City report · Kwanza Sul, Angola
Gabela Air quality today
Air quality in Gabela currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 49
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.5
- tree cover
- 15.8%
- trees in this area
- 49.6K
- more trees needed
- 44.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gabela, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gabela · AQI 49 (Good)
Gabela's tree count comes to 49,637 trees across 12.57 km², 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 44,611 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gabela today: AQI 49, Good
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
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
9.5
PM10
10.0
NO₂
2.6
O₃
37.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
244.0
- 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 Gabela's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 45 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 4.
Where Gabela stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gabela: Critically low
15.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
49,637
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
44,611
CO₂ if planted / yr
981.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gabela lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gabela has lost about 4,880 hectares of forest (about 6,800 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4,880 haabout 6,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4,380 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 244 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 247 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 498 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 400 ha | 25 ha | 425 ha |
| 2002 | 225 ha | 3 ha | 228 ha |
| 2003 | 25 ha | 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2005 | 72 ha | 14 ha | 86 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 203 ha | 11 ha | 214 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 93 ha | 7 ha | 100 ha |
| 2010 | 65 ha | 2 ha | 67 ha |
| 2011 | 152 ha | 12 ha | 164 ha |
| 2012 | 164 ha | 9 ha | 173 ha |
| 2013 | 444 ha | 40 ha | 484 ha |
| 2014 | 180 ha | 11 ha | 191 ha |
| 2015 | 209 ha | 25 ha | 234 ha |
| 2016 | 342 ha | 56 ha | 398 ha |
| 2017 | 360 ha | 28 ha | 388 ha |
| 2018 | 133 ha | 9 ha | 142 ha |
| 2019 | 154 ha | 23 ha | 177 ha |
| 2020 | 122 ha | 8 ha | 130 ha |
| 2021 | 405 ha | 93 ha | 498 ha |
| 2022 | 179 ha | 35 ha | 214 ha |
| 2023 | 191 ha | 42 ha | 233 ha |
| 2024 | 141 ha | 37 ha | 178 ha |
| 2025 | 85 ha | 14 ha | 99 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Gabela?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 3,920 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back10% · 506 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good9.4% · 459 ha
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
- 15,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,700 ha
- Overall change
- −2,730 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gabela shrank from about 15,400 hectares to 12,700 hectares, a net loss of about 2,730 hectares (−18%). New forest grew on about 542 hectares, but 3,270 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 Gabela right now?
The latest reading for Gabela shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 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 Gabela today?
At AQI 49 (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 Gabela been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gabela's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 45 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 95 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 Gabela lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gabela has lost about 4,880 hectares of forest (about 6,800 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 244 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 247 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gabela shrank from about 15,400 hectares to 12,700 hectares, a net loss of about 2,730 hectares (−18%). New forest grew on about 542 hectares, but 3,270 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gabela?
Gabela has an estimated 49,637 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 15.8% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gabela need?
Gabela needs roughly 44,611 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 981.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gabela'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 Gabela; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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