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Puerto Cortez Air quality today

Air quality in Puerto Cortez currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 70

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
19.4
tree cover
42.8%
trees in this area
69.2K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around El Porvenir, Puerto Cortes, Cortés, Honduras (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Puerto Cortez · AQI 70 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Jul 29, 2026

Puerto Cortez's tree count comes to 69,247 trees across 6.47 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Puerto Cortez today: AQI 70, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Choloma, Cortes - Sustenta Honduras/CIPOTES, 23.9 km away

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

19.4

PM10

—

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustenta Honduras

Outdoor exercise
Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
Windows
Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
Mask
Not needed for most people
Air purifier
Worth running if you are sensitive

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Puerto Cortez's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 8.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 25 · peak 51
Nov 4: AQI 24 (peak 30)Nov 5: AQI 24 (peak 30)Nov 6: AQI 33 (peak 42)Nov 7: AQI 13 (peak 21)Nov 8: AQI 32 (peak 51)Nov 9: AQI 42 (peak 46)Nov 10: AQI 10 (peak 23)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Puerto Cortez stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Puerto Cortez: Healthy tree cover

42.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 6.47 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

69,247

Target trees

69,247

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Puerto Cortez lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Cortez has lost about 2,840 hectares of forest (about 4,000 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (61%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Puerto Cortez, February 2017

2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km south of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
2,840 haabout 4,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
21%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
1,740 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 146 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 221 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 371 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Puerto Cortez, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Puerto Cortez, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.371

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Forest lost each year around Puerto Cortez, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200110 ha14 ha24 ha
20028 ha16 ha24 ha
200313 ha15 ha28 ha
200433 ha16 ha49 ha
200524 ha15 ha38 ha
200618 ha15 ha33 ha
200761 ha33 ha94 ha
200836 ha21 ha57 ha
200954 ha24 ha78 ha
201016 ha13 ha29 ha
201157 ha17 ha74 ha
201249 ha24 ha72 ha
201381 ha49 ha129 ha
2014114 ha53 ha167 ha
201560 ha47 ha107 ha
201664 ha63 ha127 ha
2017208 ha163 ha371 ha
2018134 ha97 ha231 ha
201991 ha42 ha133 ha
2020123 ha122 ha245 ha
2021184 ha102 ha286 ha
202263 ha30 ha94 ha
202364 ha36 ha100 ha
202459 ha29 ha88 ha
2025116 ha46 ha162 ha

What is causing deforestation around Puerto Cortez?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good38% · 1,090 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back34% · 967 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 532 ha

Also: mining and energy, wildfires, 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
13,700 ha
Forest in 2020
13,100 ha
Overall change
−552 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Cortez shrank from about 13,700 hectares to 13,100 hectares, a net loss of about 552 hectares (−4%). New forest grew on about 356 hectares, but 909 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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Questions about Puerto Cortez

What is the air quality (AQI) in Puerto Cortez right now?

The latest reading for Puerto Cortez shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by the Choloma, Cortes - Sustenta Honduras/CIPOTES ground monitoring station, 23.9 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Puerto Cortez today?

At AQI 70 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Puerto Cortez been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Puerto Cortez's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Puerto Cortez lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Cortez has lost about 2,840 hectares of forest (about 4,000 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (61%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 146 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 221 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Cortez shrank from about 13,700 hectares to 13,100 hectares, a net loss of about 552 hectares (−4%). New forest grew on about 356 hectares, but 909 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Puerto Cortez?

Puerto Cortez has an estimated 69,247 trees across the 6.47 km² of land measured — 42.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Puerto Cortez need?

Puerto Cortez has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Puerto Cortez's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near El Porvenir, 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 El Porvenir; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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