Venezuela · Miranda · 7 cities
Air quality in Miranda today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Guarenas has the cleanest air of the 7 cities we track in Miranda (AQI 12, Good), and Santa Teresa del Tuy the worst (AQI 70, Moderate). Ocumare del Tuy has the most tree cover, at 58.4% — #2 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 33
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 7
- average tree cover
- 40.8%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Santa Teresa del Tuy
- 70
- cleanest air now: Guarenas
- 12
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Miranda · average AQI 33
Air quality today across Miranda, city by city
| Santa Teresa del Tuy | 70Moderate | 47.8% | — | #3 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Teques | 46Good | 34.4% | — | #17 of 57 |
| Guarenas | 12Good | 39.9% | — | #8 of 57 |
| Guatire | 19Good | 27.1% | 9.1K | #28 of 57 |
| Cúa | 33Good | 39.3% | — | #9 of 57 |
| Ocumare del Tuy | 29Good | 58.4% | — | #2 of 57 |
| Charallave | 21Good | 38.7% | — | #10 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 Miranda lost?
Since 2001, Miranda has lost about 60,400 hectares of forest (about 85,000 football pitches): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 60,400 haabout 85,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 43,100 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 | 1,600 ha | 446 ha | 2,040 ha |
| 2002 | 368 ha | 115 ha | 483 ha |
| 2003 | 897 ha | 301 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2004 | 721 ha | 304 ha | 1,030 ha |
| 2005 | 1,140 ha | 408 ha | 1,550 ha |
| 2006 | 1,420 ha | 368 ha | 1,790 ha |
| 2007 | 1,920 ha | 769 ha | 2,680 ha |
| 2008 | 1,580 ha | 544 ha | 2,130 ha |
| 2009 | 1,550 ha | 218 ha | 1,770 ha |
| 2010 | 816 ha | 199 ha | 1,020 ha |
| 2011 | 1,600 ha | 333 ha | 1,930 ha |
| 2012 | 1,360 ha | 367 ha | 1,720 ha |
| 2013 | 1,620 ha | 358 ha | 1,980 ha |
| 2014 | 1,570 ha | 234 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 2015 | 1,160 ha | 243 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 2016 | 3,580 ha | 3,640 ha | 7,210 ha |
| 2017 | 3,260 ha | 1,390 ha | 4,660 ha |
| 2018 | 2,470 ha | 817 ha | 3,290 ha |
| 2019 | 2,430 ha | 659 ha | 3,090 ha |
| 2020 | 6,380 ha | 3,120 ha | 9,500 ha |
| 2021 | 1,410 ha | 834 ha | 2,240 ha |
| 2022 | 1,050 ha | 420 ha | 1,470 ha |
| 2023 | 937 ha | 339 ha | 1,280 ha |
| 2024 | 1,250 ha | 467 ha | 1,720 ha |
| 2025 | 1,010 ha | 445 ha | 1,450 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 1,630 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 5,550 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 9,500 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Miranda?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good67% · 40,800 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back22% · 13,000 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back5% · 3,000 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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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