City report · Amhara, Ethiopia
Gonder Air quality today
Air quality in Gonder currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 49
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.9
- tree cover
- 19.9%
- trees in this area
- 62.5K
- more trees needed
- 31.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gondar, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gonder · AQI 49 (Good)
Gonder's tree count comes to 62,518 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 31,730 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gonder today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 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
7.9
PM10
9.2
NO₂
1.8
O₃
72.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
216.0
- 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 Gonder's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 39 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 5.
Where Gonder stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gonder: Below target
19.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
62,518
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
31,730
CO₂ if planted / yr
698.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gonder lost?
There was almost no forest around Gonder 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.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 5,220 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,510 ha
- Overall change
- +296 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gonder grew from about 5,220 hectares to 5,510 hectares, a net gain of about 296 hectares (+5.7%). New forest grew on about 319 hectares, while 23 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 Gonder right now?
The latest reading for Gonder shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 11, 09:00 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 Gonder 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 Gonder been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gonder's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 39 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Gonder lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Gonder 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gonder grew from about 5,220 hectares to 5,510 hectares, a net gain of about 296 hectares (+5.7%). New forest grew on about 319 hectares, while 23 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gonder?
Gonder has an estimated 62,518 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.9% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gonder need?
Gonder needs roughly 31,730 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 698.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gonder'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 Gondar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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