City report · Cojedes, Venezuela
San Carlos Air quality today
Air quality in San Carlos currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 42
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.1
- tree cover
- 38.5%
- trees in this area
- 121K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Carlos 2201, Cojedes, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
San Carlos · AQI 42 (Good)
San Carlos's tree count comes to 120,951 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 San Carlos today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 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
6.1
PM10
7.4
NO₂
0.7
O₃
65.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
130.0
- 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 San Carlos's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 41 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 9.
Where San Carlos stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in San Carlos: Healthy tree cover
38.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
120,951
Target trees
120,951
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has San Carlos lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Carlos has lost about 556 hectares of forest (about 780 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 556 haabout 780 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 470 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 75 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 22 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2005 | 22 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 23 ha | 3 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 44 ha | 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2009 | 19 ha | 10 ha | 28 ha |
| 2010 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 22 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 53 ha | 22 ha | 75 ha |
| 2018 | 49 ha | 17 ha | 66 ha |
| 2019 | 23 ha | 2 ha | 25 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 30 ha | 4 ha | 34 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around San Carlos?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 442 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back9.8% · 55 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5% · 28 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
- 9,390 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,120 ha
- Overall change
- −267 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Carlos shrank from about 9,390 hectares to 9,120 hectares, a net loss of about 267 hectares (−2.8%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, but 600 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 San Carlos right now?
The latest reading for San Carlos shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 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 San Carlos today?
At AQI 42 (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 San Carlos been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Carlos's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 41 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around San Carlos lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Carlos has lost about 556 hectares of forest (about 780 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Carlos shrank from about 9,390 hectares to 9,120 hectares, a net loss of about 267 hectares (−2.8%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, but 600 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in San Carlos?
San Carlos has an estimated 120,951 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 38.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does San Carlos need?
San Carlos has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are San Carlos'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 San Carlos 2201; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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