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Air quality in Canary Islands today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Santa Cruz de Tenerife has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Canary Islands (AQI 22, Good), and Santa Cruz de Tenerife the worst (AQI 22, Good). Santa Cruz de Tenerife has the most tree cover, at 9.0% — #42 of 57 cities measured in Spain.
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 32
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 7.0%
- Spain: 14.3%
- worst air now: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 22
- cleanest air now: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 22
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Canary Islands · average AQI 32
Air quality today across Canary Islands, city by city
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 37Good | 6.4% | 40.3K | #50 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 22Good | 9.0% | 49.5K | #42 of 57 |
| Telde | 37Good | 5.5% | 77.0K | #53 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 Spain.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Canary Islands lost?
Since 2001, Canary Islands has lost about 4,620 hectares of forest (about 6,500 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 134 hectares (2.9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4,620 haabout 6,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 134 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 ha | 36 ha | 38 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 93 ha | 97 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 97 ha | 99 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 24 ha | 24 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 155 ha | 163 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 27 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 108 ha | 110 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 50 ha | 53 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 41 ha | 44 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 81 ha | 83 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 46 ha | 49 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 72 ha | 75 ha |
| 2013 | 19 ha | 72 ha | 90 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | 107 ha | 114 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 90 ha | 92 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 84 ha | 87 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 26 ha | 27 ha |
| 2020 | 16 ha | 110 ha | 126 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | 104 ha | 110 ha |
| 2022 | 41 ha | 72 ha | 113 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 2,470 ha | 2,470 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 497 ha | 498 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 23 ha | 23 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 643 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 66 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 2,470 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
What is causing deforestation in Canary Islands?
- Wildfirescan grow back72% · 3,310 ha
- Loggingcan grow back23% · 1,070 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.9% · 89 ha
Also: towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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