City report · Tamaulipas, Mexico
Ciudad Victoria Air quality today
Air quality in Ciudad Victoria currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 58
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.6
- tree cover
- 14.0%
- trees in this area
- 44.0K
- more trees needed
- 50.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Residencial Selectas, Cdad. Victoria, Tamps., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ciudad Victoria · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Ciudad Victoria's tree count comes to 43,982 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,265 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ciudad Victoria today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Ciudad Benito Juárez and Monterrey
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.6
PM10
8.6
NO₂
2.0
O₃
74.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
187.0
- 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 Victoria's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 22 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 6.
Where Ciudad Victoria stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ciudad Victoria: Critically low
14.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
43,982
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
50,265
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,106 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ciudad Victoria lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Victoria has lost about 1,590 hectares of forest (about 2,200 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,590 haabout 2,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,580 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 370 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 369 ha | 1 ha | 370 ha |
| 2002 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2003 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2005 | 183 ha | 1 ha | 184 ha |
| 2006 | 130 ha | under 1 ha | 130 ha |
| 2007 | 83 ha | under 1 ha | 84 ha |
| 2008 | 168 ha | under 1 ha | 168 ha |
| 2009 | 97 ha | under 1 ha | 97 ha |
| 2010 | 85 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2012 | 24 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2015 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2018 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2023 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 17 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ciudad Victoria?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good54% · 868 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good43% · 688 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.6% · 26 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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
- 14,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,100 ha
- Overall change
- −342 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ciudad Victoria shrank from about 14,500 hectares to 14,100 hectares, a net loss of about 342 hectares (−2.4%). New forest grew on about 463 hectares, but 805 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 Victoria right now?
The latest reading for Ciudad Victoria shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 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 Ciudad Victoria today?
At AQI 58 (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 Victoria been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ciudad Victoria's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 22 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ciudad Victoria lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ciudad Victoria has lost about 1,590 hectares of forest (about 2,200 football pitches): 11% 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 Victoria shrank from about 14,500 hectares to 14,100 hectares, a net loss of about 342 hectares (−2.4%). New forest grew on about 463 hectares, but 805 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ciudad Victoria?
Ciudad Victoria has an estimated 43,982 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.0% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ciudad Victoria need?
Ciudad Victoria needs roughly 50,265 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,106 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ciudad Victoria'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 Residencial Selectas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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