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Kindia Air quality today
Air quality in Kindia currently reads AQI 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 137
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 46.2
- tree cover
- 27.3%
- trees in this area
- 85.8K
- more trees needed
- 24.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kindia, Guinea (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kindia · AQI 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Kindia's tree count comes to 85,765 trees across 12.57 km², 8 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 24,190 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kindia today: AQI 137, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Conakry and Labe
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
46.2
PM10
48.5
NO₂
10.4
O₃
20.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
191.0
- 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 Kindia's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 10.
Where Kindia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kindia: Below target
27.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
85,765
Target trees
109,955
More trees needed
24,190
CO₂ if planted / yr
532.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kindia lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kindia has lost about 2,200 hectares of forest (about 3,100 football pitches): 34% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to shifting farming, so much of it can grow back. About 518 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,200 haabout 3,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 34%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 518 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 162 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 166 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 211 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | 7 ha | 23 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 20 ha | 7 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 66 ha | 8 ha | 74 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha |
| 2013 | 31 ha | 117 ha | 148 ha |
| 2014 | 22 ha | 78 ha | 99 ha |
| 2015 | 35 ha | 72 ha | 107 ha |
| 2016 | 19 ha | 145 ha | 164 ha |
| 2017 | 29 ha | 127 ha | 156 ha |
| 2018 | 25 ha | 139 ha | 164 ha |
| 2019 | 20 ha | 188 ha | 208 ha |
| 2020 | 20 ha | 120 ha | 139 ha |
| 2021 | 23 ha | 183 ha | 206 ha |
| 2022 | 35 ha | 111 ha | 146 ha |
| 2023 | 46 ha | 165 ha | 211 ha |
| 2024 | 24 ha | 138 ha | 162 ha |
| 2025 | 27 ha | 57 ha | 84 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kindia?
- Shifting farmingcan grow back76% · 1,680 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good21% · 467 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.3% · 51 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 19,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,400 ha
- Overall change
- −1,530 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kindia shrank from about 19,000 hectares to 17,400 hectares, a net loss of about 1,530 hectares (−8.1%). New forest grew on about 198 hectares, but 1,730 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 Kindia right now?
The latest reading for Kindia shows an AQI of 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, 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 Kindia today?
At AQI 137 (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 Kindia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kindia's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 70 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 10. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kindia lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kindia has lost about 2,200 hectares of forest (about 3,100 football pitches): 34% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to shifting farming, so much of it can grow back. About 518 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 162 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 166 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kindia shrank from about 19,000 hectares to 17,400 hectares, a net loss of about 1,530 hectares (−8.1%). New forest grew on about 198 hectares, but 1,730 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kindia?
Kindia has an estimated 85,765 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.3% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kindia need?
Kindia needs roughly 24,190 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 532.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kindia'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 Kindia; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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