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Yopal Air quality today
Air quality in Yopal 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)
- 14.4
- tree cover
- 20.2%
- trees in this area
- 63.5K
- more trees needed
- 30.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yopal, Casanare, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yopal · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Yopal's tree count comes to 63,460 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,788 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yopal today: AQI 59, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Zipaquirá and Chía
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.4
PM10
8.9
NO₂
2.5
O₃
55.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
313.0
- 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 Yopal's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 40 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 4.
Where Yopal stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yopal: Below target
20.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
63,460
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
30,788
CO₂ if planted / yr
677.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yopal lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yopal has lost about 721 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 7.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 721 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 699 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 104 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | 18 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2003 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2004 | 56 ha | 2 ha | 58 ha |
| 2005 | 37 ha | 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2006 | 75 ha | 2 ha | 77 ha |
| 2007 | 37 ha | 2 ha | 39 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 28 ha | 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2010 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2011 | 24 ha | 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 47 ha | 3 ha | 49 ha |
| 2013 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 103 ha | 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2015 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 56 ha |
| 2016 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yopal?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 601 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 98 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.9% · 14 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, logging.
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
- 12,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,200 ha
- Overall change
- +65 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yopal stayed about the same size, at about 12,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 589 hectares, and about 524 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Yopal
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Sogamoso73.1 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 71
- Tunja109.2 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 36
- Zipaquirá181.8 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 30%
- Air quality
- 64
- Villavicencio191.1 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 66
- Chía191.9 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 55
- Piedecuesta197.5 km
Colombia
- Tree cover
- 53%
- Air quality
- 58
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Yopal right now?
The latest reading for Yopal shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 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 Yopal 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 Yopal been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yopal's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 40 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Yopal lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yopal has lost about 721 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 7.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yopal stayed about the same size, at about 12,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 589 hectares, and about 524 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yopal?
Yopal has an estimated 63,460 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.2% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yopal need?
Yopal needs roughly 30,788 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 677.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yopal'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 Yopal; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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