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San Pedro Air quality today
Air quality in San Pedro currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 17
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.8
- tree cover
- 32.7%
- trees in this area
- 21.3K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around San Pedro, Belize (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
San Pedro · AQI 17 (Good)
San Pedro's tree count comes to 21,265 trees across 2.6 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in San Pedro today: AQI 17, 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
2.8
PM10
4.1
NO₂
0.2
O₃
63.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
105.0
- 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 Pedro's daily AQI at 28 on average, from 19 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 8.
Where San Pedro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in San Pedro: Healthy tree cover
32.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 2.6 km² of land.
Trees in this area
21,265
Target trees
21,265
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has San Pedro lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Pedro has lost about 92 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (50%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 92 haabout 130 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 46 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 18 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | 11 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around San Pedro?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back44% · 40 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · 37 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.7% · 9 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in San Pedro right now?
The latest reading for San Pedro shows an AQI of 17 (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 Pedro 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 San Pedro been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Pedro's daily AQI at 28 on average, from 19 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around San Pedro lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Pedro has lost about 92 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (50%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in San Pedro?
San Pedro has an estimated 21,265 trees across the 2.6 km² of land measured — 32.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does San Pedro need?
San Pedro has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are San Pedro'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 Pedro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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