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Toluca Air quality today
Air quality in Toluca currently reads AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 107
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 38.0
- tree cover
- 10.1%
- trees in this area
- 31.7K
- more trees needed
- 78.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Manzana 034, 5 de Mayo, 50090 Toluca de Lerdo, Méx., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Toluca · AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Toluca's tree count comes to 31,730 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,226 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Toluca today: AQI 107, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Almoloya de Juárez, 13.9 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
38.0
PM10
111.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Toluca's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 61 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 9.
Where Toluca stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Toluca: Critically low
10.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
31,730
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
78,226
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,721 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Toluca lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Toluca has lost about 2 hectares of forest (about 3 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (41%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2 haabout 3 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Toluca?
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown68% · 2 ha
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
- 661 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 742 ha
- Overall change
- +81 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Toluca grew from about 661 hectares to 742 hectares, a net gain of about 81 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 98 hectares, while 17 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 Toluca right now?
The latest reading for Toluca shows an AQI of 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Almoloya de Juárez, 13.9 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Toluca today?
At AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Toluca been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Toluca's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 61 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Toluca lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Toluca has lost about 2 hectares of forest (about 3 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (41%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Toluca grew from about 661 hectares to 742 hectares, a net gain of about 81 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 98 hectares, while 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Toluca?
Toluca has an estimated 31,730 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.1% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Toluca need?
Toluca needs roughly 78,226 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,721 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Toluca's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Manzana 034, 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 Manzana 034; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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