City report · Bolívar, Venezuela
Upata Air quality today
Air quality in Upata currently reads AQI 9 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 9
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.9
- tree cover
- 44.1%
- trees in this area
- 139K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Upata 8052, Bolívar, Venezuela (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Upata · AQI 9 (Good)
Upata's tree count comes to 138,544 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 Upata today: AQI 9, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 09:00 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
1.9
PM10
2.6
NO₂
0.3
O₃
32.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
126.0
- 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 Upata's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 11 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 7.
Where Upata stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Upata: Healthy tree cover
44.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
138,544
Target trees
138,544
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Upata lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Upata has lost about 2,480 hectares of forest (about 3,500 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,480 haabout 3,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,480 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 33 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 64 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 263 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 180 ha | under 1 ha | 180 ha |
| 2002 | 207 ha | under 1 ha | 207 ha |
| 2003 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2004 | 72 ha | under 1 ha | 73 ha |
| 2005 | 91 ha | under 1 ha | 92 ha |
| 2006 | 129 ha | 1 ha | 130 ha |
| 2007 | 107 ha | under 1 ha | 107 ha |
| 2008 | 181 ha | 1 ha | 182 ha |
| 2009 | 151 ha | under 1 ha | 151 ha |
| 2010 | 111 ha | under 1 ha | 111 ha |
| 2011 | 123 ha | under 1 ha | 123 ha |
| 2012 | 263 ha | under 1 ha | 263 ha |
| 2013 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2014 | 163 ha | under 1 ha | 163 ha |
| 2015 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2016 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2017 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2018 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2019 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2020 | 84 ha | under 1 ha | 84 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2023 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2024 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Upata?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for goodover 99% · 2,470 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 14,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,300 ha
- Overall change
- −1,350 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Upata shrank from about 14,700 hectares to 13,300 hectares, a net loss of about 1,350 hectares (−9.2%). New forest grew on about 153 hectares, but 1,500 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 Upata right now?
The latest reading for Upata shows an AQI of 9 (Good), observed Nov 10, 09:00 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 Upata 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 Upata been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Upata's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 11 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Upata lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Upata has lost about 2,480 hectares of forest (about 3,500 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 33 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 64 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Upata shrank from about 14,700 hectares to 13,300 hectares, a net loss of about 1,350 hectares (−9.2%). New forest grew on about 153 hectares, but 1,500 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Upata?
Upata has an estimated 138,544 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 44.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Upata need?
Upata has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Upata'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 Upata 8052; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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