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Air quality now: AQI60Moderate, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

City report · Michoacán, Mexico

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Air quality today

Air quality in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 60

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
14.0
tree cover
31.3%
trees in this area
98.2K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, 60950 Cdad. Lázaro Cárdenas, Mich., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas · AQI 60 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 10, 2026

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas's tree count comes to 98,234 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas today: AQI 60, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 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

14.0

PM10

15.6

NO₂

9.6

O₃

58.0

SO₂

4.1

CO

267.0

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 Lázaro Cárdenas's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 32 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 7.

Last 7 daysavg 51 · peak 68
Nov 5: AQI 32 (peak 52)Nov 6: AQI 48 (peak 58)Nov 7: AQI 60 (peak 68)Nov 8: AQI 53 (peak 58)Nov 9: AQI 47 (peak 61)Nov 10: AQI 57 (peak 61)Nov 11: AQI 60 (peak 60)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas: Healthy tree cover

31.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

98,234

Target trees

98,234

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas has lost about 579 hectares of forest (about 810 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, March 2017

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

Forest lost since 2001
579 haabout 810 football pitches
Share of its forest
13%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
571 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2024, when about 59 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.59.2

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Forest lost each year around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
20015 haunder 1 ha5 ha
20022 haunder 1 ha2 ha
20032 haunder 1 ha3 ha
20046 haunder 1 ha6 ha
200515 haunder 1 ha16 ha
200610 haunder 1 ha10 ha
200712 haunder 1 ha12 ha
200835 haunder 1 ha35 ha
200911 haunder 1 ha12 ha
201015 haunder 1 ha16 ha
201121 haunder 1 ha22 ha
201213 haunder 1 ha13 ha
201322 haunder 1 ha23 ha
201413 haunder 1 ha13 ha
201520 haunder 1 ha20 ha
201642 haunder 1 ha42 ha
201729 haunder 1 ha29 ha
201822 haunder 1 ha22 ha
201933 haunder 1 ha33 ha
202035 haunder 1 ha35 ha
202145 haunder 1 ha45 ha
202231 haunder 1 ha31 ha
202323 haunder 1 ha23 ha
202459 haunder 1 ha59 ha
202549 ha6 ha55 ha

What is causing deforestation around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 416 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 105 ha
  • Mining and energycleared for good8.6% · 50 ha

Also: 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
6,500 ha
Forest in 2020
6,450 ha
Overall change
−48 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas stayed about the same size, at about 6,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 844 hectares, and about 892 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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

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

The latest reading for Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 01:00 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 Lázaro Cárdenas 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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 32 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 68 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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas has lost about 579 hectares of forest (about 810 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas stayed about the same size, at about 6,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 844 hectares, and about 892 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas?

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas has an estimated 98,234 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 31.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas need?

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas'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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