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Cabinda Air quality today
Air quality in Cabinda currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.8
- tree cover
- 6.3%
- trees in this area
- 15.9K
- more trees needed
- 59.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Cabinda, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cabinda · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Cabinda's tree count comes to 15,913 trees across 10.11 km² of land, 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 59,862 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cabinda today: AQI 60, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.8
PM10
20.3
NO₂
0.9
O₃
46.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
188.0
- 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 Cabinda's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 57 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 4.
Where Cabinda stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cabinda: Critically low
6.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.11 km² of land.
Trees in this area
15,913
Target trees
75,775
More trees needed
59,862
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,317 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cabinda lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cabinda has lost about 3,150 hectares of forest (about 4,400 football pitches): 45% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,150 haabout 4,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 45%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,920 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 61 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 158 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 366 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 169 ha | 1 ha | 170 ha |
| 2002 | 255 ha | 15 ha | 270 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 24 ha | 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2005 | 107 ha | 5 ha | 112 ha |
| 2006 | 91 ha | 3 ha | 93 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 103 ha | under 1 ha | 103 ha |
| 2009 | 168 ha | under 1 ha | 168 ha |
| 2010 | 202 ha | 4 ha | 206 ha |
| 2011 | 340 ha | 8 ha | 348 ha |
| 2012 | 39 ha | 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2013 | 87 ha | 9 ha | 97 ha |
| 2014 | 344 ha | 22 ha | 366 ha |
| 2015 | 34 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
| 2016 | 265 ha | 16 ha | 281 ha |
| 2017 | 264 ha | 26 ha | 290 ha |
| 2018 | 70 ha | 24 ha | 94 ha |
| 2019 | 70 ha | 17 ha | 87 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | 17 ha | 41 ha |
| 2021 | 72 ha | 31 ha | 103 ha |
| 2022 | 26 ha | 6 ha | 32 ha |
| 2023 | 67 ha | 9 ha | 76 ha |
| 2024 | 33 ha | 6 ha | 39 ha |
| 2025 | 54 ha | 2 ha | 57 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cabinda?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 1,450 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 1,440 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back7.1% · 222 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 2,140 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 958 ha
- Overall change
- −1,180 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cabinda shrank from about 2,140 hectares to 958 hectares, a net loss of about 1,180 hectares (−55%). New forest grew on about 165 hectares, but 1,350 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 Cabinda right now?
The latest reading for Cabinda shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 19:00 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 Cabinda today?
At AQI 60 (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 Cabinda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cabinda's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 57 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cabinda lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cabinda has lost about 3,150 hectares of forest (about 4,400 football pitches): 45% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 61 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 158 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cabinda shrank from about 2,140 hectares to 958 hectares, a net loss of about 1,180 hectares (−55%). New forest grew on about 165 hectares, but 1,350 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cabinda?
Cabinda has an estimated 15,913 trees across the 10.11 km² of land measured — 6.3% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cabinda need?
Cabinda needs roughly 59,862 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,317 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cabinda'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 Cabinda; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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