Venezuela · Falcón · 2 cities
Air quality in Falcón today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Punto Fijo has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Falcón (AQI 17, Good), and Coro the worst (AQI 52, Moderate). Coro has the most tree cover, at 12.5% — #52 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.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 10.2%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Coro
- 52
- cleanest air now: Punto Fijo
- 17
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Falcón
Air quality today across Falcón, city by city
| Coro | 52Moderate | 12.5% | 55.0K | #52 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punto Fijo | 17Good | 7.9% | 66.7K | #57 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 Falcón lost?
Since 2001, Falcón has lost about 135,000 hectares of forest (about 190,000 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 135,000 haabout 190,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 132,000 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 | 10,500 ha | 206 ha | 10,700 ha |
| 2002 | 4,880 ha | 82 ha | 4,960 ha |
| 2003 | 5,000 ha | 100 ha | 5,100 ha |
| 2004 | 4,570 ha | 141 ha | 4,710 ha |
| 2005 | 7,610 ha | 101 ha | 7,710 ha |
| 2006 | 5,490 ha | 121 ha | 5,610 ha |
| 2007 | 9,620 ha | 110 ha | 9,730 ha |
| 2008 | 5,160 ha | 88 ha | 5,240 ha |
| 2009 | 6,700 ha | 61 ha | 6,760 ha |
| 2010 | 3,640 ha | 47 ha | 3,690 ha |
| 2011 | 3,550 ha | 51 ha | 3,600 ha |
| 2012 | 5,080 ha | 147 ha | 5,230 ha |
| 2013 | 2,140 ha | 50 ha | 2,190 ha |
| 2014 | 4,420 ha | 46 ha | 4,470 ha |
| 2015 | 4,080 ha | 109 ha | 4,190 ha |
| 2016 | 6,790 ha | 292 ha | 7,080 ha |
| 2017 | 9,630 ha | 180 ha | 9,810 ha |
| 2018 | 6,780 ha | 78 ha | 6,850 ha |
| 2019 | 4,880 ha | 60 ha | 4,940 ha |
| 2020 | 5,080 ha | 160 ha | 5,240 ha |
| 2021 | 2,920 ha | 54 ha | 2,980 ha |
| 2022 | 2,330 ha | 28 ha | 2,360 ha |
| 2023 | 3,920 ha | 29 ha | 3,950 ha |
| 2024 | 4,490 ha | 66 ha | 4,550 ha |
| 2025 | 3,240 ha | 163 ha | 3,410 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 3,450 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 6,790 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 10,700 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Falcón?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 132,000 ha
Also: shifting farming, storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, wildfires, mining and energy, 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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