City report · Luanda, Angola
Luanda Air quality today
Air quality in Luanda currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 48
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.0
- tree cover
- 7.9%
- trees in this area
- 24.8K
- more trees needed
- 69.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Maianga, Luanda, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Luanda · AQI 48 (Good)
Luanda's tree count comes to 24,819 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 69,429 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Luanda today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 12:00 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
10.0
PM10
10.8
NO₂
2.4
O₃
135.0
SO₂
7.1
CO
142.0
- 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 Luanda's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 47 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 7.
Where Luanda stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Luanda: Critically low
7.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
24,819
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
69,429
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,527 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Luanda lost?
There was almost no forest around Luanda in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
- 44
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- Air quality
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- Ramiros32.6 km
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- Air quality
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Luanda right now?
The latest reading for Luanda shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 10, 12:00 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 Luanda today?
At AQI 48 (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 Luanda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Luanda's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 47 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 Luanda lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Luanda in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Luanda?
Luanda has an estimated 24,819 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.9% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Luanda need?
Luanda needs roughly 69,429 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,527 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Luanda'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 Maianga; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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