City report · Veracruz, Mexico
Minatitlán Air quality today
Air quality in Minatitlán currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 38
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.5
- tree cover
- 22.8%
- trees in this area
- 71.6K
- more trees needed
- 22.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around La Bomba, Minatitlán, Ver., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Minatitlán · AQI 38 (Good)
Minatitlán's tree count comes to 71,628 trees across 12.57 km², 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 22,619 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Minatitlán today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 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
6.5
PM10
9.0
NO₂
1.1
O₃
73.0
SO₂
1.7
CO
129.0
- 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 Minatitlán's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 34 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 6.
Where Minatitlán stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Minatitlán: Below target
22.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
71,628
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
22,619
CO₂ if planted / yr
497.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Minatitlán lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Minatitlán has lost about 1,280 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,280 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,230 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 57 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 74 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 104 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2003 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2004 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2005 | 52 ha | 2 ha | 54 ha |
| 2006 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2007 | 24 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2009 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2010 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2011 | 63 ha | 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2012 | 36 ha | 3 ha | 39 ha |
| 2013 | 66 ha | 5 ha | 71 ha |
| 2014 | 67 ha | 5 ha | 71 ha |
| 2015 | 74 ha | 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2016 | 66 ha | under 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2017 | 66 ha | 2 ha | 68 ha |
| 2018 | 90 ha | 1 ha | 91 ha |
| 2019 | 99 ha | 4 ha | 103 ha |
| 2020 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2021 | 53 ha | 7 ha | 60 ha |
| 2022 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2023 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2024 | 94 ha | 10 ha | 104 ha |
| 2025 | 34 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Minatitlán?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good84% · 1,070 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 160 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back3.1% · 40 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
- 4,950 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,160 ha
- Overall change
- +219 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Minatitlán grew from about 4,950 hectares to 5,160 hectares, a net gain of about 219 hectares (+4.4%). New forest grew on about 828 hectares, while 610 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 Minatitlán right now?
The latest reading for Minatitlán shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 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 Minatitlán today?
At AQI 38 (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 Minatitlán been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Minatitlán's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 34 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Minatitlán lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Minatitlán has lost about 1,280 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 57 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 74 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Minatitlán grew from about 4,950 hectares to 5,160 hectares, a net gain of about 219 hectares (+4.4%). New forest grew on about 828 hectares, while 610 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Minatitlán?
Minatitlán has an estimated 71,628 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 22.8% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Minatitlán need?
Minatitlán needs roughly 22,619 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 497.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Minatitlán'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 La Bomba; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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