Venezuela · Yaracuy · 2 cities
Air quality in Yaracuy today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, San Felipe has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Yaracuy (AQI 33, Good), and Yaritagua the worst (AQI 63, Moderate). Yaritagua has the most tree cover, at 38.2% — #12 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
- 37.7%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Yaritagua
- 63
- cleanest air now: San Felipe
- 33
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Yaracuy
Air quality today across Yaracuy, city by city
| San Felipe | 33Good | 37.2% | — | #14 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaritagua | 63Moderate | 38.2% | — | #12 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 Yaracuy lost?
Since 2001, Yaracuy has lost about 25,400 hectares of forest (about 36,000 football pitches): 7.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 25,400 haabout 36,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 24,600 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 | 941 ha | 14 ha | 955 ha |
| 2002 | 828 ha | 20 ha | 848 ha |
| 2003 | 525 ha | 12 ha | 537 ha |
| 2004 | 883 ha | 18 ha | 901 ha |
| 2005 | 1,630 ha | 39 ha | 1,670 ha |
| 2006 | 666 ha | 16 ha | 682 ha |
| 2007 | 1,320 ha | 29 ha | 1,350 ha |
| 2008 | 1,290 ha | 30 ha | 1,320 ha |
| 2009 | 692 ha | 23 ha | 715 ha |
| 2010 | 850 ha | 22 ha | 872 ha |
| 2011 | 723 ha | 21 ha | 744 ha |
| 2012 | 174 ha | 3 ha | 177 ha |
| 2013 | 350 ha | 17 ha | 367 ha |
| 2014 | 539 ha | 8 ha | 547 ha |
| 2015 | 655 ha | 20 ha | 675 ha |
| 2016 | 1,440 ha | 140 ha | 1,580 ha |
| 2017 | 2,920 ha | 109 ha | 3,030 ha |
| 2018 | 2,420 ha | 92 ha | 2,510 ha |
| 2019 | 1,040 ha | 26 ha | 1,070 ha |
| 2020 | 1,620 ha | 58 ha | 1,680 ha |
| 2021 | 601 ha | 22 ha | 623 ha |
| 2022 | 616 ha | 16 ha | 632 ha |
| 2023 | 622 ha | 19 ha | 641 ha |
| 2024 | 746 ha | 9 ha | 755 ha |
| 2025 | 558 ha | 14 ha | 572 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 645 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 1,970 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 3,030 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Yaracuy?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good96% · 24,400 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back1.8% · 450 ha
Also: towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, wildfires, 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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