City report · Canary Islands, Spain
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Air quality today
Air quality in Santa Cruz de Tenerife currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 22
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.9
- tree cover
- 9.0%
- trees in this area
- 21.2K
- more trees needed
- 49.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zona Centro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · AQI 22 (Good)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife's tree count comes to 21,206 trees across 9.43 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 49,480 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santa Cruz de Tenerife today: AQI 22, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:06 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Santa_Cruz_Tenerife, 900 m away · median of 7 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.9
PM10
20.5
NO₂
6.0
O₃
40.0
SO₂
6.0
CO
200.0
Data: OpenAQ · Clarity, EEA
- 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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 26 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 9.
Where Santa Cruz de Tenerife stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Critically low
9.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
21,206
Target trees
70,686
More trees needed
49,480
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,089 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santa Cruz de Tenerife lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has lost about 29 hectares of forest (about 41 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 2 hectares (5.1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 29 haabout 41 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 6 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
- Loggingcan grow back68% · 20 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back6.1% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.4% · 2 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 5,690 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,720 ha
- Overall change
- +28 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Cruz de Tenerife stayed about the same size, at about 5,720 hectares: new forest grew on about 40 hectares, and about 12 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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife right now?
The latest reading for Santa Cruz de Tenerife shows an AQI of 22 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:06 local time by 7 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Santa_Cruz_Tenerife, 900 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Santa Cruz de Tenerife today?
At AQI 22 (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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santa Cruz de Tenerife's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 26 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 57 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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has lost about 29 hectares of forest (about 41 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 2 hectares (5.1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Cruz de Tenerife stayed about the same size, at about 5,720 hectares: new forest grew on about 40 hectares, and about 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
Santa Cruz de Tenerife has an estimated 21,206 trees across the 9.43 km² of land measured — 9.0% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santa Cruz de Tenerife need?
Santa Cruz de Tenerife needs roughly 49,480 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,089 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Santa Cruz de Tenerife's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Zona Centro, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Zona Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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