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San Luis Río Colorado Air quality today

Air quality in San Luis Río Colorado currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 26

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
4.8
tree cover
1.8%
trees in this area
5.7K
more trees needed
88.6K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Jalisco, 83447 San Luis Río Colorado, Son., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

San Luis Río Colorado · AQI 26 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 26, 2026

San Luis Río Colorado's tree count comes to 5,655 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,593 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in San Luis Río Colorado today: AQI 26, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Mexicali and El Cajon

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

4.8

PM10

32.6

NO₂

2.2

O₃

101.0

SO₂

0.9

CO

126.0

Outdoor exercise
A good day to be active outside
Windows
Open them to air the house
Mask
Not needed
Air purifier
Not needed

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Luis Río Colorado's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 32 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 4.

Last 7 daysavg 44 · peak 69
Nov 4: AQI 53 (peak 69)Nov 5: AQI 33 (peak 44)Nov 6: AQI 46 (peak 58)Nov 7: AQI 58 (peak 63)Nov 8: AQI 48 (peak 54)Nov 9: AQI 39 (peak 52)Nov 10: AQI 32 (peak 51)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where San Luis Río Colorado stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in San Luis Río Colorado: Critically low

1.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

28 points below target

Trees in this area

5,655

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

88,593

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,949 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has San Luis Río Colorado lost?

There was almost no forest around San Luis Río Colorado in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around San Luis Río Colorado, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

In the same region

Measured cities near San Luis Río Colorado

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Mexicali

    Mexico

    66.9 km
    Tree cover
    2%
    Air quality
    71
  • Ensenada

    Mexico

    184.1 km
    Tree cover
    2%
    Air quality
    32
  • El Cajon

    United States

    208.7 km
    Tree cover
    4%
    Air quality
    21
  • Tijuana

    Mexico

    209.6 km
    Tree cover
    5%
    Air quality
    66
  • Rosarito

    Mexico

    213.9 km
    Tree cover
    2%
    Air quality
    66
  • Chula Vista

    United States

    217.8 km
    Tree cover
    6%
    Air quality
    23

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What is the air quality (AQI) in San Luis Río Colorado right now?

The latest reading for San Luis Río Colorado shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in San Luis Río Colorado today?

At AQI 26 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in San Luis Río Colorado been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San Luis Río Colorado's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 32 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around San Luis Río Colorado lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around San Luis Río Colorado in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in San Luis Río Colorado?

San Luis Río Colorado has an estimated 5,655 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.8% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does San Luis Río Colorado need?

San Luis Río Colorado needs roughly 88,593 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,949 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are San Luis Río Colorado's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Jalisco; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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