Venezuela · Guárico · 3 cities
Air quality in Guárico today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Valle de La Pascua has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Guárico (AQI 10, Good), and Calabozo the worst (AQI 52, Moderate). San Juan de los Morros has the most tree cover, at 38.0% — #13 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.
AQI 26
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 30.9%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Calabozo
- 52
- cleanest air now: Valle de La Pascua
- 10
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Guárico · average AQI 26
Air quality today across Guárico, city by city
| Calabozo | 52Moderate | 35.1% | — | #15 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan de los Morros | 15Good | 38.0% | — | #13 of 57 |
| Valle de La Pascua | 10Good | 19.7% | 32.4K | #39 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 Guárico lost?
Since 2001, Guárico has lost about 118,000 hectares of forest (about 170,000 football pitches): 8.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 118,000 haabout 170,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 113,000 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 | 8,760 ha | 613 ha | 9,370 ha |
| 2002 | 9,410 ha | 319 ha | 9,730 ha |
| 2003 | 2,510 ha | 131 ha | 2,650 ha |
| 2004 | 6,440 ha | 149 ha | 6,590 ha |
| 2005 | 5,290 ha | 159 ha | 5,450 ha |
| 2006 | 6,630 ha | 353 ha | 6,990 ha |
| 2007 | 5,390 ha | 112 ha | 5,500 ha |
| 2008 | 12,400 ha | 350 ha | 12,700 ha |
| 2009 | 12,100 ha | 561 ha | 12,600 ha |
| 2010 | 2,990 ha | 143 ha | 3,130 ha |
| 2011 | 4,070 ha | 214 ha | 4,280 ha |
| 2012 | 7,280 ha | 370 ha | 7,650 ha |
| 2013 | 3,200 ha | 179 ha | 3,380 ha |
| 2014 | 5,530 ha | 241 ha | 5,770 ha |
| 2015 | 2,320 ha | 31 ha | 2,350 ha |
| 2016 | 2,700 ha | 142 ha | 2,850 ha |
| 2017 | 2,980 ha | 128 ha | 3,110 ha |
| 2018 | 2,060 ha | 41 ha | 2,100 ha |
| 2019 | 1,360 ha | 71 ha | 1,430 ha |
| 2020 | 1,640 ha | 313 ha | 1,950 ha |
| 2021 | 1,280 ha | 257 ha | 1,540 ha |
| 2022 | 1,780 ha | 73 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 2023 | 1,490 ha | 81 ha | 1,570 ha |
| 2024 | 1,590 ha | 263 ha | 1,860 ha |
| 2025 | 1,540 ha | 320 ha | 1,860 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 1,740 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 2,290 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 12,700 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Guárico?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 112,000 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.1% · 2,540 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown2.1% · 2,510 ha
Also: wildfires, towns and roads, mining and energy, shifting farming, logging.
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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