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Botshabelo Air quality today
Air quality in Botshabelo currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 31
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.2
- tree cover
- 6.1%
- trees in this area
- 19.2K
- more trees needed
- 75.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Botshabelo-E, Botshabelo, 9781, South Africa (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Botshabelo · AQI 31 (Good)
Botshabelo's tree count comes to 19,164 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 75,084 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Botshabelo today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 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
4.2
PM10
4.3
NO₂
1.2
O₃
102.0
SO₂
2.5
CO
146.0
- 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 Botshabelo's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 10 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10.
Where Botshabelo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Botshabelo: Critically low
6.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
19,164
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
75,084
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,652 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Botshabelo lost?
There was almost no forest around Botshabelo 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Botshabelo right now?
The latest reading for Botshabelo shows an AQI of 31 (Good), observed Nov 11, 10:00 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 Botshabelo today?
At AQI 31 (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 Botshabelo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Botshabelo's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 10 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 60 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 Botshabelo lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Botshabelo 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.
What is the tree count in Botshabelo?
Botshabelo has an estimated 19,164 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.1% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Botshabelo need?
Botshabelo needs roughly 75,084 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,652 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Botshabelo'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 Botshabelo-E; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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