City report · Gauteng, South Africa
Evaton Air quality today
Air quality in Evaton currently reads AQI 93 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 93
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.4
- tree cover
- 2.7%
- trees in this area
- 8.5K
- more trees needed
- 85.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Evaton Central, Evaton, 1985, South Africa (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Evaton · AQI 93 (Moderate)
Evaton's tree count comes to 8,482 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 85,765 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Evaton today: AQI 93, Moderate
Main pollutant: Ozone · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Sebokeng, 6.1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.4
PM10
60.6
NO₂
—
O₃
133.8
SO₂
31.5
CO
178.7
Data: OpenAQ · South Africa, South African Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS)
- 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 Evaton's daily AQI at 84 on average, from 54 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 167 on Nov 11.
Where Evaton stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Evaton: Critically low
2.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
8,482
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
85,765
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,887 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Evaton lost?
There was almost no forest around Evaton 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.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 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 Evaton right now?
The latest reading for Evaton shows an AQI of 93 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Sebokeng ground monitoring station, 6.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is Ozone. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Evaton today?
At AQI 93 (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 Evaton been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Evaton's daily AQI at 84 on average, from 54 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 167 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Evaton lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Evaton 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 Evaton?
Evaton has an estimated 8,482 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.7% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Evaton need?
Evaton needs roughly 85,765 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,887 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Evaton's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Evaton Central, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Evaton Central; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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