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Puerto Plata Air quality today
Air quality in Puerto Plata currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 48
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.3
- tree cover
- 19.3%
- trees in this area
- 37.5K
- more trees needed
- 20.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ensanche Miramar, 57000 Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Puerto Plata · AQI 48 (Good)
Puerto Plata's tree count comes to 37,532 trees across 7.78 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 20,808 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Puerto Plata today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 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
7.3
PM10
8.1
NO₂
1.9
O₃
98.0
SO₂
4.8
CO
121.0
- 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 Plata's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 39 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 4.
Where Puerto Plata stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Puerto Plata: Below target
19.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.78 km² of land.
Trees in this area
37,532
Target trees
58,340
More trees needed
20,808
CO₂ if planted / yr
457.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Puerto Plata lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Plata has lost about 1,400 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,400 haabout 2,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,340 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 81 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2018, when about 133 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2002 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2004 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2005 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2006 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2007 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2008 | 72 ha | under 1 ha | 72 ha |
| 2009 | 45 ha | 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2010 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2012 | 54 ha | 2 ha | 57 ha |
| 2013 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | 84 ha | under 1 ha | 84 ha |
| 2016 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2017 | 83 ha | 28 ha | 111 ha |
| 2018 | 132 ha | 1 ha | 133 ha |
| 2019 | 85 ha | under 1 ha | 85 ha |
| 2020 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2021 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2022 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2023 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2024 | 49 ha | 12 ha | 61 ha |
| 2025 | 98 ha | 9 ha | 107 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Puerto Plata?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good76% · 1,060 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 278 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back4% · 56 ha
Also: 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
- 8,780 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,780 ha
- Overall change
- −1 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Plata stayed about the same size, at about 8,780 hectares: new forest grew on about 329 hectares, and about 330 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 Plata right now?
The latest reading for Puerto Plata shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 10, 13:00 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 Plata today?
At AQI 48 (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 Plata been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Puerto Plata's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 39 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Plata lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Plata has lost about 1,400 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 81 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Plata stayed about the same size, at about 8,780 hectares: new forest grew on about 329 hectares, and about 330 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Puerto Plata?
Puerto Plata has an estimated 37,532 trees across the 7.78 km² of land measured — 19.3% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Puerto Plata need?
Puerto Plata needs roughly 20,808 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 457.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Puerto Plata'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 Ensanche Miramar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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