Mexico · Tamaulipas · 6 cities
Air quality in Tamaulipas today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Reynosa has the cleanest air of the 6 cities we track in Tamaulipas (AQI 21, Good), and Ciudad Victoria the worst (AQI 66, Moderate). Miramar has the most tree cover, at 26.8% — #15 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 49
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 6
- average tree cover
- 16.8%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- worst air now: Ciudad Victoria
- 66
- cleanest air now: Reynosa
- 21
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Tamaulipas · average AQI 49
Air quality today across Tamaulipas, city by city
| Reynosa | 21Good | 8.5% | 67.5K | #75 of 114 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroica Matamoros | 58Moderate | 19.5% | 32.8K | #30 of 114 |
| Nuevo Laredo | 37Good | 10.4% | 61.6K | #63 of 114 |
| Ciudad Victoria | 66Moderate | 14.0% | 50.3K | #50 of 114 |
| Tampico | 52Moderate | 21.7% | 26.0K | #25 of 114 |
| Miramar | 61Moderate | 26.8% | 9.6K | #15 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 Tamaulipas lost?
Since 2001, Tamaulipas has lost about 173,000 hectares of forest (about 240,000 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 173,000 haabout 240,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 146,000 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 | 6,640 ha | 746 ha | 7,390 ha |
| 2002 | 6,070 ha | 386 ha | 6,460 ha |
| 2003 | 2,440 ha | 243 ha | 2,690 ha |
| 2004 | 6,060 ha | 433 ha | 6,500 ha |
| 2005 | 6,960 ha | 395 ha | 7,350 ha |
| 2006 | 7,650 ha | 1,580 ha | 9,220 ha |
| 2007 | 6,180 ha | 242 ha | 6,420 ha |
| 2008 | 7,720 ha | 279 ha | 8,000 ha |
| 2009 | 13,000 ha | 483 ha | 13,500 ha |
| 2010 | 8,190 ha | 469 ha | 8,660 ha |
| 2011 | 7,340 ha | 1,430 ha | 8,770 ha |
| 2012 | 7,370 ha | 617 ha | 7,980 ha |
| 2013 | 5,660 ha | 1,120 ha | 6,780 ha |
| 2014 | 3,480 ha | 243 ha | 3,720 ha |
| 2015 | 2,070 ha | 84 ha | 2,150 ha |
| 2016 | 4,560 ha | 212 ha | 4,770 ha |
| 2017 | 5,280 ha | 418 ha | 5,700 ha |
| 2018 | 6,360 ha | 643 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 2019 | 4,200 ha | 977 ha | 5,170 ha |
| 2020 | 4,250 ha | 378 ha | 4,630 ha |
| 2021 | 4,790 ha | 3,710 ha | 8,500 ha |
| 2022 | 4,760 ha | 3,220 ha | 7,980 ha |
| 2023 | 5,520 ha | 862 ha | 6,380 ha |
| 2024 | 4,800 ha | 3,120 ha | 7,910 ha |
| 2025 | 5,020 ha | 4,450 ha | 9,470 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 8,050 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 5,460 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 13,500 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Tamaulipas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 144,000 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.8% · 15,300 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back1.5% · 2,630 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, 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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