City report · Tamaulipas, Mexico
Nuevo Laredo Air quality today
Air quality in Nuevo Laredo currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 31
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.5
- tree cover
- 10.4%
- trees in this area
- 32.7K
- more trees needed
- 61.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Juárez, 88209 Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nuevo Laredo · AQI 31 (Good)
Nuevo Laredo's tree count comes to 32,673 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,575 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nuevo Laredo today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via OpenAQ and World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · World Trade Bridge, Laredo, Texas, 13.8 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
55.0
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirNow, World Air Quality Index Project, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Air Now - US EPA
- 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 Nuevo Laredo's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 20 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 7.
Where Nuevo Laredo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nuevo Laredo: Critically low
10.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
32,673
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
61,575
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,355 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nuevo Laredo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nuevo Laredo has lost about 104 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 52% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 104 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 52%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 81 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 25 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 12 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 21 ha | 4 ha | 25 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 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 Nuevo Laredo?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 55 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · 26 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back14% · 15 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
- 274 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 263 ha
- Overall change
- −11 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nuevo Laredo shrank from about 274 hectares to 263 hectares, a net loss of about 11 hectares (−4%). New forest grew on about 43 hectares, but 54 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 Nuevo Laredo right now?
The latest reading for Nuevo Laredo shows an AQI of 31 (Good), measured Nov 11, 11:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is World Trade Bridge, Laredo, Texas, 13.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nuevo Laredo today?
At AQI 31 (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 Nuevo Laredo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nuevo Laredo's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 20 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nuevo Laredo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nuevo Laredo has lost about 104 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 52% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nuevo Laredo shrank from about 274 hectares to 263 hectares, a net loss of about 11 hectares (−4%). New forest grew on about 43 hectares, but 54 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nuevo Laredo?
Nuevo Laredo has an estimated 32,673 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.4% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nuevo Laredo need?
Nuevo Laredo needs roughly 61,575 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,355 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nuevo Laredo's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Juárez, 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 Juárez; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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