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Puerto Vallarta Air quality today
Air quality in Puerto Vallarta currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.1
- tree cover
- 47.5%
- trees in this area
- 95.4K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around 5 de Diciembre, Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Puerto Vallarta · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Puerto Vallarta's tree count comes to 95,355 trees across 8.03 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Puerto Vallarta today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Tepic and Zapopan
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.1
PM10
8.3
NO₂
1.6
O₃
96.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
165.0
- 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 Puerto Vallarta's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 36 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5.
Where Puerto Vallarta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Puerto Vallarta: Healthy tree cover
47.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.03 km² of land.
Trees in this area
95,355
Target trees
95,355
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Puerto Vallarta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Vallarta has lost about 272 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 272 haabout 380 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 260 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 32 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2006 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2019 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2023 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2024 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Puerto Vallarta?
- Towns and roadscleared for good58% · 158 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good27% · 74 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good10% · 28 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 14,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,300 ha
- Overall change
- +11 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Vallarta stayed about the same size, at about 14,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 121 hectares, and about 110 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Puerto Vallarta
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Tepic105.0 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 70
- Manzanillo190.9 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 30%
- Air quality
- 159
- Zapopan192.1 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 122
- Tlaquepaque201.6 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 122
- Ciudad Guzmán210.5 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 21%
- Air quality
- 67
- Colima220.1 km
Mexico
- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 132
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Puerto Vallarta right now?
The latest reading for Puerto Vallarta shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Puerto Vallarta today?
At AQI 60 (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 Puerto Vallarta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Puerto Vallarta's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 36 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Puerto Vallarta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Puerto Vallarta has lost about 272 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Puerto Vallarta stayed about the same size, at about 14,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 121 hectares, and about 110 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Puerto Vallarta?
Puerto Vallarta has an estimated 95,355 trees across the 8.03 km² of land measured — 47.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Puerto Vallarta need?
Puerto Vallarta has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Puerto Vallarta'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 5 de Diciembre; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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