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Air quality now: AQI52Moderate, Torreón

City report · Coahuila, Mexico

Torreón Air quality today

Air quality in Torreón currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 52

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
9.6
tree cover
3.5%
trees in this area
11.0K
more trees needed
83.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Cuarto de Cobián Centro, 27000 Torreón, Coah., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Torreón · AQI 52 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 18, 2026

Torreón's tree count comes to 10,996 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,252 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Torreón today: AQI 52, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Campestre, 8.4 km away

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

9.6

PM10

51.1

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: OpenAQ · Sinaica Mexico

Outdoor exercise
Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
Windows
Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
Mask
Not needed for most people
Air purifier
Worth running if you are sensitive

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Torreón's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 33 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 10.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 49 · peak 73
Nov 4: AQI 54 (peak 63)Nov 5: AQI 47 (peak 70)Nov 6: AQI 43 (peak 61)Nov 7: AQI 33 (peak 45)Nov 8: AQI 47 (peak 55)Nov 9: AQI 54 (peak 71)Nov 10: AQI 64 (peak 73)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Torreón: Critically low

3.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

27 points below target

Trees in this area

10,996

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

83,252

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,832 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Torreón lost?

There was very little forest around Torreón in 2000, about 44 hectares, and about 9 hectares of it has been lost 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 Torreón, November 2017

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

The worst year was 2001, when about 5 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Torreón, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Torreón, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.5.1

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Forest lost each year around Torreón, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
20015 haunder 1 ha5 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Torreón?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good64% · 6 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good19% · 2 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown16% · 1 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Torreón right now?

The latest reading for Torreón shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 13:00 local time by the Campestre ground monitoring station, 8.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Torreón today?

At AQI 52 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Torreón been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Torreón's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 33 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Torreón lost since 2001?

There was very little forest around Torreón in 2000, about 44 hectares, and about 9 hectares of it has been lost 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 Torreón?

Torreón has an estimated 10,996 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.5% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Torreón need?

Torreón needs roughly 83,252 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,832 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Torreón's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Cuarto de Cobián 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 Cuarto de Cobián Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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