City report · British Virgin Islands
Road Town Air quality today
Air quality in Road Town currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 46
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.9
- tree cover
- 75.4%
- trees in this area
- 198K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Botanic Station, Road Town, British Virgin Islands (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 30, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Road Town · AQI 46 (Good)
Road Town's tree count comes to 198,265 trees across 10.52 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Road Town today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Carolina and Caguas
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.9
PM10
3.4
NO₂
0.5
O₃
62.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
114.0
- 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 Road Town's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 9 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 4.
Where Road Town stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Road Town: Healthy tree cover
75.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
198,265
Target trees
198,265
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Road Town lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Road Town has lost about 109 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 2 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 109 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 80 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 40 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 22 ha | 18 ha | 40 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Road Town?
- Towns and roadscleared for good59% · 65 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back20% · 22 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 15 ha
Also: 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
- 5,070 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,030 ha
- Overall change
- −43 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Road Town stayed about the same size, at about 5,030 hectares: new forest grew on about 14 hectares, and about 57 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Road Town
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Charlotte Amalie34.0 km
U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tree cover
- 49%
- Air quality
- 48
- Saint Croix78.9 km
U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tree cover
- 27%
- Air quality
- 106
- Carolina141.1 km
Puerto Rico
- Tree cover
- 42%
- Air quality
- 55
- Caguas152.2 km
Puerto Rico
- Tree cover
- 29%
- Air quality
- 55
- San Juan156.7 km
Puerto Rico
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 55
- Bayamón162.0 km
Puerto Rico
- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 55
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Road Town right now?
The latest reading for Road Town shows an AQI of 46 (Good), observed Nov 10, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Road Town today?
At AQI 46 (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 Road Town been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Road Town's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 9 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Road Town lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Road Town has lost about 109 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Road Town stayed about the same size, at about 5,030 hectares: new forest grew on about 14 hectares, and about 57 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Road Town?
Road Town has an estimated 198,265 trees across the 10.52 km² of land measured — 75.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Road Town need?
Road Town has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Road Town'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 Botanic Station; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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