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Tegucigalpa Air quality today
Air quality in Tegucigalpa currently reads AQI 9 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 9
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.6
- tree cover
- 20.9%
- trees in this area
- 65.7K
- more trees needed
- 28.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Colonia Maradiaga, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tegucigalpa · AQI 9 (Good)
Tegucigalpa's tree count comes to 65,659 trees across 12.57 km², 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 28,588 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tegucigalpa today: AQI 9, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Colonia Los Pinos, Distrito Central - Sustenta Honduras, 5.2 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustenta Honduras
- 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 Tegucigalpa's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 110 on Nov 4.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tegucigalpa: Below target
20.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
65,659
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
28,588
CO₂ if planted / yr
628.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tegucigalpa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tegucigalpa has lost about 869 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 9.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 869 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 820 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 9 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 101 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 401 hectares of forest were lost.
Tegucigalpa's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2006 | 43 ha | 2 ha | 45 ha |
| 2007 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2008 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2010 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2014 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 364 ha | 37 ha | 401 ha |
| 2017 | 80 ha | 2 ha | 81 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tegucigalpa?
- Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 444 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 358 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.3% · 38 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, 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
- 15,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,900 ha
- Overall change
- −265 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tegucigalpa stayed about the same size, at about 14,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 226 hectares, and about 491 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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Tegucigalpa
What is the air quality (AQI) in Tegucigalpa right now?
The latest reading for Tegucigalpa shows an AQI of 9 (Good), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by the Colonia Los Pinos, Distrito Central - Sustenta Honduras ground monitoring station, 5.2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tegucigalpa today?
At AQI 9 (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 Tegucigalpa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tegucigalpa's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 110 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 Tegucigalpa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tegucigalpa has lost about 869 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 9.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 9 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 101 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tegucigalpa stayed about the same size, at about 14,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 226 hectares, and about 491 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tegucigalpa?
Tegucigalpa has an estimated 65,659 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.9% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tegucigalpa need?
Tegucigalpa needs roughly 28,588 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 628.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tegucigalpa's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Colonia Maradiaga, 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 Colonia Maradiaga; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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