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Xochimilco Air quality today
Air quality in Xochimilco currently reads AQI 86 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 86
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 28.0
- tree cover
- 29.9%
- trees in this area
- 93.8K
- more trees needed
- 314
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xaltocan, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xochimilco · AQI 86 (Moderate)
Xochimilco's tree count comes to 93,840 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 0 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 314 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xochimilco today: AQI 86, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, 11 km away · median of 15 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
28.0
PM10
55.0
NO₂
71.5
O₃
11.8
SO₂
21.0
CO
1718.4
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 Xochimilco's daily AQI at 86 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 137 on Nov 9.
Where Xochimilco stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xochimilco: Below target
29.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
93,840
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
314
CO₂ if planted / yr
6.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xochimilco lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xochimilco has lost about 13 hectares of forest (about 19 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 13 haabout 19 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 9 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 3 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xochimilco?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good51% · 7 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 2 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.2% · under 1 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
- 4,830 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,820 ha
- Overall change
- −19 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xochimilco stayed about the same size, at about 4,820 hectares: new forest grew on about 148 hectares, and about 167 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 Xochimilco right now?
The latest reading for Xochimilco shows an AQI of 86 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 09:00 local time by 15 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, 11 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Xochimilco today?
At AQI 86 (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 Xochimilco been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xochimilco's daily AQI at 86 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 137 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xochimilco lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xochimilco has lost about 13 hectares of forest (about 19 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xochimilco stayed about the same size, at about 4,820 hectares: new forest grew on about 148 hectares, and about 167 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xochimilco?
Xochimilco has an estimated 93,840 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 29.9% tree cover, 0 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xochimilco need?
Xochimilco needs roughly 314 more trees to close a 0-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 6.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xochimilco's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xaltocan, 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 Xaltocan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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