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San Pedro de Macorís Air quality today
Air quality in San Pedro de Macorís currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 42
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.9
- tree cover
- 25.9%
- trees in this area
- 69.2K
- more trees needed
- 10.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro De La Ciudad, 21000 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
San Pedro de Macorís · AQI 42 (Good)
San Pedro de Macorís's tree count comes to 69,162 trees across 10.68 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,948 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in San Pedro de Macorís today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 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
7.9
PM10
9.5
NO₂
12.2
O₃
21.0
SO₂
3.9
CO
240.0
- 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 de Macorís's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 30 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 5.
Where San Pedro de Macorís stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in San Pedro de Macorís: Below target
25.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.68 km² of land.
Trees in this area
69,162
Target trees
80,110
More trees needed
10,948
CO₂ if planted / yr
240.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has San Pedro de Macorís lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Pedro de Macorís has lost about 509 hectares of forest (about 710 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 509 haabout 710 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 503 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 54 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2002 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2008 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2013 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2014 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2015 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 22 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 35 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
What is causing deforestation around San Pedro de Macorís?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 356 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 77 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good14% · 70 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
- 409 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 372 ha
- Overall change
- −37 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Pedro de Macorís shrank from about 409 hectares to 372 hectares, a net loss of about 37 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 61 hectares, but 97 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 Pedro de Macorís right now?
The latest reading for San Pedro de Macorís shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 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 de Macorís 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 Pedro de Macorís been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Pedro de Macorís's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 30 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around San Pedro de Macorís lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Pedro de Macorís has lost about 509 hectares of forest (about 710 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Pedro de Macorís shrank from about 409 hectares to 372 hectares, a net loss of about 37 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 61 hectares, but 97 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in San Pedro de Macorís?
San Pedro de Macorís has an estimated 69,162 trees across the 10.68 km² of land measured — 25.9% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does San Pedro de Macorís need?
San Pedro de Macorís needs roughly 10,948 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 240.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are San Pedro de Macorís'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 Centro De La Ciudad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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