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Chetumal Air quality today

Air quality in Chetumal currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 17

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
3.0
tree cover
19.3%
trees in this area
60.6K
more trees needed
33.6K

Measured across a 2 km radius around 17 de Octubre, Chetumal, Q.R., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Chetumal · AQI 17 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 5, 2026

Chetumal's tree count comes to 60,633 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,615 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Chetumal today: AQI 17, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

3.0

PM10

3.7

NO₂

1.9

O₃

42.0

SO₂

0.7

CO

115.0

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 Chetumal's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 17 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 8.

Last 7 daysavg 30 · peak 51
Nov 5: AQI 33 (peak 44)Nov 6: AQI 37 (peak 44)Nov 7: AQI 28 (peak 37)Nov 8: AQI 38 (peak 51)Nov 9: AQI 34 (peak 48)Nov 10: AQI 23 (peak 33)Nov 11: AQI 17 (peak 17)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Chetumal: Below target

19.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

11 points below target

Trees in this area

60,633

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

33,615

CO₂ if planted / yr

739.5 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Chetumal lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chetumal has lost about 5,180 hectares of forest (about 7,300 football pitches): 36% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Chetumal, February 2017

2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
5,180 haabout 7,300 football pitches
Share of its forest
36%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
4,060 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 150 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 333 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 885 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.

Forest lost each year around Chetumal, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Chetumal, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.885

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Forest lost each year around Chetumal, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001147 ha10 ha157 ha
2002196 ha11 ha207 ha
2003135 ha21 ha156 ha
2004225 ha14 ha239 ha
2005177 ha28 ha205 ha
2006116 ha5 ha121 ha
2007257 ha30 ha287 ha
2008218 ha10 ha228 ha
2009166 ha30 ha196 ha
2010147 ha17 ha164 ha
2011247 ha99 ha346 ha
2012149 ha8 ha157 ha
201391 ha3 ha94 ha
201492 ha14 ha106 ha
201586 ha19 ha105 ha
2016132 ha15 ha147 ha
2017273 ha31 ha304 ha
2018159 ha8 ha167 ha
2019136 ha25 ha161 ha
2020258 ha627 ha885 ha
2021215 ha22 ha237 ha
202289 ha20 ha109 ha
2023151 ha11 ha162 ha
2024104 ha42 ha146 ha
202590 ha6 ha97 ha

What is causing deforestation around Chetumal?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good45% · 2,320 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good29% · 1,520 ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back15% · 783 ha

Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, 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
12,200 ha
Forest in 2020
11,500 ha
Overall change
−692 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chetumal shrank from about 12,200 hectares to 11,500 hectares, a net loss of about 692 hectares (−5.7%). New forest grew on about 1,080 hectares, but 1,770 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 Chetumal right now?

The latest reading for Chetumal shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Chetumal today?

At AQI 17 (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 Chetumal been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chetumal's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 17 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Chetumal lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chetumal has lost about 5,180 hectares of forest (about 7,300 football pitches): 36% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 150 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 333 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chetumal shrank from about 12,200 hectares to 11,500 hectares, a net loss of about 692 hectares (−5.7%). New forest grew on about 1,080 hectares, but 1,770 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Chetumal?

Chetumal has an estimated 60,633 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.3% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Chetumal need?

Chetumal needs roughly 33,615 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 739.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Chetumal'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 17 de Octubre; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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