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Air Quality in Mexico

Air quality can vary considerably across Mexico because weather, local emissions, geography and regional transport can change from place to place and from day to day. AirQualityIndex.org monitors air-quality information from more than 25,000 monitoring locations worldwide. This country comparison page currently lists 58 major cities and locations across Mexico, including Mexico City, Tijuana, Iztapalapa, Puebla. Each listed location links to its own detailed air-quality page, while locations outside this comparison catalogue can be explored through Air Quality Near Me.

Use the search and filters to focus on a city type or AQI category, then sort the table by AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), data source or update time. Select any city to open its detailed air-quality page. Current values may include model-derived estimates and, where enabled, monitoring-station information; the displayed source should be considered when interpreting the results. The comparison catalogue is intentionally smaller than the wider AirQualityIndex.org monitoring-location database so the page remains fast and easy to use.

MONITORING COVERAGE

58 monitoring locations represented across Mexico

The markers show the geographic spread of locations in this country comparison catalogue. The wider AirQualityIndex.org data system covers more than 25,000 monitoring locations globally.

Mexico City · CapitalTijuana · Major cityIztapalapa · Major cityPuebla · Major cityEcatepec de Morelos · Major citySantiago de Querétaro · Major cityLeón de los Aldama · Major cityCiudad Juárez · Major cityZapopan · Major cityGuadalajara · Major cityMérida · Major cityGustavo Adolfo Madero · Major cityMonterrey · Major cityCiudad Nezahualcoyotl · Major cityMexicali · Major cityChihuahua · Major cityCancún · Major cityNaucalpan de Juárez · Major cityHermosillo · Major cityCuliacán · Major cityMorelia · Major cityTorreón · Major cityÁlvaro Obregón · Major citySan Luis Potosí · Major cityAguascalientes · Major citySaltillo · Major cityGuadalupe · Major cityAcapulco de Juárez · Major cityTlalnepantla · Major cityTlaquepaque · Major cityCoyoacán · Major cityTuxtla · Major cityReynosa · Major cityTlalpan · Major cityCuautitlán Izcalli · Major cityCuauhtémoc · Major cityVictoria de Durango · Major cityHeroica Matamoros · Major cityToluca · Major cityCiudad López Mateos · Major cityCiudad Apodaca · Major cityCiudad General Escobedo · Major cityEnsenada · Major cityXochimilco · Major cityVenustiano Carranza · Major cityVeracruz · Major cityXalapa de Enríquez · Major cityNuevo Laredo · Major cityAzcapotzalco · Major citySan Nicolás de los Garza · Major cityTonalá · Major cityOjo de Agua · Major cityBenito Juárez · Major cityXico · Major cityIztacalco · Major cityMazatlán · Major cityIrapuato · Major cityMiguel Hidalgo · Major city
PAST 12 MONTHS

Historical & seasonal air-quality pattern

Monthly values summarize US AQI model estimates across up to four representative locations in Mexico. They show broad seasonal movement rather than a regulatory national average.

60Lowest month · Jun7612-month average86Highest month · Mar
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Average 76
71
Oct
80
Nov
81
Dec
84
Jan
82
Feb
86
Mar
84
Apr
83
May
60
Jun
67
Jul
65
Aug
63
Sep
Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality API / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
LATEST COVERAGE

Related air-quality news and articles

Recent external headlines are retrieved from Google News RSS and filtered for Mexico plus AQI, air quality or air pollution. Results are cached and linked to the news result/publisher.
LIVE CITY COMPARISON

Compare air quality across Mexico

The table below brings current AQI and major pollutant indicators together for the locations in this country comparison catalogue. Search for a city, filter by location type or AQI category, or select any column heading to rank the results. Each city name opens its detailed air-quality page for additional context, source information and related resources.

58listed locations
—with current AQI
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Location ↕AQI ↕Status ↕PM2.5 ↕PM10 ↕O₃ ↕NO₂ ↕Data ↕Updated ↕
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Data sources and methods are identified within the relevant sections of this page. AirQualityIndex.org gratefully acknowledges OpenAQ for supporting broad access to air-quality information.