Colombia · Cundinamarca · 6 cities
Air quality in Cundinamarca today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Madrid has the cleanest air of the 6 cities we track in Cundinamarca (AQI 53, Moderate), and Facatativá the worst (AQI 105, Unhealthy for sensitive groups). Girardot City has the most tree cover, at 33.7% — #13 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 64
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 6
- average tree cover
- 18.3%
- Colombia: 24.8%
- worst air now: Facatativá
- 105
- cleanest air now: Madrid
- 53
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Cundinamarca · average AQI 64
Air quality today across Cundinamarca, city by city
| Soacha | 58Moderate | 3.3% | 83.9K | #48 of 48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facatativá | 105Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 15.4% | 61.6K | #38 of 48 |
| Madrid | 53Moderate | 14.3% | 49.3K | #39 of 48 |
| Zipaquirá | 58Moderate | 30.4% | — | #15 of 48 |
| Chía | 55Moderate | 12.7% | 54.4K | #40 of 48 |
| Girardot City | 55Moderate | 33.7% | — | #13 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 Cundinamarca lost?
Since 2001, Cundinamarca has lost about 66,900 hectares of forest (about 94,000 football pitches): 4.9% 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
- 66,900 haabout 94,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 62,200 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 | 5,200 ha | 363 ha | 5,560 ha |
| 2002 | 2,700 ha | 253 ha | 2,960 ha |
| 2003 | 1,180 ha | 175 ha | 1,350 ha |
| 2004 | 5,090 ha | 236 ha | 5,330 ha |
| 2005 | 2,340 ha | 230 ha | 2,570 ha |
| 2006 | 3,180 ha | 178 ha | 3,360 ha |
| 2007 | 4,320 ha | 287 ha | 4,600 ha |
| 2008 | 2,900 ha | 252 ha | 3,160 ha |
| 2009 | 5,950 ha | 385 ha | 6,340 ha |
| 2010 | 4,450 ha | 300 ha | 4,750 ha |
| 2011 | 2,470 ha | 195 ha | 2,660 ha |
| 2012 | 4,030 ha | 399 ha | 4,420 ha |
| 2013 | 1,260 ha | 104 ha | 1,370 ha |
| 2014 | 1,530 ha | 210 ha | 1,740 ha |
| 2015 | 778 ha | 46 ha | 824 ha |
| 2016 | 1,160 ha | 80 ha | 1,240 ha |
| 2017 | 2,460 ha | 154 ha | 2,620 ha |
| 2018 | 1,960 ha | 110 ha | 2,070 ha |
| 2019 | 1,270 ha | 80 ha | 1,350 ha |
| 2020 | 1,140 ha | 53 ha | 1,190 ha |
| 2021 | 1,270 ha | 103 ha | 1,370 ha |
| 2022 | 1,010 ha | 71 ha | 1,080 ha |
| 2023 | 1,640 ha | 91 ha | 1,730 ha |
| 2024 | 1,620 ha | 209 ha | 1,830 ha |
| 2025 | 1,260 ha | 181 ha | 1,440 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 1,490 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 1,700 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 6,340 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Cundinamarca?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good91% · 60,700 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.2% · 2,170 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.1% · 1,420 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, wildfires, shifting farming, 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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