City report · Chihuahua, Mexico
Cuauhtémoc Air quality today
Air quality in Cuauhtémoc currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 29
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.0
- tree cover
- 4.4%
- trees in this area
- 13.8K
- more trees needed
- 80.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zona Centro, 31500 Cuauhtémoc, Chih., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cuauhtémoc · AQI 29 (Good)
Cuauhtémoc's tree count comes to 13,823 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 80,425 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cuauhtémoc today: AQI 29, Good
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
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.0
PM10
4.4
NO₂
0.2
O₃
85.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
127.0
- 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 Cuauhtémoc's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 5 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 10.
Where Cuauhtémoc stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cuauhtémoc: Critically low
4.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
13,823
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
80,425
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,769 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cuauhtémoc lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cuauhtémoc has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 5 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Cuauhtémoc?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good53% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.8% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown41% · 1 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
- 668 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 611 ha
- Overall change
- −57 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cuauhtémoc shrank from about 668 hectares to 611 hectares, a net loss of about 57 hectares (−8.5%). New forest grew on about 80 hectares, but 137 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 Cuauhtémoc right now?
The latest reading for Cuauhtémoc shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cuauhtémoc today?
At AQI 29 (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 Cuauhtémoc been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cuauhtémoc's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 5 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 56 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 Cuauhtémoc lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cuauhtémoc has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cuauhtémoc shrank from about 668 hectares to 611 hectares, a net loss of about 57 hectares (−8.5%). New forest grew on about 80 hectares, but 137 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cuauhtémoc?
Cuauhtémoc has an estimated 13,823 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.4% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cuauhtémoc need?
Cuauhtémoc needs roughly 80,425 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,769 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cuauhtémoc'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 Zona Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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