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Villavicencio Air quality today
Air quality in Villavicencio currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 66
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.0
- tree cover
- 24.6%
- trees in this area
- 77.3K
- more trees needed
- 17.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Villavicencio · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Villavicencio's tree count comes to 77,283 trees across 12.57 km², 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,965 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Villavicencio today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Bogotá and Soacha
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.0
PM10
12.3
NO₂
1.2
O₃
105.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
182.0
- 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 Villavicencio's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 39 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 4.
Where Villavicencio stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Villavicencio: Below target
24.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
77,283
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
16,965
CO₂ if planted / yr
373.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Villavicencio lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villavicencio has lost about 526 hectares of forest (about 740 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) 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
- 526 haabout 740 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 502 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 76 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2002 | 40 ha | 2 ha | 42 ha |
| 2003 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2004 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 46 ha | 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2008 | 31 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 51 ha | 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2010 | 54 ha | 3 ha | 56 ha |
| 2011 | 59 ha | 3 ha | 62 ha |
| 2012 | 71 ha | 5 ha | 76 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Villavicencio?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 244 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 243 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.8% · 15 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 13,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,500 ha
- Overall change
- −294 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villavicencio shrank from about 13,800 hectares to 13,500 hectares, a net loss of about 294 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 362 hectares, but 655 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 Villavicencio right now?
The latest reading for Villavicencio shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, 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 Villavicencio today?
At AQI 66 (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 Villavicencio been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Villavicencio's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 39 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Villavicencio lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villavicencio has lost about 526 hectares of forest (about 740 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villavicencio shrank from about 13,800 hectares to 13,500 hectares, a net loss of about 294 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 362 hectares, but 655 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Villavicencio?
Villavicencio has an estimated 77,283 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.6% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Villavicencio need?
Villavicencio needs roughly 16,965 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 373.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Villavicencio'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 Villavicencio; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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