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Rawson Air quality today
Air quality in Rawson currently reads AQI 71 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 71
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.9
- tree cover
- 6.3%
- trees in this area
- 19.8K
- more trees needed
- 74.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Villa Krause, San Juan Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rawson · AQI 71 (Moderate)
Rawson's tree count comes to 19,792 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,456 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rawson today: AQI 71, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.9
PM10
183.5
NO₂
0.4
O₃
86.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
101.0
- 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 Rawson's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 22 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 6.
Where Rawson stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rawson: Critically low
6.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
19,792
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
74,456
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,638 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rawson lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rawson has lost about 18 hectares of forest (about 25 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (79%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 18 haabout 25 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rawson?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good74% · 14 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.9% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · 4 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Rawson right now?
The latest reading for Rawson shows an AQI of 71 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rawson today?
At AQI 71 (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 Rawson been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rawson's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 22 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 6. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rawson lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rawson has lost about 18 hectares of forest (about 25 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (79%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
What is the tree count in Rawson?
Rawson has an estimated 19,792 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.3% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rawson need?
Rawson needs roughly 74,456 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,638 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rawson'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 Villa Krause; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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