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Santiago de Veraguas Air quality today
Air quality in Santiago de Veraguas currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 27
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.4
- tree cover
- 52.2%
- trees in this area
- 164K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Santiago, Veraguas Province, Panama (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santiago de Veraguas · AQI 27 (Good)
Santiago de Veraguas's tree count comes to 163,991 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santiago de Veraguas today: AQI 27, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 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
5.4
PM10
6.7
NO₂
3.3
O₃
52.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
148.0
- 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 Santiago de Veraguas's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 14 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 42 on Nov 4.
Where Santiago de Veraguas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santiago de Veraguas: Healthy tree cover
52.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
163,991
Target trees
163,991
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santiago de Veraguas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santiago de Veraguas has lost about 1,280 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,280 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,270 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2002 | 180 ha | 2 ha | 182 ha |
| 2003 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2004 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 223 ha | 2 ha | 225 ha |
| 2007 | 147 ha | 1 ha | 148 ha |
| 2008 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2009 | 143 ha | under 1 ha | 143 ha |
| 2010 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2011 | 70 ha | 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2012 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2013 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2017 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2018 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2020 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
The worst year was 2006, when about 225 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation around Santiago de Veraguas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good89% · 1,140 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 131 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
- 8,290 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,600 ha
- Overall change
- −689 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santiago de Veraguas shrank from about 8,290 hectares to 7,600 hectares, a net loss of about 689 hectares (−8.3%). New forest grew on about 266 hectares, but 956 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. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Santiago de Veraguas right now?
The latest reading for Santiago de Veraguas shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Nov 10, 17:00 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 Santiago de Veraguas today?
At AQI 27 (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 Santiago de Veraguas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santiago de Veraguas's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 14 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 42 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 Santiago de Veraguas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santiago de Veraguas has lost about 1,280 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 13% 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 Santiago de Veraguas shrank from about 8,290 hectares to 7,600 hectares, a net loss of about 689 hectares (−8.3%). New forest grew on about 266 hectares, but 956 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Santiago de Veraguas?
Santiago de Veraguas has an estimated 163,991 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 52.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santiago de Veraguas need?
Santiago de Veraguas has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Santiago de Veraguas'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 Santiago; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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