City report · Luanda Norte, Angola
Lucapa Air quality today
Air quality in Lucapa currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 49
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.7
- tree cover
- 17.4%
- trees in this area
- 54.7K
- more trees needed
- 39.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lucapa, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lucapa · AQI 49 (Good)
Lucapa's tree count comes to 54,664 trees across 12.57 km², 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 39,584 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lucapa today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 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
8.7
PM10
8.9
NO₂
2.2
O₃
58.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
189.0
- 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 Lucapa's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 19 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 5.
Where Lucapa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lucapa: Critically low
17.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
54,664
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
39,584
CO₂ if planted / yr
870.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lucapa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lucapa has lost about 1,360 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,360 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 718 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 14 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 309 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 80 ha | 86 ha | 166 ha |
| 2002 | 29 ha | 25 ha | 55 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 10 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 36 ha | 60 ha | 97 ha |
| 2005 | 116 ha | 193 ha | 309 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 15 ha | 22 ha |
| 2007 | 35 ha | 37 ha | 71 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | 13 ha | 18 ha |
| 2009 | 47 ha | 76 ha | 123 ha |
| 2010 | 23 ha | 23 ha | 45 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | 6 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 14 ha | 19 ha | 34 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | 4 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 23 ha | 2 ha | 25 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2021 | 17 ha | 9 ha | 26 ha |
| 2022 | 22 ha | 4 ha | 25 ha |
| 2023 | 97 ha | 13 ha | 110 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | 8 ha | 27 ha |
| 2025 | 54 ha | 30 ha | 84 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lucapa?
- Shifting farmingcan grow back47% · 637 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good30% · 414 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good21% · 291 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 9,190 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,480 ha
- Overall change
- −1,710 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lucapa shrank from about 9,190 hectares to 7,480 hectares, a net loss of about 1,710 hectares (−19%). New forest grew on about 319 hectares, but 2,030 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 Lucapa right now?
The latest reading for Lucapa shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 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 Lucapa today?
At AQI 49 (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 Lucapa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lucapa's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 19 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 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 Lucapa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lucapa has lost about 1,360 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 14 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lucapa shrank from about 9,190 hectares to 7,480 hectares, a net loss of about 1,710 hectares (−19%). New forest grew on about 319 hectares, but 2,030 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lucapa?
Lucapa has an estimated 54,664 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 17.4% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lucapa need?
Lucapa needs roughly 39,584 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 870.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lucapa'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 Lucapa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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