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Xico Air quality today
Air quality in Xico currently reads AQI 99 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 99
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 35.0
- tree cover
- 8.3%
- trees in this area
- 26.1K
- more trees needed
- 68.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Manzana 013, San Miguel Xico, 56613 Xico, 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.
Xico · AQI 99 (Moderate)
Xico's tree count comes to 26,075 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 68,173 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xico today: AQI 99, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Santiago Acahualtepec, 10.4 km away · median of 10 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
35.0
PM10
71.0
NO₂
86.6
O₃
26.5
SO₂
15.7
CO
1546.6
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 Xico's daily AQI at 71 on average, from 55 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 9.
Where Xico stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xico: Critically low
8.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
26,075
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
68,173
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,500 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xico lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Xico since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 1,150 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,530 ha
- Overall change
- −107 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xico shrank from about 1,640 hectares to 1,530 hectares, a net loss of about 107 hectares (−6.5%). New forest grew on about 44 hectares, but 151 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 Xico right now?
The latest reading for Xico shows an AQI of 99 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by 10 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Santiago Acahualtepec, 10.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Xico today?
At AQI 99 (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 Xico been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xico's daily AQI at 71 on average, from 55 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xico lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Xico since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 1,150 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xico shrank from about 1,640 hectares to 1,530 hectares, a net loss of about 107 hectares (−6.5%). New forest grew on about 44 hectares, but 151 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xico?
Xico has an estimated 26,075 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 8.3% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xico need?
Xico needs roughly 68,173 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,500 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xico's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Manzana 013, 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 013; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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