Mexico · Puebla · 5 cities
Air quality in Puebla today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Tehuacán has the cleanest air of the 5 cities we track in Puebla (AQI 42, Good), and Puebla the worst (AQI 81, Moderate). Teziutlan has the most tree cover, at 52.6% — #1 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.
AQI 68
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 5
- average tree cover
- 17.5%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- worst air now: Puebla
- 81
- cleanest air now: Tehuacán
- 42
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Puebla · average AQI 68
Air quality today across Puebla, city by city
| Puebla | 81Moderate | 7.1% | 71.9K | #82 of 114 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholula | 80Moderate | 9.0% | 66.0K | #70 of 114 |
| Tehuacán | 42Good | 6.3% | 74.5K | #88 of 114 |
| San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida | 75Moderate | 12.6% | 54.7K | #54 of 114 |
| Teziutlan | 63Moderate | 52.6% | — | #1 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 Puebla lost?
Since 2001, Puebla has lost about 77,500 hectares of forest (about 110,000 football pitches): 7.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 77,500 haabout 110,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 56,700 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 | 1,080 ha | 272 ha | 1,350 ha |
| 2002 | 1,260 ha | 177 ha | 1,430 ha |
| 2003 | 836 ha | 355 ha | 1,190 ha |
| 2004 | 1,650 ha | 293 ha | 1,940 ha |
| 2005 | 1,040 ha | 341 ha | 1,380 ha |
| 2006 | 1,840 ha | 393 ha | 2,230 ha |
| 2007 | 2,090 ha | 260 ha | 2,350 ha |
| 2008 | 1,050 ha | 214 ha | 1,270 ha |
| 2009 | 2,330 ha | 539 ha | 2,870 ha |
| 2010 | 2,720 ha | 493 ha | 3,210 ha |
| 2011 | 1,710 ha | 377 ha | 2,080 ha |
| 2012 | 1,590 ha | 357 ha | 1,940 ha |
| 2013 | 2,550 ha | 381 ha | 2,930 ha |
| 2014 | 2,220 ha | 358 ha | 2,570 ha |
| 2015 | 2,340 ha | 344 ha | 2,690 ha |
| 2016 | 3,640 ha | 1,110 ha | 4,750 ha |
| 2017 | 2,780 ha | 920 ha | 3,700 ha |
| 2018 | 3,080 ha | 1,060 ha | 4,140 ha |
| 2019 | 3,050 ha | 1,270 ha | 4,320 ha |
| 2020 | 4,050 ha | 1,530 ha | 5,580 ha |
| 2021 | 3,710 ha | 1,470 ha | 5,180 ha |
| 2022 | 2,080 ha | 971 ha | 3,060 ha |
| 2023 | 2,100 ha | 1,080 ha | 3,180 ha |
| 2024 | 2,960 ha | 3,940 ha | 6,900 ha |
| 2025 | 2,970 ha | 2,260 ha | 5,230 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 4,710 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 4,500 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 6,900 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Puebla?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 55,600 ha
- Loggingcan grow back9.2% · 7,150 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.8% · 6,780 ha
Also: shifting farming, towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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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