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Iringa Air quality today
Air quality in Iringa currently reads AQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 108
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 38.6
- tree cover
- 19.8%
- trees in this area
- 62.2K
- more trees needed
- 47.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Iringa, Tanzania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Iringa · AQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Iringa's tree count comes to 62,204 trees across 12.57 km², 15 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 47,752 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Iringa today: AQI 108, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
38.6
PM10
40.4
NO₂
5.8
O₃
98.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
375.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iringa's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 47 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 114 on Nov 10.
Where Iringa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Iringa: Critically low
19.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
62,204
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
47,752
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,051 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Iringa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iringa has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 21 football pitches): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 15 haabout 21 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 11 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Iringa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 9 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 2 ha
- Loggingcan grow back11% · 2 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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
- 1,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,100 ha
- Overall change
- +1 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iringa stayed about the same size, at about 1,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 59 hectares, and about 59 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 Iringa right now?
The latest reading for Iringa shows an AQI of 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Iringa today?
At AQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Iringa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Iringa's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 47 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 114 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Iringa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Iringa has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 21 football pitches): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Iringa stayed about the same size, at about 1,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 59 hectares, and about 59 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Iringa?
Iringa has an estimated 62,204 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.8% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Iringa need?
Iringa needs roughly 47,752 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,051 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Iringa'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 Iringa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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