City report · Nuevo León, Mexico
Ciudad General Escobedo Air quality today
Air quality in Ciudad General Escobedo currently reads AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 106
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.7
- tree cover
- 8.2%
- trees in this area
- 25.8K
- more trees needed
- 84.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Monte Real, 66056 Cdad. Gral. Escobedo, N.L., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ciudad General Escobedo · AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Ciudad General Escobedo's tree count comes to 25,761 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 84,195 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ciudad General Escobedo today: AQI 106, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Monterrey, Centro, 13.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
37.7
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, BioLets, Bosquencinos Sensor 01
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad General Escobedo's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 38 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 5.
Where Ciudad General Escobedo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ciudad General Escobedo: Critically low
8.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
25,761
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
84,195
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,852 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ciudad General Escobedo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad General Escobedo has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 38% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 303 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 38%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 287 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 26 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2005 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2007 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2010 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 11 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ciudad General Escobedo?
- Towns and roadscleared for good84% · 255 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good8.8% · 27 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back4.6% · 14 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 1,270 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,100 ha
- Overall change
- −175 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad General Escobedo shrank from about 1,270 hectares to 1,100 hectares, a net loss of about 175 hectares (−14%). New forest grew on about 120 hectares, but 294 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 Ciudad General Escobedo right now?
The latest reading for Ciudad General Escobedo shows an AQI of 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Monterrey, Centro, 13.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ciudad General Escobedo today?
At AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Ciudad General Escobedo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad General Escobedo's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 38 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 82 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 Ciudad General Escobedo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad General Escobedo has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 38% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad General Escobedo shrank from about 1,270 hectares to 1,100 hectares, a net loss of about 175 hectares (−14%). New forest grew on about 120 hectares, but 294 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ciudad General Escobedo?
Ciudad General Escobedo has an estimated 25,761 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 8.2% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ciudad General Escobedo need?
Ciudad General Escobedo needs roughly 84,195 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,852 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ciudad General Escobedo's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Monte Real, 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 Monte Real; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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