City report · Angola
Lubango Air quality today
Air quality in Lubango currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 24
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.4
- tree cover
- 6.8%
- trees in this area
- 21.4K
- more trees needed
- 72.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lubango, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lubango · AQI 24 (Good)
Lubango's tree count comes to 21,363 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 72,885 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lubango today: AQI 24, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Centro Lubango, 600 m away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Evanilton Pires
- 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 Lubango's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 4.
Where Lubango stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lubango: Critically low
6.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
21,363
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
72,885
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,603 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lubango lost?
There was very little forest around Lubango in 2000, about 63 hectares, and about 27 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2013, when about 5 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lubango?
- Towns and roadscleared for good44% · 12 ha
- Loggingcan grow back34% · 9 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good21% · 6 ha
Also: 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
- 189 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 279 ha
- Overall change
- +90 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lubango grew from about 189 hectares to 279 hectares, a net gain of about 90 hectares (+48%). New forest grew on about 103 hectares, while 13 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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Questions about Lubango
What is the air quality (AQI) in Lubango right now?
The latest reading for Lubango shows an AQI of 24 (Good), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by the Centro Lubango ground monitoring station, 600 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lubango today?
At AQI 24 (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 Lubango been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lubango's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lubango lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Lubango in 2000, about 63 hectares, and about 27 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lubango grew from about 189 hectares to 279 hectares, a net gain of about 90 hectares (+48%). New forest grew on about 103 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lubango?
Lubango has an estimated 21,363 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.8% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lubango need?
Lubango needs roughly 72,885 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,603 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lubango's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Lubango, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Lubango; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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