Mexico · Sinaloa · 3 cities
Air quality in Sinaloa today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Culiacán has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Sinaloa (AQI 27, Good), and Mazatlán the worst (AQI 36, Good). Culiacán has the most tree cover, at 17.0% — #42 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.
Average right now
AQI 31
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 13.6%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- worst air now: Mazatlán
- 36
- cleanest air now: Culiacán
- 27
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Sinaloa · average AQI 31
Air quality today across Sinaloa, city by city
| Culiacán | 27Good | 17.0% | 40.7K | #42 of 114 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán | 36Good | 12.0% | 40.3K | #57 of 114 |
| Los Mochis | 29Good | 11.7% | 57.5K | #59 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 Sinaloa lost?
Since 2001, Sinaloa has lost about 57,300 hectares of forest (about 80,000 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 57,300 haabout 80,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 51,000 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 | 3,100 ha | 285 ha | 3,380 ha |
| 2002 | 1,960 ha | 380 ha | 2,340 ha |
| 2003 | 848 ha | 120 ha | 968 ha |
| 2004 | 1,570 ha | 168 ha | 1,740 ha |
| 2005 | 5,950 ha | 508 ha | 6,460 ha |
| 2006 | 1,550 ha | 145 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2007 | 3,950 ha | 261 ha | 4,210 ha |
| 2008 | 1,840 ha | 140 ha | 1,980 ha |
| 2009 | 3,400 ha | 174 ha | 3,570 ha |
| 2010 | 4,190 ha | 405 ha | 4,600 ha |
| 2011 | 1,410 ha | 116 ha | 1,530 ha |
| 2012 | 2,140 ha | 488 ha | 2,630 ha |
| 2013 | 2,710 ha | 547 ha | 3,250 ha |
| 2014 | 1,680 ha | 193 ha | 1,870 ha |
| 2015 | 981 ha | 35 ha | 1,020 ha |
| 2016 | 1,520 ha | 75 ha | 1,600 ha |
| 2017 | 862 ha | 49 ha | 911 ha |
| 2018 | 1,850 ha | 102 ha | 1,950 ha |
| 2019 | 988 ha | 45 ha | 1,030 ha |
| 2020 | 1,080 ha | 47 ha | 1,130 ha |
| 2021 | 914 ha | 52 ha | 966 ha |
| 2022 | 833 ha | 81 ha | 914 ha |
| 2023 | 2,650 ha | 126 ha | 2,770 ha |
| 2024 | 1,960 ha | 1,080 ha | 3,040 ha |
| 2025 | 1,070 ha | 691 ha | 1,760 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 1,890 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 1,320 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 6,460 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Sinaloa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 49,100 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.9% · 1,650 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.5% · 1,430 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, shifting farming, 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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