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Iztapalapa Air quality today
Air quality in Iztapalapa currently reads AQI 110 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 110
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 39.0
- tree cover
- 9.2%
- trees in this area
- 28.9K
- more trees needed
- 81.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Albarrada, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Iztapalapa · AQI 110 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Iztapalapa's tree count comes to 28,903 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,053 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Iztapalapa today: AQI 110, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · UAM Iztapalapa, 1.4 km away · median of 6 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.0
PM10
71.0
NO₂
92.2
O₃
22.6
SO₂
10.5
CO
1317.4
Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iztapalapa's daily AQI at 86 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 137 on Nov 9.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Iztapalapa: Critically low
9.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
28,903
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
81,053
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,783 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Iztapalapa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iztapalapa has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (48%). About 2 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 4 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 2010, 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 | 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 | 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 Iztapalapa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown55% · 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
- 661 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 689 ha
- Overall change
- +28 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iztapalapa grew from about 661 hectares to 689 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+4.2%). New forest grew on about 73 hectares, while 46 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 Iztapalapa right now?
The latest reading for Iztapalapa shows an AQI of 110 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 6 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is UAM Iztapalapa, 1.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Iztapalapa today?
At AQI 110 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Iztapalapa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iztapalapa's daily AQI at 86 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 137 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Iztapalapa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iztapalapa has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (48%). About 2 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iztapalapa grew from about 661 hectares to 689 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+4.2%). New forest grew on about 73 hectares, while 46 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Iztapalapa?
Iztapalapa has an estimated 28,903 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.2% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Iztapalapa need?
Iztapalapa needs roughly 81,053 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,783 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Iztapalapa's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Albarrada, 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 Albarrada; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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