City report · South Africa
Kimberley Air quality today
Air quality in Kimberley currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 29
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.7
- tree cover
- 9.1%
- trees in this area
- 28.6K
- more trees needed
- 65.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kimberley, South Africa (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kimberley · AQI 29 (Good)
Kimberley's tree count comes to 28,560 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 65,594 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kimberley today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 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
5.7
PM10
5.9
NO₂
4.4
O₃
52.0
SO₂
3.3
CO
171.0
- 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 Kimberley's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 5 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 5.
Where Kimberley stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kimberley: Critically low
9.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
28,560
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
65,594
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,443 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kimberley lost?
There was very little forest around Kimberley in 2000, about 13 hectares, and about 2 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 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 Kimberley?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good53% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown47% · 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kimberley right now?
The latest reading for Kimberley shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 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 Kimberley today?
At AQI 29 (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 Kimberley been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kimberley's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 5 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 56 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 Kimberley lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Kimberley in 2000, about 13 hectares, and about 2 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 Kimberley?
Kimberley has an estimated 28,560 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 9.1% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kimberley need?
Kimberley needs roughly 65,594 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,443 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kimberley'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 Kimberley; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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