City report · Guerrero, Mexico
Acapulco de Juárez Air quality today
Air quality in Acapulco de Juárez currently reads AQI 56 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 56
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.8
- tree cover
- 18.9%
- trees in this area
- 39.4K
- more trees needed
- 23.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zona Urbana 49, Acapulco de Juárez, Gro., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Acapulco de Juárez · AQI 56 (Moderate)
Acapulco de Juárez's tree count comes to 39,366 trees across 8.33 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 23,120 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Acapulco de Juárez today: AQI 56, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.8
PM10
10.9
NO₂
7.6
O₃
70.0
SO₂
3.4
CO
450.0
- 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 Acapulco de Juárez's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 41 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 7.
Where Acapulco de Juárez stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Acapulco de Juárez: Below target
18.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.33 km² of land.
Trees in this area
39,366
Target trees
62,486
More trees needed
23,120
CO₂ if planted / yr
508.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Acapulco de Juárez lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Acapulco de Juárez has lost about 2,560 hectares of forest (about 3,600 football pitches): 43% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) 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 6 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,560 haabout 3,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 43%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 439 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 17 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 1,900 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2008 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2009 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 27 ha | 4 ha | 31 ha |
| 2013 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2015 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2018 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2019 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2021 | 40 ha | 4 ha | 44 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 965 ha | 936 ha | 1,900 ha |
| 2024 | 128 ha | 106 ha | 234 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Acapulco de Juárez?
- Wildfirescan grow back41% · 1,060 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good35% · 902 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good23% · 599 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
- 8,110 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,090 ha
- Overall change
- −14 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Acapulco de Juárez stayed about the same size, at about 8,090 hectares: new forest grew on about 179 hectares, and about 193 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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Questions about Acapulco de Juárez
What is the air quality (AQI) in Acapulco de Juárez right now?
The latest reading for Acapulco de Juárez shows an AQI of 56 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Acapulco de Juárez today?
At AQI 56 (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 Acapulco de Juárez been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Acapulco de Juárez's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 41 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Acapulco de Juárez lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Acapulco de Juárez has lost about 2,560 hectares of forest (about 3,600 football pitches): 43% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 439 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 17 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Acapulco de Juárez stayed about the same size, at about 8,090 hectares: new forest grew on about 179 hectares, and about 193 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Acapulco de Juárez?
Acapulco de Juárez has an estimated 39,366 trees across the 8.33 km² of land measured — 18.9% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Acapulco de Juárez need?
Acapulco de Juárez needs roughly 23,120 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 508.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Acapulco de Juárez'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 Zona Urbana 49; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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