City report · Cundinamarca, Colombia
Zipaquirá Air quality today
Air quality in Zipaquirá currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 58
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.8
- tree cover
- 30.4%
- trees in this area
- 95.5K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, Colombia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zipaquirá · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Zipaquirá's tree count comes to 95,504 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 Zipaquirá today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Cajicá, Cundinamarca (Sector Rincón Santo), 9.9 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.8
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, TROPOS Observatorio Atmosférico Comunitario
- 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 Zipaquirá's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 23 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zipaquirá: Healthy tree cover
30.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
95,504
Target trees
95,504
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zipaquirá lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zipaquirá has lost about 1,660 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from January 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,660 haabout 2,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,200 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 237 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 202 ha | 29 ha | 231 ha |
| 2002 | 51 ha | 23 ha | 74 ha |
| 2003 | 46 ha | 37 ha | 83 ha |
| 2004 | 63 ha | 20 ha | 83 ha |
| 2005 | 52 ha | 32 ha | 85 ha |
| 2006 | 50 ha | 26 ha | 76 ha |
| 2007 | 86 ha | 16 ha | 101 ha |
| 2008 | 26 ha | 18 ha | 44 ha |
| 2009 | 187 ha | 50 ha | 237 ha |
| 2010 | 152 ha | 22 ha | 174 ha |
| 2011 | 13 ha | 19 ha | 32 ha |
| 2012 | 76 ha | 30 ha | 106 ha |
| 2013 | 23 ha | 19 ha | 42 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | 29 ha | 55 ha |
| 2015 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | 20 ha | 5 ha | 24 ha |
| 2017 | 26 ha | 19 ha | 45 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | 9 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | 12 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 34 ha | 18 ha | 51 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 9 ha | 23 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Zipaquirá?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 1,160 ha
- Loggingcan grow back27% · 449 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.9% · 48 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
- 11,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,800 ha
- Overall change
- −143 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zipaquirá stayed about the same size, at about 11,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 312 hectares, and about 456 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 Zipaquirá right now?
The latest reading for Zipaquirá shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 12:00 local time by the Cajicá, Cundinamarca (Sector Rincón Santo) ground monitoring station, 9.9 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zipaquirá today?
At AQI 58 (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 Zipaquirá been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zipaquirá's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 23 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zipaquirá lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zipaquirá has lost about 1,660 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zipaquirá stayed about the same size, at about 11,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 312 hectares, and about 456 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zipaquirá?
Zipaquirá has an estimated 95,504 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 30.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zipaquirá need?
Zipaquirá has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Zipaquirá's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Zipaquirá, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Zipaquirá; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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