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Tepic Air quality today
Air quality in Tepic currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 49
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.0
- tree cover
- 12.3%
- trees in this area
- 38.6K
- more trees needed
- 55.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centro, 63000 Tepic, Nay., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tepic · AQI 49 (Good)
Tepic's tree count comes to 38,642 trees across 12.57 km², 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 55,606 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tepic today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM10 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tecnológico de Tepic, 4.2 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.0
PM10
53.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico
- 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 Tepic's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 41 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 6.
Where Tepic stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tepic: Critically low
12.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
38,642
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
55,606
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,223 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tepic lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tepic has lost about 324 hectares of forest (about 450 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 324 haabout 450 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 293 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 23 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2013 | 13 ha | 9 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2021 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2022 | 17 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 18 ha | 3 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tepic?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good82% · 264 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.5% · 21 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back3.3% · 11 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, shifting farming, 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
- 12,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,800 ha
- Overall change
- +290 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tepic grew from about 12,500 hectares to 12,800 hectares, a net gain of about 290 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 540 hectares, while 250 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tepic right now?
The latest reading for Tepic shows an AQI of 49 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by the Tecnológico de Tepic ground monitoring station, 4.2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM10. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tepic today?
At AQI 49 (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 Tepic been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tepic's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 41 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tepic lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tepic has lost about 324 hectares of forest (about 450 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tepic grew from about 12,500 hectares to 12,800 hectares, a net gain of about 290 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 540 hectares, while 250 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tepic?
Tepic has an estimated 38,642 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.3% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tepic need?
Tepic needs roughly 55,606 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,223 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tepic's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Centro, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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