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Ixtapaluca Air quality today
Air quality in Ixtapaluca currently reads AQI 86 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 86
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 28.0
- tree cover
- 7.0%
- trees in this area
- 22.0K
- more trees needed
- 72.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Manzana 012, Centro, 56530 Ixtapaluca, Méx., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ixtapaluca · AQI 86 (Moderate)
Ixtapaluca's tree count comes to 21,991 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 72,257 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ixtapaluca today: AQI 86, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Santiago Acahualtepec, 13.7 km away · median of 6 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
28.0
PM10
65.0
NO₂
58.3
O₃
11.8
SO₂
9.2
CO
1374.7
Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico
- 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 Ixtapaluca's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 55 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 9.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ixtapaluca: Critically low
7.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
21,991
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
72,257
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,590 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ixtapaluca lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ixtapaluca has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 9 haabout 13 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 7 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 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 Ixtapaluca?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good57% · 5 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good13% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.3% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 1,080 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,040 ha
- Overall change
- −32 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ixtapaluca shrank from about 1,080 hectares to 1,040 hectares, a net loss of about 32 hectares (−3%). New forest grew on about 36 hectares, but 68 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 Ixtapaluca right now?
The latest reading for Ixtapaluca shows an AQI of 86 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 09:00 local time by 6 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Santiago Acahualtepec, 13.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ixtapaluca today?
At AQI 86 (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 Ixtapaluca been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ixtapaluca's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 55 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ixtapaluca lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ixtapaluca has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ixtapaluca shrank from about 1,080 hectares to 1,040 hectares, a net loss of about 32 hectares (−3%). New forest grew on about 36 hectares, but 68 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ixtapaluca?
Ixtapaluca has an estimated 21,991 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.0% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ixtapaluca need?
Ixtapaluca needs roughly 72,257 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,590 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ixtapaluca's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Manzana 012, 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 Manzana 012; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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