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Río Cuarto Air quality today
Air quality in Río Cuarto currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 17
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 9.6%
- trees in this area
- 30.2K
- more trees needed
- 64.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Río Cuarto · AQI 17 (Good)
Río Cuarto's tree count comes to 30,159 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,088 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Río Cuarto today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 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
2.9
PM10
3.4
NO₂
1.3
O₃
62.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
104.0
- 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 Río Cuarto's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 14 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 4.
Where Río Cuarto stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Río Cuarto: Critically low
9.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
30,159
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
64,088
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,410 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Río Cuarto lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Río Cuarto has lost about 5 hectares of forest (about 7 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5 haabout 7 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Río Cuarto?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good33% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown53% · 3 ha
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
- 199 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 223 ha
- Overall change
- +24 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Río Cuarto grew from about 199 hectares to 223 hectares, a net gain of about 24 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 33 hectares, while 9 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Río Cuarto right now?
The latest reading for Río Cuarto shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 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 Río Cuarto today?
At AQI 17 (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 Río Cuarto been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Río Cuarto's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 14 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 65 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 Río Cuarto lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Río Cuarto has lost about 5 hectares of forest (about 7 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Río Cuarto grew from about 199 hectares to 223 hectares, a net gain of about 24 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 33 hectares, while 9 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Río Cuarto?
Río Cuarto has an estimated 30,159 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.6% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Río Cuarto need?
Río Cuarto needs roughly 64,088 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,410 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Río Cuarto'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 Río Cuarto; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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