Mexico · San Luis Potosí · 2 cities
Air quality in San Luis Potosí today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, San Luis Potosí has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in San Luis Potosí (AQI 39, Good), and Ciudad Valles the worst (AQI 51, Moderate). Ciudad Valles has the most tree cover, at 40.8% — #4 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
- 22.5%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- worst air now: Ciudad Valles
- 51
- cleanest air now: San Luis Potosí
- 39
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
San Luis Potosí
Air quality today across San Luis Potosí, city by city
| San Luis Potosí | 39Good | 4.2% | 81.1K | #101 of 114 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Valles | 51Moderate | 40.8% | — | #4 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 San Luis Potosí lost?
Since 2001, San Luis Potosí has lost about 107,000 hectares of forest (about 150,000 football pitches): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 107,000 haabout 150,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 86,200 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 | 2,220 ha | 266 ha | 2,480 ha |
| 2002 | 1,740 ha | 105 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 2003 | 1,770 ha | 164 ha | 1,940 ha |
| 2004 | 3,060 ha | 212 ha | 3,270 ha |
| 2005 | 3,340 ha | 180 ha | 3,520 ha |
| 2006 | 4,860 ha | 306 ha | 5,170 ha |
| 2007 | 2,870 ha | 342 ha | 3,210 ha |
| 2008 | 4,070 ha | 225 ha | 4,300 ha |
| 2009 | 3,650 ha | 360 ha | 4,010 ha |
| 2010 | 3,650 ha | 738 ha | 4,390 ha |
| 2011 | 7,810 ha | 768 ha | 8,580 ha |
| 2012 | 2,970 ha | 807 ha | 3,780 ha |
| 2013 | 3,610 ha | 1,840 ha | 5,450 ha |
| 2014 | 2,190 ha | 280 ha | 2,470 ha |
| 2015 | 2,140 ha | 167 ha | 2,300 ha |
| 2016 | 3,010 ha | 803 ha | 3,820 ha |
| 2017 | 4,890 ha | 465 ha | 5,360 ha |
| 2018 | 4,470 ha | 361 ha | 4,830 ha |
| 2019 | 5,740 ha | 3,090 ha | 8,820 ha |
| 2020 | 4,020 ha | 1,160 ha | 5,180 ha |
| 2021 | 2,810 ha | 1,880 ha | 4,690 ha |
| 2022 | 2,470 ha | 465 ha | 2,940 ha |
| 2023 | 1,930 ha | 245 ha | 2,170 ha |
| 2024 | 2,430 ha | 2,570 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 2025 | 4,530 ha | 2,550 ha | 7,080 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 4,370 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 5,600 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 8,820 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in San Luis Potosí?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 84,800 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back9.7% · 10,300 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back7.5% · 7,970 ha
Also: towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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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