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Temuco Air quality today
Air quality in Temuco currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 48
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.8
- tree cover
- 26.2%
- trees in this area
- 81.7K
- more trees needed
- 11.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Temuco, Araucania, Chile (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Temuco · AQI 48 (Good)
Temuco's tree count comes to 81,651 trees across 12.47 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 11,843 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Temuco today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 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
7.8
PM10
10.1
NO₂
7.5
O₃
31.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
220.0
- 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 Temuco's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 19 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 10.
Where Temuco stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Temuco: Below target
26.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
81,651
Target trees
93,494
More trees needed
11,843
CO₂ if planted / yr
260.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Temuco lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Temuco has lost about 3,220 hectares of forest (about 4,500 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 102 hectares (3.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,220 haabout 4,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 31%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 102 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 103 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 135 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2007, when about 410 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 ha | 55 ha | 69 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 36 ha | 38 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 157 ha | 160 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 94 ha | 100 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 318 ha | 325 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 145 ha | 147 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 406 ha | 410 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 155 ha | 162 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 152 ha | 155 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 132 ha | 134 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | 110 ha | 117 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 76 ha | 78 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 58 ha | 60 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 66 ha | 67 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 111 ha | 116 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 338 ha | 345 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 103 ha | 104 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 56 ha | 64 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 45 ha | 48 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 48 ha | 51 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 241 ha | 244 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | 70 ha | 71 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 110 ha | 114 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 31 ha | 33 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Temuco?
- Loggingcan grow back96% · 3,100 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.3% · 74 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 8,940 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,030 ha
- Overall change
- +90 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Temuco stayed about the same size, at about 9,030 hectares: new forest grew on about 717 hectares, and about 626 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Temuco right now?
The latest reading for Temuco shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 10, 22:00 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 Temuco today?
At AQI 48 (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 Temuco been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Temuco's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 19 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 52 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 Temuco lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Temuco has lost about 3,220 hectares of forest (about 4,500 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 102 hectares (3.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 103 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 135 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Temuco stayed about the same size, at about 9,030 hectares: new forest grew on about 717 hectares, and about 626 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Temuco?
Temuco has an estimated 81,651 trees across the 12.47 km² of land measured — 26.2% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Temuco need?
Temuco needs roughly 11,843 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 260.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Temuco'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 Temuco; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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