Colombia · Antioquia · 4 cities
Air quality in Antioquia today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Rionegro has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Antioquia (AQI 58, Moderate), and Envigado the worst (AQI 63, Moderate). Rionegro has the most tree cover, at 28.4% — #18 of 48 cities measured in Colombia.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
AQI 60
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 23.2%
- Colombia: 24.8%
- worst air now: Envigado
- 63
- cleanest air now: Rionegro
- 58
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Antioquia · average AQI 60
Air quality today across Antioquia, city by city
| Medellín | 59Moderate | 19.8% | 32.0K | #31 of 48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bello | 60Moderate | 20.3% | 30.5K | #26 of 48 |
| Envigado | 63Moderate | 24.3% | 17.9K | #21 of 48 |
| Rionegro | 58Moderate | 28.4% | 5.0K | #18 of 48 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Colombia.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Antioquia lost?
Since 2001, Antioquia has lost about 637,000 hectares of forest (about 6,400 km²): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 637,000 haabout 6,400 km²
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 575,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22,800 ha | 1,950 ha | 24,800 ha |
| 2002 | 17,000 ha | 2,170 ha | 19,100 ha |
| 2003 | 13,300 ha | 1,220 ha | 14,500 ha |
| 2004 | 31,000 ha | 2,750 ha | 33,800 ha |
| 2005 | 24,600 ha | 1,800 ha | 26,400 ha |
| 2006 | 25,800 ha | 2,490 ha | 28,300 ha |
| 2007 | 24,000 ha | 1,860 ha | 25,900 ha |
| 2008 | 22,600 ha | 1,850 ha | 24,500 ha |
| 2009 | 26,300 ha | 2,260 ha | 28,500 ha |
| 2010 | 28,600 ha | 2,230 ha | 30,800 ha |
| 2011 | 19,800 ha | 2,060 ha | 21,900 ha |
| 2012 | 28,800 ha | 3,260 ha | 32,100 ha |
| 2013 | 11,100 ha | 1,750 ha | 12,800 ha |
| 2014 | 19,300 ha | 2,600 ha | 21,900 ha |
| 2015 | 13,200 ha | 1,560 ha | 14,800 ha |
| 2016 | 24,800 ha | 4,250 ha | 29,100 ha |
| 2017 | 47,700 ha | 5,660 ha | 53,400 ha |
| 2018 | 27,300 ha | 2,870 ha | 30,100 ha |
| 2019 | 24,000 ha | 3,450 ha | 27,400 ha |
| 2020 | 22,500 ha | 2,490 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 2021 | 20,300 ha | 2,230 ha | 22,600 ha |
| 2022 | 20,700 ha | 1,850 ha | 22,600 ha |
| 2023 | 23,500 ha | 3,010 ha | 26,500 ha |
| 2024 | 19,500 ha | 2,160 ha | 21,700 ha |
| 2025 | 15,900 ha | 2,230 ha | 18,100 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 22,300 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 33,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 53,400 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Antioquia?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good89% · 564,000 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.1% · 32,500 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back3.1% · 20,000 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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