City report · Texas, United States
Corpus Christi Air quality today
Air quality in Corpus Christi currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 18
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.0
- tree cover
- 9.8%
- trees in this area
- 18.8K
- more trees needed
- 38.7K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Central City, Corpus Christi, TX, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Oct 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Corpus Christi · AQI 18 (Good)
Corpus Christi's tree count comes to 18,780 trees across 3.0 sq mi (7.67 km²) of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 38,711 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Corpus Christi today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 139.8 mi (225 km), e.g. McAllen and San Antonio
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.0
PM10
6.6
NO₂
3.1
O₃
80.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
145.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Corpus Christi's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 16 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 7.
Where Corpus Christi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Corpus Christi: Critically low
9.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.0 sq mi (7.67 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
18,780
Target trees
57,491
More trees needed
38,711
CO₂ if planted / yr
851.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Corpus Christi lost?
There was very little forest around Corpus Christi in 2000, about 237 acres (96 hectares), and about 23 acres (9 hectares) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2014, when about 4 acres (2 hectares) of forest were lost.
Acres of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 acres (1 ha) |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 3 acres (1 ha) | under 1 ha | 3 acres (1 ha) |
| 2006 | 2 acres (1 ha) | under 1 ha | 2 acres (1 ha) |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 3 acres (1 ha) | under 1 ha | 3 acres (1 ha) |
| 2014 | 4 acres (2 ha) | under 1 ha | 4 acres (2 ha) |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Corpus Christi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good60% · 14 acres (6 ha)
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good12% · 3 acres (1 ha)
- Unknown causescause unknown25% · 6 acres (2 ha)
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
- 1,460 acres (592 ha)
- Forest in 2020
- 1,820 acres (737 ha)
- Overall change
- +358 acres (145 ha)more forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Corpus Christi grew from about 1,460 acres (592 hectares) to 1,820 acres (737 hectares), a net gain of about 358 acres (145 hectares) (+24%). New forest grew on about 373 acres (151 hectares), while 15 acres (6 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Corpus Christi
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- McAllen195.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 24
- San Antonio209.9 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 38
- Laredo210.5 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 47
- Reynosa210.6 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 24
- Brownsville211.4 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 57
- Nuevo Laredo211.9 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 47
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Corpus Christi right now?
The latest reading for Corpus Christi shows an AQI of 18 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Corpus Christi today?
At AQI 18 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Corpus Christi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Corpus Christi's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 16 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 66 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 Corpus Christi lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Corpus Christi in 2000, about 237 acres (96 hectares), and about 23 acres (9 hectares) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Corpus Christi grew from about 1,460 acres (592 hectares) to 1,820 acres (737 hectares), a net gain of about 358 acres (145 hectares) (+24%). New forest grew on about 373 acres (151 hectares), while 15 acres (6 hectares) were lost.
What is the tree count in Corpus Christi?
Corpus Christi has an estimated 18,780 trees across the 3.0 sq mi (7.67 km²) of land measured — 9.8% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Corpus Christi need?
Corpus Christi needs roughly 38,711 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 851.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Corpus Christi'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 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Central City; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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