Venezuela · Carabobo · 4 cities
Air quality in Carabobo today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Mariara has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Carabobo (AQI 17, Good), and Valencia the worst (AQI 59, Moderate). Mariara has the most tree cover, at 32.2% — #20 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 40
Good
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 22.2%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Valencia
- 59
- cleanest air now: Mariara
- 17
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Carabobo · average AQI 40
Air quality today across Carabobo, city by city
| Valencia | 59Moderate | 11.1% | 59.4K | #55 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guacara | 41Good | 18.8% | 35.2K | #41 of 57 |
| Puerto Cabello | 41Good | 26.8% | 6.4K | #29 of 57 |
| Mariara | 17Good | 32.2% | — | #20 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 Carabobo lost?
Since 2001, Carabobo has lost about 13,300 hectares of forest (about 19,000 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 13,300 haabout 19,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 12,400 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 | 481 ha | 36 ha | 517 ha |
| 2002 | 327 ha | 26 ha | 353 ha |
| 2003 | 153 ha | 13 ha | 166 ha |
| 2004 | 354 ha | 25 ha | 379 ha |
| 2005 | 559 ha | 78 ha | 637 ha |
| 2006 | 422 ha | 28 ha | 450 ha |
| 2007 | 514 ha | 14 ha | 528 ha |
| 2008 | 488 ha | 20 ha | 508 ha |
| 2009 | 548 ha | 27 ha | 575 ha |
| 2010 | 270 ha | 20 ha | 290 ha |
| 2011 | 271 ha | 25 ha | 296 ha |
| 2012 | 165 ha | 11 ha | 176 ha |
| 2013 | 217 ha | 19 ha | 236 ha |
| 2014 | 320 ha | 8 ha | 328 ha |
| 2015 | 442 ha | 66 ha | 508 ha |
| 2016 | 532 ha | 129 ha | 661 ha |
| 2017 | 1,600 ha | 70 ha | 1,670 ha |
| 2018 | 1,090 ha | 81 ha | 1,170 ha |
| 2019 | 742 ha | 59 ha | 801 ha |
| 2020 | 953 ha | 71 ha | 1,020 ha |
| 2021 | 565 ha | 27 ha | 592 ha |
| 2022 | 459 ha | 17 ha | 476 ha |
| 2023 | 395 ha | 11 ha | 406 ha |
| 2024 | 317 ha | 11 ha | 328 ha |
| 2025 | 258 ha | 15 ha | 273 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 415 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 1,060 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 1,670 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Carabobo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 11,500 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.8% · 906 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back3% · 401 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, wildfires, logging, 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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