City report · Piura, Peru
Sullana Air quality today
Air quality in Sullana currently reads AQI 34 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 34
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.9
- tree cover
- 8.9%
- trees in this area
- 27.1K
- more trees needed
- 64.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around D6, Sullana 20102, Peru (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sullana · AQI 34 (Good)
Sullana's tree count comes to 27,149 trees across 12.21 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,365 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sullana today: AQI 34, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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
6.9
PM10
10.7
NO₂
1.1
O₃
47.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
107.0
- 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 Sullana's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 17 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 10.
Where Sullana stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sullana: Critically low
8.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.21 km² of land.
Trees in this area
27,149
Target trees
91,514
More trees needed
64,365
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,416 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sullana lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sullana has lost about 23 hectares of forest (about 32 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 23 haabout 32 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 20 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 8 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sullana?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 20 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown13% · 3 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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Questions about Sullana
What is the air quality (AQI) in Sullana right now?
The latest reading for Sullana shows an AQI of 34 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Sullana today?
At AQI 34 (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 Sullana been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sullana's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 17 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sullana lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sullana has lost about 23 hectares of forest (about 32 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
What is the tree count in Sullana?
Sullana has an estimated 27,149 trees across the 12.21 km² of land measured — 8.9% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sullana need?
Sullana needs roughly 64,365 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,416 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sullana'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 D6; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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