City report · Timor Leste
Lospalos Air quality today
Air quality in Lospalos currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 42
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.3
- tree cover
- 55.9%
- trees in this area
- 176K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lospalos, Timor-Leste (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lospalos · AQI 42 (Good)
Lospalos's tree count comes to 175,615 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lospalos today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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
8.3
PM10
10.8
NO₂
0.5
O₃
54.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
168.0
- 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 Lospalos's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 8.
Where Lospalos stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lospalos: Healthy tree cover
55.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
175,615
Target trees
175,615
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lospalos lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lospalos has lost about 768 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 768 haabout 1,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 758 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 102 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2002 | 65 ha | 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2003 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 59 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2005 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2006 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 79 ha |
| 2007 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 100 ha | 3 ha | 102 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 33 ha | 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2013 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2014 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2018 | 28 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2019 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2023 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2024 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2025 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lospalos?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good99% · 758 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 18,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,900 ha
- Overall change
- −66 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lospalos stayed about the same size, at about 18,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 125 hectares, and about 190 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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Questions about Lospalos
What is the air quality (AQI) in Lospalos right now?
The latest reading for Lospalos shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Lospalos today?
At AQI 42 (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 Lospalos been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lospalos's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lospalos lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lospalos has lost about 768 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lospalos stayed about the same size, at about 18,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 125 hectares, and about 190 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lospalos?
Lospalos has an estimated 175,615 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 55.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lospalos need?
Lospalos has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Lospalos'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 Lospalos; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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