha | 61 ha | 212 ha |
| 2013 | 111 ha | 65 ha | 176 ha |
| 2014 | 102 ha | 51 ha | 153 ha |
| 2015 | 109 ha | 9 ha | 118 ha |
| 2016 | 248 ha | 16 ha | 264 ha |
| 2017 | 187 ha | 11 ha | 198 ha |
| 2018 | 115 ha | 21 ha | 136 ha |
| 2019 | 130 ha | 8 ha | 138 ha |
| 2020 | 192 ha | 20 ha | 212 ha |
| 2021 | 81 ha | 11 ha | 91 ha |
| 2022 | 79 ha | 3 ha | 82 ha |
| 2023 | 126 ha | 10 ha | 136 ha |
| 2024 | 188 ha | 13 ha | 201 ha |
| 2025 | 83 ha | 15 ha | 98 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Puerto Barrios?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good78% · 3,260 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back10% · 436 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · 263 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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
- 16,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,300 ha
- Overall change
- −859 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Barrios shrank from about 16,200 hectares to 15,300 hectares, a net loss of about 859 hectares (−5.3%). New forest grew on about 698 hectares, but 1,560 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 centre, 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the tree count in Puerto Barrios?
Puerto Barrios has an estimated 78,472 trees across the 7.53 km² of land measured — 41.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Puerto Barrios need?
Puerto Barrios has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Puerto Barrios right now?
The latest reading for Puerto Barrios shows an AQI of 11 (Good), observed Oct 19, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Puerto Barrios lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Barrios has lost about 4,200 hectares of forest (about 5,900 football pitches): 24% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 122 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 190 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Barrios shrank from about 16,200 hectares to 15,300 hectares, a net loss of about 859 hectares (−5.3%). New forest grew on about 698 hectares, but 1,560 hectares were lost.
How is Puerto Barrios's tree cover and air quality measured?
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 Puerto Barrios; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. 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.
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