City report · Aragua, Venezuela
Turmero Air quality today
Air quality in Turmero currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 59
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.2
- tree cover
- 32.5%
- trees in this area
- 102K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Turmero · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Turmero's tree count comes to 102,102 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Turmero today: AQI 59, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.2
PM10
17.8
NO₂
24.2
O₃
55.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
445.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Turmero's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 56 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 9.
Where Turmero stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Turmero: Healthy tree cover
32.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
102,102
Target trees
102,102
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Turmero lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Turmero has lost about 259 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 259 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 247 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 43 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 41 ha | 2 ha | 43 ha |
| 2002 | 30 ha | 3 ha | 34 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 34 ha | 2 ha | 35 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2008 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Turmero?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 178 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good27% · 69 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.4% · 11 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural 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
- 9,080 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,110 ha
- Overall change
- +34 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Turmero stayed about the same size, at about 9,110 hectares: new forest grew on about 319 hectares, and about 285 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 Turmero right now?
The latest reading for Turmero shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Turmero today?
At AQI 59 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Turmero been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Turmero's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 56 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Turmero lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Turmero has lost about 259 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Turmero stayed about the same size, at about 9,110 hectares: new forest grew on about 319 hectares, and about 285 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Turmero?
Turmero has an estimated 102,102 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 32.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Turmero need?
Turmero has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Turmero'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 Turmero; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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