Moroni
2 km around Moroni
Air quality now
AQI 42
22.6%
tree cover
13.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Africa · air quality report · 3 cities
Comoros air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 3 cities Airleaf measures in the Comoros average AQI 34 (good). The worst air is in Moroni, at AQI 42, and the cleanest in Fomboni, at AQI 25.
None of the 3 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 34
Good
US EPA index, across 3 cities
- cities measured
- 3
- worst air: Moroni
- 42
- cleanest air: Fomboni
- 25
- average tree cover
- 51.3%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Comoros · average AQI 34
Air quality right now in all 3 cities in the Comoros
Across the country
How clean is the air across the Comoros today?
None of the 3 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
3 measured cities
- Good3 (100%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does the Comoros compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of the Comoros average cleaner air than 79% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 98%.
Cleaner air than…
- Comoros
- Beats 79%
More tree cover than…
- Comoros
- Beats 98%
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has the Comoros lost?
Since 2001, the Comoros has lost about 6,220 hectares of forest (about 8,700 football pitches): 4.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (52%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6,220 haabout 8,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,210 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 ha | 15 ha | 36 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | 25 ha | 41 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | 13 ha | 26 ha |
| 2004 | 15 ha | 26 ha | 41 ha |
| 2005 | 38 ha | 46 ha | 84 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 44 ha | 32 ha | 76 ha |
| 2008 | 20 ha | 14 ha | 34 ha |
| 2009 | 54 ha | 56 ha | 110 ha |
| 2010 | 46 ha | 45 ha | 91 ha |
| 2011 | 72 ha | 50 ha | 122 ha |
| 2012 | 64 ha | 36 ha | 100 ha |
| 2013 | 982 ha | 551 ha | 1,530 ha |
| 2014 | 960 ha | 443 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 2015 | 213 ha | 208 ha | 421 ha |
| 2016 | 38 ha | 66 ha | 104 ha |
| 2017 | 106 ha | 172 ha | 278 ha |
| 2018 | 63 ha | 110 ha | 173 ha |
| 2019 | 115 ha | 147 ha | 262 ha |
| 2020 | 62 ha | 191 ha | 253 ha |
| 2021 | 61 ha | 92 ha | 153 ha |
| 2022 | 40 ha | 101 ha | 140 ha |
| 2023 | 26 ha | 98 ha | 124 ha |
| 2024 | 97 ha | 391 ha | 488 ha |
| 2025 | 41 ha | 69 ha | 110 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 203 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 214 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 1,530 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in the Comoros?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 3,070 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back43% · 2,690 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.3% · 146 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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
Comoros as a whole
17.8% of the Comoros was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 22.8M trees across 22.8K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in the Comoros: your questions answered
What is the air quality in the Comoros today?
Right now the 3 cities Airleaf measures in the Comoros average AQI 34 (good). The worst air is in Moroni, at AQI 42, and the cleanest in Fomboni, at AQI 25. None of the 3 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air.
Which city in the Comoros has the worst air right now?
Moroni, at AQI 42 (Good) on the US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Which city in the Comoros has the cleanest air right now?
Fomboni, at AQI 25 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever the Comoros has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in the Comoros safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 3 cities are Good. At the national average of AQI 34: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the Comoros lost since 2001?
About 6,220 ha from 2001 to 2025, 5% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 3,210 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in the Comoros?
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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