City report · Guatemala
Mixco
Measured across a 2 km radius around Villa de Mixco, Guatemala City, Guatemala (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 48.4%
- Air quality
- 20Good
- Trees in this area
- 152K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Aug 28, 2026
Mixco's tree count comes to 152,053 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 20 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mixco: Healthy tree cover
48.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
152,053
Target trees
152,053
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mixco today: AQI 20, Good
Observed Oct 19, 15:51 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · US_Embassy_Guatemala_City, 13.2 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Clarity
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mixco lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mixco has lost about 1,520 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,520 haabout 2,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,440 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 169 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 25 ha | 21 ha | 46 ha |
| 2003 | 21 ha | 5 ha | 25 ha |
| 2004 | 147 ha | 13 ha | 160 ha |
| 2005 | 46 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2006 | 100 ha | 2 ha | 102 ha |
| 2007 | 144 ha | 8 ha | 152 ha |
| 2008 | 125 ha | 8 ha | 133 ha |
| 2009 | 58 ha | 3 ha | 61 ha |
| 2010 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 163 ha | 6 ha | 169 ha |
| 2013 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2014 | 44 ha | 2 ha | 46 ha |
| 2015 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2016 | 30 ha | 2 ha | 32 ha |
| 2017 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2018 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2019 | 56 ha | 2 ha | 58 ha |
| 2020 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2021 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2022 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2023 | 28 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2024 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2025 | 59 ha | 3 ha | 62 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mixco?
- Towns and roadscleared for good61% · 924 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good34% · 512 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.5% · 68 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
- 17,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,800 ha
- Overall change
- −291 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mixco stayed about the same size, at about 16,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 502 hectares, and about 793 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 centre, 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 tree count in Mixco?
Mixco has an estimated 152,053 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 48.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mixco need?
Mixco has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Mixco right now?
The latest reading for Mixco shows an AQI of 20 (Good), measured Oct 19, 15:51 local time by the US_Embassy_Guatemala_City ground monitoring station, 13.2 km away, via OpenAQ. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Mixco lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mixco has lost about 1,520 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mixco stayed about the same size, at about 16,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 502 hectares, and about 793 hectares were lost.
How is Mixco's tree cover and air quality measured?
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 Villa de Mixco; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Villa de Mixco, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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