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Angola air quality today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now the 35 cities Airleaf measures in Angola average AQI 49 (good). The worst air is in Mbanza Kongo, at AQI 84, and the cleanest in Balombo, at AQI 30.

None of the 35 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 49% have Good air.

AQI 49

Average right now

Good

US EPA index, across 35 cities
cities measured
35
worst air: Mbanza Kongo
84
cleanest air: Balombo
30
average tree cover
11.5%

Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.

Angola · average AQI 49

Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Angola

Luanda

2 km around Maianga

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 54

7.9%
tree cover

69.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 11, 2026

Calumbo

2 km around Viana

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 54

28.1%
tree cover

5.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 1, 2026

Lubango

2 km around Lubango

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 55

6.8%
tree cover

72.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Oct 18, 2026

Huambo

2 km around Huambo

Good

Air quality now

AQI 34

12.1%
tree cover

56.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Oct 20, 2026

Benguela

2 km around Benguela

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 56

6.8%
tree cover

52.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Oct 18, 2026

Mulenvos

2 km around Mulenvos

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 53

1.3%
tree cover

90.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 1, 2026

Kikolo

2 km around Cacuaco

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 53

1.5%
tree cover

81.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 1, 2026

Camama

2 km around Belas

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 53

0.8%
tree cover

91.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 1, 2026

Across the country

How clean is the air across Angola today?

None of the 35 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 49% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

35 measured cities

  • Good17 (49%)
  • Moderate18 (51%)

Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.

In aggregate

Angola in numbers

Every figure below is read the same way over the same 2 km area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 35 of 35 cities measured so far in Angola.

Average air quality
AQI 49Mean of the latest reading per city
Average tree cover
11.5%34 of 35 below their target
Trees counted
1.2MAcross every measured area
More trees needed
1.9MTo bring each area to its target

Worst air quality right now

  1. 1Mbanza Kongo1d ago84
  2. 2Ondjiva1d ago62
  3. 3Mossamedes1d ago61
  4. 4Cabinda1d ago60
  5. 5Lobito1d ago56
  6. 6Benguela1d ago56
  7. 7Lubango1h ago55
  8. 8Baía Farta1d ago55
  9. 9Luena1d ago54
  10. 10Luanda10h ago54

Cleanest air right now

  1. 1Balombo1d ago30
  2. 2N'dalatando1d ago33
  3. 3Huambo12h ago34
  4. 4Catchiungo1d ago36
  5. 5Chitato1d ago37
  6. 6Caála1d ago38
  7. 7Uíge1d ago38
  8. 8Menongue1d ago39
  9. 9Sumbe1d ago40
  10. 10Malanje1d ago41

Greenest cities in Angola

  1. 1Chitato32.8%
  2. 2Dundo29.9%
  3. 3Calumbo28.1%
  4. 4Malanje25.1%
  5. 5Soyo23.9%
  6. 6Mbanza Kongo19.2%
  7. 7Saurimo18.1%
  8. 8Lucapa17.4%
  9. 9Luena16.5%
  10. 10N'dalatando16.4%

Least tree cover in Angola

Excludes barren and desert sites

  1. 1Camama0.8%
  2. 2Mulenvos1.3%
  3. 3Mossamedes1.4%
  4. 4Kikolo1.5%
  5. 5Zango1.8%
  6. 6Ondjiva3.2%
  7. 7Lobito3.2%
  8. 8Panguíla4.0%
  9. 9Cabinda6.3%
  10. 10Benguela6.8%

Against everywhere else

How does Angola compare with other countries?

Right now the cities of Angola average cleaner air than 53% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 22%.

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Angola
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Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Angola lost?

Since 2001, Angola has lost about 4.62 million hectares of forest (about 46,000 km²): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (69%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
4.62 million haabout 46,000 km²
Share of its forest
8.3%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
3.18 million hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Angola, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Angola, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.379K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Angola, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200161,200 ha40,400 ha102,000 ha
200238,400 ha22,600 ha61,100 ha
200332,500 ha20,200 ha52,700 ha
200450,500 ha21,000 ha71,400 ha
200566,200 ha27,600 ha93,800 ha
200657,800 ha19,500 ha77,200 ha
2007101,000 ha44,600 ha146,000 ha
200878,600 ha25,300 ha104,000 ha
2009129,000 ha37,200 ha166,000 ha
2010112,000 ha48,600 ha160,000 ha
2011145,000 ha38,000 ha183,000 ha
2012135,000 ha46,300 ha181,000 ha
2013108,000 ha60,700 ha169,000 ha
2014132,000 ha80,700 ha213,000 ha
201598,000 ha64,100 ha162,000 ha
2016148,000 ha82,600 ha230,000 ha
2017186,000 ha95,300 ha281,000 ha
2018154,000 ha89,200 ha243,000 ha
2019119,000 ha56,900 ha175,000 ha
2020183,000 ha66,400 ha249,000 ha
2021193,000 ha106,000 ha299,000 ha
2022193,000 ha74,700 ha268,000 ha
2023189,000 ha80,200 ha269,000 ha
2024208,000 ha76,100 ha285,000 ha
2025258,000 ha121,000 ha379,000 ha

Forest loss is speeding up: about 300,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 236,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 379,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Angola?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good68% · 3.13 million ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back28% · 1.3 million ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown1.1% · 52,400 ha

Also: logging, wildfires, mining and energy, towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Angola's full deforestation report

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. How it's measured

Angola as a whole

51.2% of Angola was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).

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Frequently asked

Air quality in Angola: your questions answered

What is the air quality in Angola today?

Right now the 35 cities Airleaf measures in Angola average AQI 49 (good). The worst air is in Mbanza Kongo, at AQI 84, and the cleanest in Balombo, at AQI 30. None of the 35 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 49% have Good air.

Which city in Angola has the worst air right now?

Mbanza Kongo, at AQI 84 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Which city in Angola has the cleanest air right now?

Balombo, at AQI 30 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Angola has at least three cities with one.

Is the air in Angola safe to breathe today?

It depends on the city. 17 cities are Good, 18 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 49: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

How much forest has Angola lost since 2001?

About 4.62 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 8% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 3.18 million ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.

Which city in Angola has the most trees?

Chitato, with 32.8% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.

How does Airleaf measure air quality in Angola?

Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.

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