City report · Angola
Malanje Air quality today
Air quality in Malanje currently reads AQI 41 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 41
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.5
- tree cover
- 25.1%
- trees in this area
- 78.9K
- more trees needed
- 15.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Malanje, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Malanje · AQI 41 (Good)
Malanje's tree count comes to 78,854 trees across 12.57 km², 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 15,394 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Malanje today: AQI 41, 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
8.5
PM10
8.6
NO₂
4.1
O₃
47.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
185.0
- 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 Malanje's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 5.
Where Malanje stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Malanje: Below target
25.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
78,854
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
15,394
CO₂ if planted / yr
338.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Malanje lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Malanje has lost about 371 hectares of forest (about 520 football pitches): 30% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 371 haabout 520 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 30%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 351 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 50 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2006 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 48 ha | 2 ha | 50 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 40 ha | 4 ha | 45 ha |
| 2012 | 34 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2015 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Malanje?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good92% · 341 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back5.1% · 19 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.6% · 10 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 1,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,080 ha
- Overall change
- −617 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Malanje shrank from about 1,700 hectares to 1,080 hectares, a net loss of about 617 hectares (−36%). New forest grew on about 485 hectares, but 1,100 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 Malanje
What is the air quality (AQI) in Malanje right now?
The latest reading for Malanje shows an AQI of 41 (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 Malanje today?
At AQI 41 (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 Malanje been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Malanje's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Malanje lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Malanje has lost about 371 hectares of forest (about 520 football pitches): 30% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Malanje shrank from about 1,700 hectares to 1,080 hectares, a net loss of about 617 hectares (−36%). New forest grew on about 485 hectares, but 1,100 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Malanje?
Malanje has an estimated 78,854 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 25.1% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Malanje need?
Malanje needs roughly 15,394 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 338.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Malanje'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 Malanje; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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