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Air quality now: AQI29Good, Puerto Montt

City report · Los Lagos Region, Chile

Puerto Montt Air quality today

Air quality in Puerto Montt currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 29

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
5.8
tree cover
16.3%
trees in this area
39.5K
more trees needed
33.2K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Puerto Montt, Los Lagos, Chile (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Puerto Montt · AQI 29 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Mar 10, 2026

Puerto Montt's tree count comes to 39,533 trees across 9.7 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,227 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Puerto Montt today: AQI 29, 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

5.8

PM10

8.4

NO₂

1.2

O₃

62.0

SO₂

1.1

CO

96.0

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 Montt's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 9 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 4.

Last 7 daysavg 23 · peak 51
Nov 4: AQI 30 (peak 51)Nov 5: AQI 26 (peak 47)Nov 6: AQI 9 (peak 21)Nov 7: AQI 30 (peak 37)Nov 8: AQI 18 (peak 24)Nov 9: AQI 19 (peak 31)Nov 10: AQI 27 (peak 29)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Puerto Montt: Critically low

16.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.7 km² of land.

14 points below target

Trees in this area

39,533

Target trees

72,760

More trees needed

33,227

CO₂ if planted / yr

731.0 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Puerto Montt lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Montt has lost about 2,040 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (43%). About 987 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Satellite image of the area around Puerto Montt, February 2017

2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northeast of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
2,040 haabout 2,900 football pitches
Share of its forest
18%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
987 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is speeding up: about 143 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 215 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Puerto Montt, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Puerto Montt, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.215

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Forest lost each year around Puerto Montt, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
20017 ha2 ha9 ha
20023 haunder 1 ha3 ha
200312 ha6 ha18 ha
200418 ha6 ha24 ha
200537 ha50 ha87 ha
200613 ha12 ha25 ha
200745 ha24 ha70 ha
200841 ha108 ha148 ha
20099 ha70 ha79 ha
201014 ha18 ha32 ha
20118 ha5 ha14 ha
201220 ha13 ha32 ha
201340 ha19 ha59 ha
201422 ha33 ha55 ha
201581 ha127 ha208 ha
201678 ha52 ha129 ha
201755 ha38 ha93 ha
201850 ha41 ha91 ha
201975 ha32 ha107 ha
202031 ha14 ha45 ha
202163 ha36 ha100 ha
2022117 ha98 ha215 ha
202356 ha40 ha96 ha
202444 ha144 ha188 ha
202548 ha68 ha116 ha

What is causing deforestation around Puerto Montt?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good43% · 883 ha
  • Loggingcan grow back23% · 461 ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back18% · 364 ha

Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
7,280 ha
Forest in 2020
7,370 ha
Overall change
+94 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Montt stayed about the same size, at about 7,370 hectares: new forest grew on about 802 hectares, and about 708 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 Montt

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

The latest reading for Puerto Montt shows an AQI of 29 (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 Puerto Montt today?

At AQI 29 (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 Montt been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Puerto Montt's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 9 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Montt has lost about 2,040 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (43%). About 987 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 143 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Montt stayed about the same size, at about 7,370 hectares: new forest grew on about 802 hectares, and about 708 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Puerto Montt?

Puerto Montt has an estimated 39,533 trees across the 9.7 km² of land measured — 16.3% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Puerto Montt need?

Puerto Montt needs roughly 33,227 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 731.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Puerto Montt'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 Montt; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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