City report · Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Puerto La Cruz Air quality today
Air quality in Puerto La Cruz currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 49
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.0
- tree cover
- 14.1%
- trees in this area
- 37.4K
- more trees needed
- 42.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Puerto La Cruz · AQI 49 (Good)
Puerto La Cruz's tree count comes to 37,431 trees across 10.62 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,209 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Puerto La Cruz today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 05:00 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
10.0
PM10
10.7
NO₂
8.8
O₃
11.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
386.0
- 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 Puerto La Cruz's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 40 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 5.
Where Puerto La Cruz stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Puerto La Cruz: Critically low
14.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.62 km² of land.
Trees in this area
37,431
Target trees
79,640
More trees needed
42,209
CO₂ if planted / yr
928.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Puerto La Cruz lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto La Cruz has lost about 302 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 302 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 277 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 56 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2009 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 56 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2021 | 32 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Puerto La Cruz?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good60% · 180 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 72 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.3% · 25 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 6,180 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,990 ha
- Overall change
- −196 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto La Cruz shrank from about 6,180 hectares to 5,990 hectares, a net loss of about 196 hectares (−3.2%). New forest grew on about 66 hectares, but 263 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 Puerto La Cruz right now?
The latest reading for Puerto La Cruz shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 10, 05:00 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 Puerto La Cruz today?
At AQI 49 (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 Puerto La Cruz been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Puerto La Cruz's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 40 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Puerto La Cruz lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto La Cruz has lost about 302 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto La Cruz shrank from about 6,180 hectares to 5,990 hectares, a net loss of about 196 hectares (−3.2%). New forest grew on about 66 hectares, but 263 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Puerto La Cruz?
Puerto La Cruz has an estimated 37,431 trees across the 10.62 km² of land measured — 14.1% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Puerto La Cruz need?
Puerto La Cruz needs roughly 42,209 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 928.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Puerto La Cruz'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 Puerto La Cruz; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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