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Air quality now: AQI29Good, Villa Mercedes

City report · Biobio, Chile

Villa Mercedes Air quality today

Air quality in Villa Mercedes currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 29

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
4.8
tree cover
32.6%
trees in this area
102K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Villa Mercedes, Quilleco, Bio Bio, Chile (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Mar 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Villa Mercedes · AQI 29 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Mar 13, 2026

Villa Mercedes's tree count comes to 102,416 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 Villa Mercedes today: AQI 29, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 11:00 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

4.8

PM10

6.1

NO₂

1.9

O₃

51.0

SO₂

4.1

CO

97.0

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 Villa Mercedes's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 11 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 10.

Last 7 daysavg 24 · peak 55
Nov 4: AQI 22 (peak 28)Nov 5: AQI 27 (peak 36)Nov 6: AQI 15 (peak 28)Nov 7: AQI 20 (peak 37)Nov 8: AQI 11 (peak 17)Nov 9: AQI 22 (peak 48)Nov 10: AQI 48 (peak 55)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Villa Mercedes stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Villa Mercedes: Healthy tree cover

32.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

102,416

Target trees

102,416

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Villa Mercedes lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villa Mercedes has lost about 9,340 hectares of forest (about 13,000 football pitches): 70% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 147 hectares (1.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Satellite image of the area around Villa Mercedes, January 2017

2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km west of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
9,340 haabout 13,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
70%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
147 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 142 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 374 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 750 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Villa Mercedes, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Villa Mercedes, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.750

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Forest lost each year around Villa Mercedes, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
20012 ha225 ha227 ha
20024 ha507 ha511 ha
2003under 1 ha542 ha542 ha
2004under 1 ha410 ha411 ha
2005under 1 ha307 ha307 ha
2006under 1 ha561 ha562 ha
2007under 1 ha325 ha326 ha
20081 ha536 ha537 ha
2009under 1 ha528 ha529 ha
2010108 ha115 ha223 ha
2011under 1 ha521 ha521 ha
20122 ha399 ha401 ha
20133 ha621 ha624 ha
2014under 1 ha750 ha750 ha
2015under 1 ha283 ha283 ha
20169 ha604 ha613 ha
20173 ha391 ha393 ha
2018under 1 ha506 ha506 ha
2019under 1 ha167 ha167 ha
20202 ha191 ha193 ha
2021under 1 ha276 ha276 ha
2022under 1 ha125 ha125 ha
20236 ha125 ha131 ha
20242 ha78 ha80 ha
2025under 1 ha96 ha97 ha

What is causing deforestation around Villa Mercedes?

  • Loggingcan grow back98% · 9,180 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.6% · 147 ha

Also: 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
13,100 ha
Forest in 2020
13,600 ha
Overall change
+459 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villa Mercedes grew from about 13,100 hectares to 13,600 hectares, a net gain of about 459 hectares (+3.5%). New forest grew on about 3,900 hectares, while 3,440 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 Villa Mercedes right now?

The latest reading for Villa Mercedes shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 10, 11:00 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 Villa Mercedes today?

At AQI 29 (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 Villa Mercedes been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Villa Mercedes's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 11 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Villa Mercedes lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villa Mercedes has lost about 9,340 hectares of forest (about 13,000 football pitches): 70% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 147 hectares (1.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 142 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 374 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villa Mercedes grew from about 13,100 hectares to 13,600 hectares, a net gain of about 459 hectares (+3.5%). New forest grew on about 3,900 hectares, while 3,440 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Villa Mercedes?

Villa Mercedes has an estimated 102,416 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 32.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Villa Mercedes need?

Villa Mercedes has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Villa Mercedes'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 Villa Mercedes; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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