Venezuela · Aragua · 4 cities
Air quality in Aragua today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Palo Negro has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Aragua (AQI 21, Good), and Turmero the worst (AQI 59, Moderate). Turmero has the most tree cover, at 32.5% — #19 of 57 cities measured in Venezuela.
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.
Average right now
AQI 47
Good
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 24.0%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Turmero
- 59
- cleanest air now: Palo Negro
- 21
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Aragua · average AQI 47
Air quality today across Aragua, city by city
| Maracay | 59Moderate | 16.2% | 43.4K | #43 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turmero | 59Moderate | 32.5% | — | #19 of 57 |
| Palo Negro | 21Good | 24.6% | 17.0K | #31 of 57 |
| La Victoria | 47Good | 22.8% | 22.6K | #33 of 57 |
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 Venezuela.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Aragua lost?
Since 2001, Aragua has lost about 12,100 hectares of forest (about 17,000 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 12,100 haabout 17,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 11,400 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 | 1,070 ha | 50 ha | 1,120 ha |
| 2002 | 616 ha | 41 ha | 657 ha |
| 2003 | 395 ha | 78 ha | 473 ha |
| 2004 | 489 ha | 21 ha | 510 ha |
| 2005 | 360 ha | 26 ha | 386 ha |
| 2006 | 1,110 ha | 36 ha | 1,140 ha |
| 2007 | 512 ha | 22 ha | 534 ha |
| 2008 | 1,520 ha | 40 ha | 1,560 ha |
| 2009 | 769 ha | 26 ha | 795 ha |
| 2010 | 264 ha | 24 ha | 288 ha |
| 2011 | 432 ha | 33 ha | 465 ha |
| 2012 | 763 ha | 57 ha | 820 ha |
| 2013 | 407 ha | 51 ha | 458 ha |
| 2014 | 452 ha | 15 ha | 467 ha |
| 2015 | 198 ha | 19 ha | 217 ha |
| 2016 | 206 ha | 15 ha | 221 ha |
| 2017 | 330 ha | 52 ha | 382 ha |
| 2018 | 211 ha | 16 ha | 227 ha |
| 2019 | 132 ha | 16 ha | 148 ha |
| 2020 | 226 ha | 26 ha | 252 ha |
| 2021 | 207 ha | 10 ha | 217 ha |
| 2022 | 252 ha | 5 ha | 257 ha |
| 2023 | 147 ha | 3 ha | 150 ha |
| 2024 | 179 ha | 4 ha | 183 ha |
| 2025 | 115 ha | 20 ha | 135 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 188 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 246 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 1,560 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Aragua?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good92% · 11,100 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.4% · 289 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.5% · 186 ha
Also: wildfires, shifting farming, mining and energy, 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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