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Kikolo Air quality today
Air quality in Kikolo currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 53
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.3
- tree cover
- 1.5%
- trees in this area
- 4.3K
- more trees needed
- 81.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Cacuaco, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kikolo · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Kikolo's tree count comes to 4,307 trees across 11.49 km² of land, 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,835 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kikolo today: AQI 53, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.3
PM10
13.3
NO₂
4.2
O₃
51.0
SO₂
3.0
CO
207.0
- 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 Kikolo's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 50 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 7.
Where Kikolo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kikolo: Critically low
1.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.49 km² of land.
Trees in this area
4,307
Target trees
86,142
More trees needed
81,835
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,800 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kikolo lost?
There was very little forest around Kikolo in 2000, about 29 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2009, when about 3 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Kikolo?
- Towns and roadscleared for good94% · 7 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.8% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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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Questions about Kikolo
What is the air quality (AQI) in Kikolo right now?
The latest reading for Kikolo shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kikolo today?
At AQI 53 (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 Kikolo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kikolo's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 50 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kikolo lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Kikolo in 2000, about 29 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost 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 Kikolo?
Kikolo has an estimated 4,307 trees across the 11.49 km² of land measured — 1.5% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kikolo need?
Kikolo needs roughly 81,835 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,800 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kikolo'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 Cacuaco; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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