City report · Mozambique
Beira Air quality today
Air quality in Beira currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 27
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.6
- tree cover
- 7.6%
- trees in this area
- 11.1K
- more trees needed
- 32.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Area da Baixa, Beira, Mozambique (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Beira · AQI 27 (Good)
Beira's tree count comes to 11,055 trees across 5.82 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,582 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Beira today: AQI 27, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.6
PM10
8.6
NO₂
0.5
O₃
61.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
83.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Beira's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 22 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 8.
Where Beira stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Beira: Critically low
7.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 5.82 km² of land.
Trees in this area
11,055
Target trees
43,637
More trees needed
32,582
CO₂ if planted / yr
716.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Beira lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Beira has lost about 334 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to storms, floods and other natural causes, so much of it can grow back. About 43 hectares (13%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 334 haabout 470 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 43 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about under 1 hectare a year in 2021–2025, down from 51 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 185 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 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 | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | 28 ha | 31 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 54 ha | 57 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 180 ha | 185 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Beira?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back56% · 187 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back30% · 101 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 40 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 247 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 51 ha
- Overall change
- −197 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Beira shrank from about 247 hectares to 51 hectares, a net loss of about 197 hectares (−80%). New forest grew on about 4 hectares, but 201 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 Beira right now?
The latest reading for Beira shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Beira today?
At AQI 27 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Beira been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Beira's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 22 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Beira lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Beira has lost about 334 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to storms, floods and other natural causes, so much of it can grow back. About 43 hectares (13%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about under 1 hectare a year in 2021–2025, down from 51 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Beira shrank from about 247 hectares to 51 hectares, a net loss of about 197 hectares (−80%). New forest grew on about 4 hectares, but 201 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Beira?
Beira has an estimated 11,055 trees across the 5.82 km² of land measured — 7.6% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Beira need?
Beira needs roughly 32,582 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 716.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Beira'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 Area da Baixa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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