City report · Chiapas, Mexico
Tapachula Air quality today
Air quality in Tapachula currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 31
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.2
- tree cover
- 23.7%
- trees in this area
- 74.5K
- more trees needed
- 19.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Los Naranjos, Centro, Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez, Chis., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tapachula · AQI 31 (Good)
Tapachula's tree count comes to 74,456 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 19,792 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tapachula today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 185 km, e.g. San Juan Sacatepéquez and Guatemala City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.2
PM10
12.9
NO₂
0.2
O₃
69.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
122.0
- 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 Tapachula's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 60 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 94 on Nov 7.
Where Tapachula stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tapachula: Below target
23.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
74,456
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
19,792
CO₂ if planted / yr
435.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tapachula lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tapachula has lost about 1,720 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,720 haabout 2,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,720 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 97 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 390 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2002 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 390 ha | under 1 ha | 390 ha |
| 2009 | 139 ha | under 1 ha | 139 ha |
| 2010 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2011 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2012 | 77 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2013 | 58 ha | under 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2014 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2015 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2016 | 194 ha | under 1 ha | 194 ha |
| 2017 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2018 | 87 ha | under 1 ha | 87 ha |
| 2019 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2020 | 77 ha | under 1 ha | 77 ha |
| 2021 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2022 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2023 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2024 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2025 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tapachula?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 1,210 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 515 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 17,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,400 ha
- Overall change
- −35 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tapachula stayed about the same size, at about 17,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 827 hectares, and about 863 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
- 53
- Totonicapán96.5 km
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- 36%
- Air quality
- 62
- Chichicastenango123.4 km
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- 75%
- Air quality
- 70
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa147.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 54%
- Air quality
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- Comitán149.0 km
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tapachula right now?
The latest reading for Tapachula shows an AQI of 31 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tapachula today?
At AQI 31 (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 Tapachula been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tapachula's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 60 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 94 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tapachula lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tapachula has lost about 1,720 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 97 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tapachula stayed about the same size, at about 17,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 827 hectares, and about 863 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tapachula?
Tapachula has an estimated 74,456 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 23.7% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tapachula need?
Tapachula needs roughly 19,792 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 435.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tapachula'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 Los Naranjos; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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