City report · Honduras
Siguatepeque
Measured across a 2 km radius around Siguatepeque, Comayagua, Honduras (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 49.8%
- Air quality
- 8Good
- Trees in this area
- 156K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Aug 23, 2026
Siguatepeque's tree count comes to 156,451 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Siguatepeque: Healthy tree cover
49.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
156,451
Target trees
156,451
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Siguatepeque today: AQI 8, Good
Observed Oct 19, 01:00 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
4.8
O₃
31.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
347.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Siguatepeque lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Siguatepeque has lost about 3,790 hectares of forest (about 5,300 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km north-east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,790 haabout 5,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 67 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 399 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 1,330 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 57 ha | 6 ha | 63 ha |
| 2002 | 55 ha | 4 ha | 59 ha |
| 2003 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2004 | 65 ha | 2 ha | 67 ha |
| 2005 | 28 ha | 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2006 | 73 ha | 4 ha | 77 ha |
| 2007 | 155 ha | 7 ha | 162 ha |
| 2008 | 63 ha | 2 ha | 64 ha |
| 2009 | 158 ha | 2 ha | 160 ha |
| 2010 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2011 | 176 ha | 4 ha | 180 ha |
| 2012 | 72 ha | 12 ha | 84 ha |
| 2013 | 131 ha | 2 ha | 133 ha |
| 2014 | 136 ha | 3 ha | 139 ha |
| 2015 | 147 ha | 4 ha | 151 ha |
| 2016 | 1,160 ha | 170 ha | 1,330 ha |
| 2017 | 287 ha | 33 ha | 320 ha |
| 2018 | 92 ha | 6 ha | 98 ha |
| 2019 | 75 ha | 2 ha | 76 ha |
| 2020 | 171 ha | 4 ha | 175 ha |
| 2021 | 53 ha | 8 ha | 61 ha |
| 2022 | 75 ha | 9 ha | 84 ha |
| 2023 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2024 | 77 ha | 2 ha | 79 ha |
| 2025 | 40 ha | 1 ha | 42 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Siguatepeque?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 3,310 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back6.3% · 239 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.1% · 193 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, 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
- 26,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 25,400 ha
- Overall change
- −700 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Siguatepeque shrank from about 26,100 hectares to 25,400 hectares, a net loss of about 700 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 351 hectares, but 1,050 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 centre, 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 tree count in Siguatepeque?
Siguatepeque has an estimated 156,451 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 49.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Siguatepeque need?
Siguatepeque has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Siguatepeque right now?
The latest reading for Siguatepeque shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Oct 19, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Siguatepeque lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Siguatepeque has lost about 3,790 hectares of forest (about 5,300 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 67 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 399 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Siguatepeque shrank from about 26,100 hectares to 25,400 hectares, a net loss of about 700 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 351 hectares, but 1,050 hectares were lost.
How is Siguatepeque's tree cover and air quality measured?
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 Siguatepeque; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. 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.
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