City report · Sinaloa, Mexico
Los Mochis Air quality today
Air quality in Los Mochis currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 29
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.9
- tree cover
- 11.7%
- trees in this area
- 36.8K
- more trees needed
- 57.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, Los Mochis, Sin., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Los Mochis · AQI 29 (Good)
Los Mochis's tree count comes to 36,757 trees across 12.57 km², 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 57,491 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Los Mochis today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 06:00 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
5.9
PM10
7.0
NO₂
12.9
O₃
27.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
303.0
- 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 Los Mochis's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 13 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 49 on Nov 6.
Where Los Mochis stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Los Mochis: Critically low
11.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
36,757
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
57,491
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,265 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Los Mochis lost?
There was very little forest around Los Mochis in 2000, about 32 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 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 Los Mochis?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good24% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good17% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown59% · 5 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Los Mochis right now?
The latest reading for Los Mochis shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 10, 06:00 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 Los Mochis 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 Los Mochis been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Los Mochis's daily AQI at 24 on average, from 13 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 49 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Los Mochis lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Los Mochis in 2000, about 32 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Los Mochis?
Los Mochis has an estimated 36,757 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 11.7% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Los Mochis need?
Los Mochis needs roughly 57,491 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,265 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Los Mochis'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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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