City report · Luanda Norte, Angola
Chitato Air quality today
Air quality in Chitato currently reads AQI 37 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 37
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.0
- tree cover
- 32.8%
- trees in this area
- 103K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Dundo, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chitato · AQI 37 (Good)
Chitato's tree count comes to 102,941 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chitato today: AQI 37, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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
6.0
PM10
6.2
NO₂
0.3
O₃
60.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
160.0
- 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 Chitato's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 32 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 7.
Where Chitato stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chitato: Healthy tree cover
32.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
102,941
Target trees
102,941
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chitato lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chitato has lost about 5,870 hectares of forest (about 8,200 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) 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 6 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,870 haabout 8,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 26%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,680 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 199 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 194 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 681 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 158 ha | 91 ha | 249 ha |
| 2002 | 173 ha | 64 ha | 237 ha |
| 2003 | 14 ha | 14 ha | 28 ha |
| 2004 | 191 ha | 164 ha | 355 ha |
| 2005 | 434 ha | 247 ha | 681 ha |
| 2006 | 375 ha | 179 ha | 554 ha |
| 2007 | 202 ha | 125 ha | 327 ha |
| 2008 | 41 ha | 23 ha | 64 ha |
| 2009 | 426 ha | 104 ha | 530 ha |
| 2010 | 86 ha | 43 ha | 129 ha |
| 2011 | 212 ha | 33 ha | 245 ha |
| 2012 | 167 ha | 25 ha | 192 ha |
| 2013 | 52 ha | 31 ha | 84 ha |
| 2014 | 121 ha | 64 ha | 185 ha |
| 2015 | 30 ha | 17 ha | 47 ha |
| 2016 | 104 ha | 52 ha | 156 ha |
| 2017 | 145 ha | 41 ha | 186 ha |
| 2018 | 107 ha | 85 ha | 192 ha |
| 2019 | 110 ha | 78 ha | 188 ha |
| 2020 | 116 ha | 130 ha | 246 ha |
| 2021 | 104 ha | 133 ha | 237 ha |
| 2022 | 77 ha | 77 ha | 154 ha |
| 2023 | 70 ha | 105 ha | 175 ha |
| 2024 | 65 ha | 115 ha | 180 ha |
| 2025 | 96 ha | 153 ha | 249 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chitato?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good58% · 3,420 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back37% · 2,180 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.4% · 261 ha
Also: 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
- 15,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,200 ha
- Overall change
- −2,880 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chitato shrank from about 15,100 hectares to 12,200 hectares, a net loss of about 2,880 hectares (−19%). New forest grew on about 121 hectares, but 3,000 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 Chitato right now?
The latest reading for Chitato shows an AQI of 37 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Chitato today?
At AQI 37 (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 Chitato been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chitato's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 32 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chitato lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chitato has lost about 5,870 hectares of forest (about 8,200 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 199 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 194 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chitato shrank from about 15,100 hectares to 12,200 hectares, a net loss of about 2,880 hectares (−19%). New forest grew on about 121 hectares, but 3,000 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chitato?
Chitato has an estimated 102,941 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 32.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chitato need?
Chitato has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Chitato'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 Dundo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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