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Cuernavaca Air quality today
Air quality in Cuernavaca currently reads AQI 96 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 96
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.5
- tree cover
- 33.4%
- trees in this area
- 105K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Amatitlán, Cuernavaca, 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.
Cuernavaca · AQI 96 (Moderate)
Cuernavaca's tree count comes to 104,929 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 Cuernavaca today: AQI 96, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Ixtapaluca and Mexico City
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.5
PM10
21.6
NO₂
45.3
O₃
0.0
SO₂
8.9
CO
265.0
- 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 Cuernavaca's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 61 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 98 on Nov 4.
Where Cuernavaca stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cuernavaca: Healthy tree cover
33.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
104,929
Target trees
104,929
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cuernavaca lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cuernavaca has lost about 113 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (11%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 113 haabout 160 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 12 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 51 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 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 | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 51 ha | 51 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cuernavaca?
- Wildfirescan grow back71% · 81 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back13% · 15 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.3% · 8 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 10,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,100 ha
- Overall change
- +103 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cuernavaca stayed about the same size, at about 10,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 177 hectares, and about 74 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 Cuernavaca right now?
The latest reading for Cuernavaca shows an AQI of 96 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 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 Cuernavaca today?
At AQI 96 (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 Cuernavaca been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cuernavaca's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 61 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 98 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 Cuernavaca lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cuernavaca has lost about 113 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (11%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cuernavaca stayed about the same size, at about 10,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 177 hectares, and about 74 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cuernavaca?
Cuernavaca has an estimated 104,929 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 33.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cuernavaca need?
Cuernavaca has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Cuernavaca'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 Amatitlán; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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