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Air quality now: AQI51Moderate, Ciudad Delicias

City report · Chihuahua, Mexico

Ciudad Delicias Air quality today

Air quality in Ciudad Delicias currently reads AQI 51 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 51

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
8.5
tree cover
2.6%
trees in this area
8.2K
more trees needed
86.1K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Sur 1, Delicias, Chih., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ciudad Delicias · AQI 51 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 26, 2026

Ciudad Delicias's tree count comes to 8,168 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 86,080 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Ciudad Delicias today: AQI 51, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 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

8.5

PM10

8.9

NO₂

0.3

O₃

76.0

SO₂

0.8

CO

126.0

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 Ciudad Delicias's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 5 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 10.

Last 7 daysavg 17 · peak 59
Nov 4: AQI 10 (peak 17)Nov 5: AQI 6 (peak 11)Nov 6: AQI 8 (peak 18)Nov 7: AQI 20 (peak 52)Nov 8: AQI 5 (peak 29)Nov 9: AQI 15 (peak 55)Nov 10: AQI 57 (peak 59)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ciudad Delicias: Critically low

2.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

27 points below target

Trees in this area

8,168

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

86,080

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,894 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ciudad Delicias lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Delicias has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (40%). About 1 hectare (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Satellite image of the area around Ciudad Delicias, January 2017

2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
3 haabout 4 football pitches
Share of its forest
1.3%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year around Ciudad Delicias, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Ciudad Delicias, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.7

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Forest lost each year around Ciudad Delicias, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
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2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
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2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Ciudad Delicias?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good40% · 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown63% · 2 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Ciudad Delicias right now?

The latest reading for Ciudad Delicias shows an AQI of 51 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 14:00 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 Ciudad Delicias today?

At AQI 51 (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 Ciudad Delicias been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad Delicias's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 5 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Ciudad Delicias lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Delicias has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (40%). About 1 hectare (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

What is the tree count in Ciudad Delicias?

Ciudad Delicias has an estimated 8,168 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.6% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ciudad Delicias need?

Ciudad Delicias needs roughly 86,080 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,894 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Ciudad Delicias'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 Sur 1; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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