City report · Guerrero, Mexico
Chilpancingo Air quality today
Air quality in Chilpancingo currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.8
- tree cover
- 18.5%
- trees in this area
- 58.1K
- more trees needed
- 36.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Chilpancingo de los Bravo, 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.
Chilpancingo · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Chilpancingo's tree count comes to 58,119 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,128 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chilpancingo today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Cuautla and Toluca de Lerdo
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.8
PM10
9.7
NO₂
15.2
O₃
30.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
178.0
- 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 Chilpancingo's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 42 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 9.
Where Chilpancingo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chilpancingo: Below target
18.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
58,119
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
36,128
CO₂ if planted / yr
794.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chilpancingo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chilpancingo has lost about 299 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (65%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 299 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 194 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 35 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 16 ha | 3 ha | 19 ha |
| 2006 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2008 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 14 ha | 8 ha | 22 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 25 ha | 35 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 25 ha | 30 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chilpancingo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good30% · 89 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back28% · 82 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 56 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 17,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,700 ha
- Overall change
- −116 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chilpancingo stayed about the same size, at about 17,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 139 hectares, and about 255 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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- 88.2 km
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 66
- Acapulco de Juárez89.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 56
- Cuautla151.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 73
- Yautepec154.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 29%
- Air quality
- 82
- Cuernavaca155.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 80
- Toluca193.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 112
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chilpancingo right now?
The latest reading for Chilpancingo shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 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 Chilpancingo today?
At AQI 60 (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 Chilpancingo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chilpancingo's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 42 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chilpancingo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chilpancingo has lost about 299 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (65%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chilpancingo stayed about the same size, at about 17,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 139 hectares, and about 255 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chilpancingo?
Chilpancingo has an estimated 58,119 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.5% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chilpancingo need?
Chilpancingo needs roughly 36,128 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 794.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chilpancingo'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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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