Spain · Galicia · 3 cities
Air quality in Galicia today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Vigo has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Galicia (AQI 14, Good), and A Coruña the worst (AQI 14, Good). Ourense has the most tree cover, at 32.1% — #4 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 14
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 17.3%
- Spain: 14.3%
- worst air now: A Coruña
- 14
- cleanest air now: Vigo
- 14
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Galicia · average AQI 14
Air quality today across Galicia, city by city
| Vigo | 14Good | 14.8% | 33.4K | #21 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Coruña | 14Good | 4.9% | 35.7K | #55 of 57 |
| Ourense | 14Good | 32.1% | — | #4 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 Galicia lost?
Since 2001, Galicia has lost about 621,000 hectares of forest (about 6,200 km²): 39% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 14,300 hectares (2.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 621,000 haabout 6,200 km²
- Share of its forest
- 39%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14,300 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 | 344 ha | 8,130 ha | 8,470 ha |
| 2002 | 582 ha | 9,500 ha | 10,100 ha |
| 2003 | 189 ha | 4,030 ha | 4,220 ha |
| 2004 | 813 ha | 14,000 ha | 14,800 ha |
| 2005 | 479 ha | 9,390 ha | 9,870 ha |
| 2006 | 665 ha | 22,700 ha | 23,400 ha |
| 2007 | 859 ha | 19,500 ha | 20,400 ha |
| 2008 | 834 ha | 17,500 ha | 18,300 ha |
| 2009 | 1,110 ha | 23,400 ha | 24,500 ha |
| 2010 | 878 ha | 19,500 ha | 20,400 ha |
| 2011 | 631 ha | 16,800 ha | 17,400 ha |
| 2012 | 563 ha | 28,000 ha | 28,500 ha |
| 2013 | 265 ha | 19,000 ha | 19,200 ha |
| 2014 | 390 ha | 26,800 ha | 27,200 ha |
| 2015 | 380 ha | 22,100 ha | 22,500 ha |
| 2016 | 569 ha | 35,200 ha | 35,800 ha |
| 2017 | 515 ha | 41,000 ha | 41,500 ha |
| 2018 | 512 ha | 40,100 ha | 40,600 ha |
| 2019 | 412 ha | 25,700 ha | 26,100 ha |
| 2020 | 556 ha | 30,600 ha | 31,200 ha |
| 2021 | 422 ha | 30,900 ha | 31,300 ha |
| 2022 | 443 ha | 42,500 ha | 43,000 ha |
| 2023 | 344 ha | 24,300 ha | 24,600 ha |
| 2024 | 348 ha | 21,500 ha | 21,900 ha |
| 2025 | 1,190 ha | 54,800 ha | 56,000 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 35,300 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 35,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 56,000 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Galicia?
- Loggingcan grow back76% · 475,000 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back21% · 128,000 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.3% · 7,780 ha
Also: towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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