City report · Morelos, Mexico
Cuautla Air quality today
Air quality in Cuautla currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 44
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.0
- tree cover
- 32.2%
- trees in this area
- 101K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Cuautla, Mor., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cuautla · AQI 44 (Good)
Cuautla's tree count comes to 101,159 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cuautla today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Palacio Municipal, 20.2 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.0
PM10
28.0
NO₂
11.1
O₃
79.4
SO₂
5.8
CO
546.9
Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico
- 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 Cuautla's daily AQI at 63 on average, from 56 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 4.
Where Cuautla stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cuautla: Healthy tree cover
32.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
101,159
Target trees
101,159
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cuautla lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cuautla has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (37%). About 2 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4 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 2006, when about 1 hectare 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Cuautla?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good37% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown51% · 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
- 2,670 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,920 ha
- Overall change
- +251 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cuautla grew from about 2,670 hectares to 2,920 hectares, a net gain of about 251 hectares (+9.4%). New forest grew on about 268 hectares, while 16 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 Cuautla right now?
The latest reading for Cuautla shows an AQI of 44 (Good), measured Nov 11, 11:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Palacio Municipal, 20.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cuautla today?
At AQI 44 (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 Cuautla been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cuautla's daily AQI at 63 on average, from 56 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cuautla lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cuautla has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (37%). About 2 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cuautla grew from about 2,670 hectares to 2,920 hectares, a net gain of about 251 hectares (+9.4%). New forest grew on about 268 hectares, while 16 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cuautla?
Cuautla has an estimated 101,159 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 32.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cuautla need?
Cuautla has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Cuautla's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Centro, 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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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