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Zaragoza Air quality today
Air quality in Zaragoza currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 19
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.2
- tree cover
- 13.5%
- trees in this area
- 41.1K
- more trees needed
- 50.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Casco Antiguo, Zaragoza, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zaragoza · AQI 19 (Good)
Zaragoza's tree count comes to 41,139 trees across 12.19 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,281 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zaragoza today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 8 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Castelló de la Plana and Vitoria-Gasteiz
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.2
PM10
5.1
NO₂
9.0
O₃
34.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
125.0
- 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 Zaragoza's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 7.
Where Zaragoza stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zaragoza: Critically low
13.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.19 km² of land.
Trees in this area
41,139
Target trees
91,420
More trees needed
50,281
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,106 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zaragoza lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zaragoza has lost about 69 hectares of forest (about 97 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 69 haabout 97 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 49 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 16 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Zaragoza?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good59% · 41 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 12 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 8 ha
Also: 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
- 709 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 682 ha
- Overall change
- −27 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zaragoza shrank from about 709 hectares to 682 hectares, a net loss of about 27 hectares (−3.8%). New forest grew on about 43 hectares, but 70 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 Zaragoza
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Lleida124.7 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 18
- Pamplona143.7 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 17
- Logroño158.1 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 17
- Reus174.6 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 23
- Tarragona186.9 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 37
- Castelló de la Plana198.4 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 30
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Zaragoza right now?
The latest reading for Zaragoza shows an AQI of 19 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zaragoza today?
At AQI 19 (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 Zaragoza been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zaragoza's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 67 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 Zaragoza lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zaragoza has lost about 69 hectares of forest (about 97 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zaragoza shrank from about 709 hectares to 682 hectares, a net loss of about 27 hectares (−3.8%). New forest grew on about 43 hectares, but 70 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zaragoza?
Zaragoza has an estimated 41,139 trees across the 12.19 km² of land measured — 13.5% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zaragoza need?
Zaragoza needs roughly 50,281 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,106 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zaragoza'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 Casco Antiguo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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