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Villahermosa Air quality today
Air quality in Villahermosa currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 46
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.4
- tree cover
- 16.8%
- trees in this area
- 52.3K
- more trees needed
- 41.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Atasta de Serra, Villahermosa, Tab., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Villahermosa · AQI 46 (Good)
Villahermosa's tree count comes to 52,251 trees across 12.44 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 41,054 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Villahermosa today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.4
PM10
9.7
NO₂
0.6
O₃
72.0
SO₂
3.2
CO
121.0
- 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 Villahermosa's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 30 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 6.
Where Villahermosa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Villahermosa: Critically low
16.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.44 km² of land.
Trees in this area
52,251
Target trees
93,305
More trees needed
41,054
CO₂ if planted / yr
903.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Villahermosa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villahermosa has lost about 560 hectares of forest (about 780 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 560 haabout 780 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 545 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 56 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2002 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2003 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2004 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2005 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2010 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2011 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2015 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | 40 ha | 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2018 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 29 ha | 6 ha | 35 ha |
| 2020 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2025 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 56 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Villahermosa?
- Towns and roadscleared for good50% · 281 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good47% · 264 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.9% · 11 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
- 1,910 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,120 ha
- Overall change
- +206 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villahermosa grew from about 1,910 hectares to 2,120 hectares, a net gain of about 206 hectares (+11%). New forest grew on about 466 hectares, while 260 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 Villahermosa right now?
The latest reading for Villahermosa shows an AQI of 46 (Good), observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Villahermosa today?
At AQI 46 (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 Villahermosa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Villahermosa's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 30 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Villahermosa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villahermosa has lost about 560 hectares of forest (about 780 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villahermosa grew from about 1,910 hectares to 2,120 hectares, a net gain of about 206 hectares (+11%). New forest grew on about 466 hectares, while 260 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Villahermosa?
Villahermosa has an estimated 52,251 trees across the 12.44 km² of land measured — 16.8% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Villahermosa need?
Villahermosa needs roughly 41,054 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 903.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Villahermosa'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 Atasta de Serra; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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