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Resistencia Air quality today
Air quality in Resistencia currently reads AQI 20 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 20
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.6
- tree cover
- 20.0%
- trees in this area
- 62.8K
- more trees needed
- 31.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Resistencia · AQI 20 (Good)
Resistencia's tree count comes to 62,832 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 31,416 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Resistencia today: AQI 20, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:10 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · NW_41, 16.2 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.6
PM10
4.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Breathe2Change, Breathe2Change - LEA (INQUINOA-CONICET-UNT)
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Resistencia's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 16 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 7.
Where Resistencia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Resistencia: Below target
20.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
62,832
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
31,416
CO₂ if planted / yr
691.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Resistencia lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Resistencia has lost about 523 hectares of forest (about 730 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 523 haabout 730 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 460 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 55 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 23 ha | 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 16 ha |
| 2010 | 22 ha | 3 ha | 25 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2014 | 46 ha | 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2016 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2017 | 30 ha | 2 ha | 31 ha |
| 2018 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 30 ha | 5 ha | 34 ha |
| 2023 | 31 ha | 10 ha | 41 ha |
| 2024 | 20 ha | 4 ha | 25 ha |
| 2025 | 35 ha | 20 ha | 55 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Resistencia?
- Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 268 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good37% · 192 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back3.4% · 18 ha
Also: logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 3,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,450 ha
- Overall change
- −8 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Resistencia stayed about the same size, at about 3,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 361 hectares, and about 368 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Resistencia right now?
The latest reading for Resistencia shows an AQI of 20 (Good), measured Nov 11, 13:10 local time by the NW_41 ground monitoring station, 16.2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Resistencia today?
At AQI 20 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Resistencia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Resistencia's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 16 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Resistencia lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Resistencia has lost about 523 hectares of forest (about 730 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Resistencia stayed about the same size, at about 3,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 361 hectares, and about 368 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Resistencia?
Resistencia has an estimated 62,832 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.0% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Resistencia need?
Resistencia needs roughly 31,416 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 691.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Resistencia's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Resistencia, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Resistencia; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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