City report · Hidalgo, Mexico
Pachuca de Soto Air quality today
Air quality in Pachuca de Soto currently reads AQI 73 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 73
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 20.9
- tree cover
- 8.6%
- trees in this area
- 27.0K
- more trees needed
- 67.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Real de Minas, Pachuca de Soto, Hgo., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pachuca de Soto · AQI 73 (Moderate)
Pachuca de Soto's tree count comes to 27,018 trees across 12.57 km², 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 67,230 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pachuca de Soto today: AQI 73, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Instituto Tecnológico de Pachuca, 5.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
20.9
PM10
73.4
NO₂
32.8
O₃
56.3
SO₂
17.5
CO
1905.2
Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pachuca de Soto's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 6.
Where Pachuca de Soto stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pachuca de Soto: Critically low
8.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
27,018
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
67,230
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,479 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pachuca de Soto lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pachuca de Soto has lost about 243 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 3.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 70 hectares (29%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 243 haabout 340 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 70 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 80 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
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 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 2 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 80 ha | 80 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | 65 ha | 76 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 18 ha | 19 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pachuca de Soto?
- Wildfirescan grow back54% · 131 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 39 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back11% · 27 ha
Also: mining and energy, logging, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 9,330 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,450 ha
- Overall change
- +121 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pachuca de Soto stayed about the same size, at about 9,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 156 hectares, and about 35 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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Questions about Pachuca de Soto
What is the air quality (AQI) in Pachuca de Soto right now?
The latest reading for Pachuca de Soto shows an AQI of 73 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 11:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Instituto Tecnológico de Pachuca, 5.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pachuca de Soto today?
At AQI 73 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Pachuca de Soto been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pachuca de Soto's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 92 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 Pachuca de Soto lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pachuca de Soto has lost about 243 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 3.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 70 hectares (29%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pachuca de Soto stayed about the same size, at about 9,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 156 hectares, and about 35 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pachuca de Soto?
Pachuca de Soto has an estimated 27,018 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 8.6% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pachuca de Soto need?
Pachuca de Soto needs roughly 67,230 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,479 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pachuca de Soto's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Real de Minas, 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 Real de Minas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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