City report · Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe Air quality today
Air quality in Santa Fe currently reads AQI 30 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 30
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.6
- tree cover
- 19.2%
- trees in this area
- 54.6K
- more trees needed
- 30.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santa Fe · AQI 30 (Good)
Santa Fe's tree count comes to 54,588 trees across 11.38 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,706 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santa Fe today: AQI 30, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 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
5.6
PM10
6.8
NO₂
1.1
O₃
83.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
147.0
- 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 Santa Fe's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 4.
Where Santa Fe stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santa Fe: Below target
19.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.38 km² of land.
Trees in this area
54,588
Target trees
85,294
More trees needed
30,706
CO₂ if planted / yr
675.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santa Fe lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Fe has lost about 101 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 101 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 58 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 12 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 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Santa Fe?
- Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 51 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back24% · 24 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8.8% · 9 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 375 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 338 ha
- Overall change
- −37 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Fe shrank from about 375 hectares to 338 hectares, a net loss of about 37 hectares (−9.9%). New forest grew on about 26 hectares, but 64 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 Fe right now?
The latest reading for Santa Fe shows an AQI of 30 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 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 Santa Fe today?
At AQI 30 (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 Fe been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santa Fe's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 18 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Santa Fe lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Fe has lost about 101 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santa Fe shrank from about 375 hectares to 338 hectares, a net loss of about 37 hectares (−9.9%). New forest grew on about 26 hectares, but 64 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Santa Fe?
Santa Fe has an estimated 54,588 trees across the 11.38 km² of land measured — 19.2% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santa Fe need?
Santa Fe needs roughly 30,706 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 675.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Santa Fe'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 Santa Fe; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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