City report · Guatemala
Totonicapán
Measured across a 2 km radius around Totonicapán, Guatemala (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 61.3%
- Air quality
- 69Moderate
- Trees in this area
- 193K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Sep 18, 2026
Totonicapán's tree count comes to 192,580 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 69 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Totonicapán: Healthy tree cover
61.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
192,580
Target trees
192,580
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Totonicapán today: AQI 69, Moderate
Observed Oct 18, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.8
PM10
17.8
NO₂
11.0
O₃
15.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
217.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Totonicapán lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Totonicapán has lost about 748 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north-east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 748 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 492 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 71 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 ha | 6 ha | 24 ha |
| 2002 | 35 ha | 37 ha | 71 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 46 ha | 24 ha | 70 ha |
| 2005 | 10 ha | 21 ha | 32 ha |
| 2006 | 16 ha | 13 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 37 ha | 13 ha | 50 ha |
| 2008 | 21 ha | 14 ha | 35 ha |
| 2009 | 32 ha | 11 ha | 43 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 14 ha | 23 ha |
| 2012 | 40 ha | 19 ha | 59 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 21 ha | 4 ha | 25 ha |
| 2017 | 26 ha | 11 ha | 37 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 6 ha | 19 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 26 ha | 5 ha | 31 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 24 ha | 7 ha | 30 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | 6 ha | 19 ha |
| 2024 | 27 ha | 23 ha | 50 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 17 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Totonicapán?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good60% · 448 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 97 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back9.9% · 74 ha
Also: wildfires, towns and roads, 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
- 20,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,200 ha
- Overall change
- +229 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Totonicapán stayed about the same size, at about 21,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 351 hectares, and about 122 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the tree count in Totonicapán?
Totonicapán has an estimated 192,580 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 61.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Totonicapán need?
Totonicapán has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Totonicapán right now?
The latest reading for Totonicapán shows an AQI of 69 (Moderate), observed Oct 18, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has the area around Totonicapán lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Totonicapán has lost about 748 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Totonicapán stayed about the same size, at about 21,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 351 hectares, and about 122 hectares were lost.
How is Totonicapán'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 Totonicapán; 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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