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Bamako Air quality today
Air quality in Bamako currently reads AQI 86 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 86
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.9
- tree cover
- 11.7%
- trees in this area
- 35.3K
- more trees needed
- 55.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Daoudabougou, Bamako, Mali (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bamako · AQI 86 (Moderate)
Bamako's tree count comes to 35,250 trees across 12.05 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 55,134 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bamako today: AQI 86, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.9
PM10
36.4
NO₂
6.5
O₃
29.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
202.0
- 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 Bamako's daily AQI at 80 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 110 on Nov 10.
Where Bamako stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bamako: Critically low
11.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.05 km² of land.
Trees in this area
35,250
Target trees
90,384
More trees needed
55,134
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,213 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bamako lost?
There was almost no forest around Bamako in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,560 ha
- Overall change
- +363 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bamako grew from about 1,200 hectares to 1,560 hectares, a net gain of about 363 hectares (+30%). New forest grew on about 380 hectares, while 17 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 Bamako right now?
The latest reading for Bamako shows an AQI of 86 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Bamako 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 Bamako been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bamako's daily AQI at 80 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 110 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bamako lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Bamako in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bamako grew from about 1,200 hectares to 1,560 hectares, a net gain of about 363 hectares (+30%). New forest grew on about 380 hectares, while 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bamako?
Bamako has an estimated 35,250 trees across the 12.05 km² of land measured — 11.7% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bamako need?
Bamako needs roughly 55,134 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,213 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bamako'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 Daoudabougou; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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