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Air quality in Colima today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Colima has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Colima (AQI 76, Moderate), and Manzanillo the worst (AQI 93, Moderate). Manzanillo has the most tree cover, at 29.5% — #11 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
- 26.2%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- worst air now: Manzanillo
- 93
- cleanest air now: Colima
- 76
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Colima
Air quality today across Colima, city by city
| Manzanillo | 93Moderate | 29.5% | 1.3K | #11 of 114 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colima | 76Moderate | 22.9% | 22.3K | #21 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 Colima lost?
Since 2001, Colima has lost about 7,930 hectares of forest (about 11,000 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7,930 haabout 11,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 7,510 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 841 ha | 47 ha | 888 ha |
| 2002 | 135 ha | 8 ha | 143 ha |
| 2003 | 134 ha | 10 ha | 144 ha |
| 2004 | 137 ha | 8 ha | 145 ha |
| 2005 | 188 ha | 9 ha | 197 ha |
| 2006 | 175 ha | 7 ha | 182 ha |
| 2007 | 419 ha | 18 ha | 437 ha |
| 2008 | 148 ha | 7 ha | 155 ha |
| 2009 | 200 ha | 7 ha | 207 ha |
| 2010 | 197 ha | 9 ha | 206 ha |
| 2011 | 192 ha | 7 ha | 199 ha |
| 2012 | 243 ha | 16 ha | 259 ha |
| 2013 | 282 ha | 18 ha | 300 ha |
| 2014 | 221 ha | 13 ha | 234 ha |
| 2015 | 254 ha | 9 ha | 263 ha |
| 2016 | 403 ha | 18 ha | 421 ha |
| 2017 | 441 ha | 9 ha | 450 ha |
| 2018 | 456 ha | 14 ha | 470 ha |
| 2019 | 349 ha | 10 ha | 359 ha |
| 2020 | 420 ha | 5 ha | 425 ha |
| 2021 | 334 ha | 15 ha | 349 ha |
| 2022 | 257 ha | 28 ha | 285 ha |
| 2023 | 382 ha | 16 ha | 398 ha |
| 2024 | 347 ha | 52 ha | 399 ha |
| 2025 | 358 ha | 56 ha | 414 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 369 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 425 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 888 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Colima?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good84% · 6,680 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.1% · 644 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.4% · 194 ha
Also: wildfires, logging, 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.
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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