Mexico · Campeche · 2 cities
Air quality in Campeche today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Campeche has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Campeche (AQI 34, Good), and Ciudad del Carmen the worst (AQI 36, Good). Ciudad del Carmen has the most tree cover, at 18.6% — #35 of 114 cities measured in Mexico.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 16.3%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- worst air now: Ciudad del Carmen
- 36
- cleanest air now: Campeche
- 34
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Campeche
Air quality today across Campeche, city by city
| Campeche | 34Good | 14.0% | 50.3K | #49 of 114 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad del Carmen | 36Good | 18.6% | 28.9K | #35 of 114 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Mexico.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Campeche lost?
Since 2001, Campeche has lost about 1.02 million hectares of forest (about 10,000 km²): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1.02 million haabout 10,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 22%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 887,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21,400 ha | 1,050 ha | 22,500 ha |
| 2002 | 22,200 ha | 1,020 ha | 23,300 ha |
| 2003 | 35,300 ha | 3,280 ha | 38,600 ha |
| 2004 | 26,100 ha | 1,480 ha | 27,600 ha |
| 2005 | 31,900 ha | 2,540 ha | 34,400 ha |
| 2006 | 22,300 ha | 2,350 ha | 24,600 ha |
| 2007 | 36,000 ha | 1,400 ha | 37,400 ha |
| 2008 | 29,700 ha | 2,180 ha | 31,800 ha |
| 2009 | 49,200 ha | 5,620 ha | 54,800 ha |
| 2010 | 19,600 ha | 1,040 ha | 20,700 ha |
| 2011 | 15,100 ha | 1,170 ha | 16,300 ha |
| 2012 | 31,700 ha | 1,350 ha | 33,000 ha |
| 2013 | 38,200 ha | 4,460 ha | 42,700 ha |
| 2014 | 25,900 ha | 1,100 ha | 27,000 ha |
| 2015 | 37,600 ha | 3,710 ha | 41,300 ha |
| 2016 | 47,200 ha | 9,020 ha | 56,200 ha |
| 2017 | 58,700 ha | 11,700 ha | 70,400 ha |
| 2018 | 38,100 ha | 2,190 ha | 40,300 ha |
| 2019 | 44,600 ha | 8,450 ha | 53,100 ha |
| 2020 | 69,300 ha | 11,500 ha | 80,800 ha |
| 2021 | 28,200 ha | 3,510 ha | 31,700 ha |
| 2022 | 28,600 ha | 2,400 ha | 31,000 ha |
| 2023 | 55,300 ha | 9,370 ha | 64,700 ha |
| 2024 | 45,400 ha | 31,900 ha | 77,300 ha |
| 2025 | 29,300 ha | 7,280 ha | 36,500 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 48,200 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 60,100 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 80,800 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Campeche?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 882,000 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back9.1% · 92,700 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2% · 19,900 ha
Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, towns and roads, logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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