City report · Veracruz, Mexico
Xalapa de Enríquez Air quality today
Air quality in Xalapa de Enríquez currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.5
- tree cover
- 17.0%
- trees in this area
- 53.4K
- more trees needed
- 40.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zona Centro, Centro, Xalapa-Enríquez, Ver., Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xalapa de Enríquez · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Xalapa de Enríquez's tree count comes to 53,407 trees across 12.57 km², 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,841 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xalapa de Enríquez today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Puebla and San Pedro Cholula
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.5
PM10
7.4
NO₂
0.8
O₃
85.0
SO₂
2.7
CO
140.0
- 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 Xalapa de Enríquez's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 43 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 5.
Where Xalapa de Enríquez stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xalapa de Enríquez: Critically low
17.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
53,407
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
40,841
CO₂ if planted / yr
898.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xalapa de Enríquez lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xalapa de Enríquez has lost about 1,360 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,360 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,340 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 106 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2003 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 89 ha |
| 2004 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2005 | 70 ha | 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2006 | 89 ha | 1 ha | 90 ha |
| 2007 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2008 | 106 ha | under 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2009 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2010 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2011 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 79 ha |
| 2012 | 48 ha | 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2015 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2016 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2017 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2018 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2019 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2021 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2022 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2023 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2024 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2025 | 35 ha | 6 ha | 41 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xalapa de Enríquez?
- Towns and roadscleared for good68% · 920 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good28% · 381 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.2% · 44 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
- 24,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 23,500 ha
- Overall change
- −756 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xalapa de Enríquez shrank from about 24,300 hectares to 23,500 hectares, a net loss of about 756 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 88 hectares, but 844 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 Xalapa de Enríquez right now?
The latest reading for Xalapa de Enríquez shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Xalapa de Enríquez today?
At AQI 60 (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 Xalapa de Enríquez been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xalapa de Enríquez's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 43 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xalapa de Enríquez lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xalapa de Enríquez has lost about 1,360 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xalapa de Enríquez shrank from about 24,300 hectares to 23,500 hectares, a net loss of about 756 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 88 hectares, but 844 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xalapa de Enríquez?
Xalapa de Enríquez has an estimated 53,407 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 17.0% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xalapa de Enríquez need?
Xalapa de Enríquez needs roughly 40,841 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 898.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xalapa de Enríquez'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 Zona Centro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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