Venezuela · Lara · 3 cities
Air quality in Lara today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Carora has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Lara (AQI 61, Moderate), and Barquisimeto the worst (AQI 72, Moderate). Cabudare has the most tree cover, at 19.7% — #38 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 68
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 16.9%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Barquisimeto
- 72
- cleanest air now: Carora
- 61
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Lara · average AQI 68
Air quality today across Lara, city by city
| Barquisimeto | 72Moderate | 12.2% | 55.9K | #53 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carora | 61Moderate | 18.9% | 34.9K | #40 of 57 |
| Cabudare | 70Moderate | 19.7% | 32.4K | #38 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 Lara lost?
Since 2001, Lara has lost about 74,000 hectares of forest (about 100,000 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 74,000 haabout 100,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 73,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,410 ha | 59 ha | 3,460 ha |
| 2002 | 2,340 ha | 36 ha | 2,380 ha |
| 2003 | 1,150 ha | 39 ha | 1,180 ha |
| 2004 | 2,680 ha | 39 ha | 2,720 ha |
| 2005 | 3,600 ha | 41 ha | 3,640 ha |
| 2006 | 2,330 ha | 14 ha | 2,340 ha |
| 2007 | 5,080 ha | 29 ha | 5,110 ha |
| 2008 | 2,190 ha | 32 ha | 2,220 ha |
| 2009 | 2,870 ha | 28 ha | 2,900 ha |
| 2010 | 3,000 ha | 37 ha | 3,040 ha |
| 2011 | 1,650 ha | 33 ha | 1,680 ha |
| 2012 | 1,360 ha | 26 ha | 1,390 ha |
| 2013 | 953 ha | 12 ha | 965 ha |
| 2014 | 1,930 ha | 70 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2015 | 1,480 ha | 20 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 2016 | 3,220 ha | 11 ha | 3,230 ha |
| 2017 | 10,700 ha | 135 ha | 10,800 ha |
| 2018 | 5,180 ha | 78 ha | 5,250 ha |
| 2019 | 4,020 ha | 23 ha | 4,050 ha |
| 2020 | 3,100 ha | 28 ha | 3,120 ha |
| 2021 | 2,040 ha | 14 ha | 2,060 ha |
| 2022 | 1,670 ha | 23 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2023 | 2,340 ha | 25 ha | 2,360 ha |
| 2024 | 2,900 ha | 14 ha | 2,910 ha |
| 2025 | 1,870 ha | 50 ha | 1,920 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 2,190 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 5,300 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 10,800 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Lara?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 72,800 ha
Also: shifting farming, towns and roads, wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, 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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