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San Fernando de Apure Air quality today
Air quality in San Fernando de Apure currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 54
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.6
- tree cover
- 26.7%
- trees in this area
- 75.1K
- more trees needed
- 9.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Fernando de Apure 7001, Apure, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
San Fernando de Apure · AQI 54 (Moderate)
San Fernando de Apure's tree count comes to 75,073 trees across 11.25 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,279 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in San Fernando de Apure today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.6
PM10
12.8
NO₂
3.9
O₃
44.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
132.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Fernando de Apure's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 44 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 9.
Where San Fernando de Apure stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in San Fernando de Apure: Below target
26.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.25 km² of land.
Trees in this area
75,073
Target trees
84,352
More trees needed
9,279
CO₂ if planted / yr
204.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has San Fernando de Apure lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Fernando de Apure has lost about 514 hectares of forest (about 720 football pitches): 7.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 514 haabout 720 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 493 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, 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 | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 44 ha | 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 73 ha | 3 ha | 75 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 20 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2017 | 47 ha | 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 20 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2023 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2024 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2025 | 41 ha | 3 ha | 44 ha |
What is causing deforestation around San Fernando de Apure?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 448 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.9% · 46 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.3% · 17 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural 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
- 7,450 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,940 ha
- Overall change
- −509 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Fernando de Apure shrank from about 7,450 hectares to 6,940 hectares, a net loss of about 509 hectares (−6.8%). New forest grew on about 346 hectares, but 855 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 Fernando de Apure right now?
The latest reading for San Fernando de Apure shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in San Fernando de Apure today?
At AQI 54 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in San Fernando de Apure been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Fernando de Apure's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 44 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 79 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 Fernando de Apure lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Fernando de Apure has lost about 514 hectares of forest (about 720 football pitches): 7.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Fernando de Apure shrank from about 7,450 hectares to 6,940 hectares, a net loss of about 509 hectares (−6.8%). New forest grew on about 346 hectares, but 855 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in San Fernando de Apure?
San Fernando de Apure has an estimated 75,073 trees across the 11.25 km² of land measured — 26.7% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does San Fernando de Apure need?
San Fernando de Apure needs roughly 9,279 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 204.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are San Fernando de Apure'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 Fernando de Apure 7001; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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