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Santo Domingo de los Colorados Air quality today
Air quality in Santo Domingo de los Colorados currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 8
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.0
- tree cover
- 15.4%
- trees in this area
- 48.4K
- more trees needed
- 45.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Santo Domingo, Ecuador (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Santo Domingo de los Colorados · AQI 8 (Good)
Santo Domingo de los Colorados's tree count comes to 48,381 trees across 12.57 km², 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 45,867 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Santo Domingo de los Colorados today: AQI 8, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 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
1.0
PM10
1.0
NO₂
7.1
O₃
31.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
186.0
- 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 7 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 7.
Where Santo Domingo de los Colorados stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: Critically low
15.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
48,381
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
45,867
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,009 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Santo Domingo de los Colorados lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santo Domingo de los Colorados has lost about 1,690 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 7.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,690 haabout 2,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,680 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2002 | 231 ha | under 1 ha | 231 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 550 ha | 1 ha | 551 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 204 ha | under 1 ha | 204 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2009 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2010 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2011 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2012 | 203 ha | 1 ha | 204 ha |
| 2013 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2014 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2016 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2025 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
The worst year was 2004, when about 551 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation around Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good85% · 1,440 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 246 ha
Also: 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
- 17,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,200 ha
- Overall change
- −2,840 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santo Domingo de los Colorados shrank from about 17,000 hectares to 14,200 hectares, a net loss of about 2,840 hectares (−17%). New forest grew on about 696 hectares, but 3,540 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados right now?
The latest reading for Santo Domingo de los Colorados shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados today?
At AQI 8 (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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Santo Domingo de los Colorados's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 7 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Santo Domingo de los Colorados lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Santo Domingo de los Colorados has lost about 1,690 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 7.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Santo Domingo de los Colorados shrank from about 17,000 hectares to 14,200 hectares, a net loss of about 2,840 hectares (−17%). New forest grew on about 696 hectares, but 3,540 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
Santo Domingo de los Colorados has an estimated 48,381 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 15.4% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Santo Domingo de los Colorados need?
Santo Domingo de los Colorados needs roughly 45,867 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,009 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Santo Domingo de los Colorados'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 Santo Domingo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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