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Santa Rosa Air quality today
Air quality in Santa Rosa currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 7
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.3
- tree cover
- 10.1%
- trees in this area
- 30.7K
- more trees needed
- 60.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Santa Rosa, La Pampa Province, Argentina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santa Rosa · AQI 7 (Good)
Santa Rosa's tree count comes to 30,651 trees across 12.14 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 60,392 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santa Rosa today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Toay - Esc. Secundaria “Olga Orozco”, 8.8 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.3
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustentabilidad Sin Fronteras
- 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 Rosa's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 7 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 41 on Nov 9.
Where Santa Rosa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santa Rosa: Critically low
10.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.14 km² of land.
Trees in this area
30,651
Target trees
91,043
More trees needed
60,392
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,329 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santa Rosa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Rosa has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7 haabout 10 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Santa Rosa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 4 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown23% · 2 ha
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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Santa Rosa right now?
The latest reading for Santa Rosa shows an AQI of 7 (Good), measured Nov 11, 13:00 local time by the Toay - Esc. Secundaria “Olga Orozco” ground monitoring station, 8.8 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Santa Rosa today?
At AQI 7 (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 Rosa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santa Rosa's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 7 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 41 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 Rosa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santa Rosa has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
What is the tree count in Santa Rosa?
Santa Rosa has an estimated 30,651 trees across the 12.14 km² of land measured — 10.1% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santa Rosa need?
Santa Rosa needs roughly 60,392 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,329 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Santa Rosa's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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