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Rio Claro Air quality today
Air quality in Rio Claro currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.9
- tree cover
- 76.7%
- trees in this area
- 241K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rio Claro · AQI 12 (Good)
Rio Claro's tree count comes to 240,960 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rio Claro today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.9
PM10
3.0
NO₂
1.0
O₃
47.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
128.0
- 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 Rio Claro's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 4.
Where Rio Claro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rio Claro: Healthy tree cover
76.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
240,960
Target trees
240,960
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rio Claro lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rio Claro has lost about 2,340 hectares of forest (about 3,300 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2021: satellite photo from December 2020 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,340 haabout 3,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,250 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 88 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 350 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 78 ha | 5 ha | 83 ha |
| 2002 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2003 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2004 | 36 ha | 3 ha | 39 ha |
| 2005 | 110 ha | 6 ha | 116 ha |
| 2006 | 97 ha | 5 ha | 102 ha |
| 2007 | 53 ha | 4 ha | 57 ha |
| 2008 | 81 ha | 7 ha | 88 ha |
| 2009 | 180 ha | 6 ha | 186 ha |
| 2010 | 338 ha | 12 ha | 350 ha |
| 2011 | 35 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2012 | 54 ha | 3 ha | 57 ha |
| 2013 | 76 ha | 5 ha | 81 ha |
| 2014 | 118 ha | 7 ha | 125 ha |
| 2015 | 61 ha | 5 ha | 66 ha |
| 2016 | 158 ha | 6 ha | 164 ha |
| 2017 | 58 ha | under 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2018 | 125 ha | 1 ha | 126 ha |
| 2019 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2020 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2021 | 27 ha | 3 ha | 30 ha |
| 2022 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2023 | 104 ha | 1 ha | 105 ha |
| 2024 | 193 ha | 4 ha | 197 ha |
| 2025 | 78 ha | 3 ha | 81 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rio Claro?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 2,030 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.3% · 195 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back2% · 47 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, 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
- 29,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 28,200 ha
- Overall change
- −927 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rio Claro shrank from about 29,100 hectares to 28,200 hectares, a net loss of about 927 hectares (−3.2%). New forest grew on about 156 hectares, but 1,080 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 Rio Claro right now?
The latest reading for Rio Claro shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 10, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rio Claro today?
At AQI 12 (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 Rio Claro been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rio Claro's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rio Claro lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rio Claro has lost about 2,340 hectares of forest (about 3,300 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 88 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 93 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rio Claro shrank from about 29,100 hectares to 28,200 hectares, a net loss of about 927 hectares (−3.2%). New forest grew on about 156 hectares, but 1,080 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rio Claro?
Rio Claro has an estimated 240,960 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 76.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rio Claro need?
Rio Claro has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rio Claro's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Rio Claro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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