City report · Mozambique
Maputo Air quality today
Air quality in Maputo currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 48
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.6
- tree cover
- 15.0%
- trees in this area
- 43.6K
- more trees needed
- 43.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Central "A", Maputo, Mozambique (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Maputo · AQI 48 (Good)
Maputo's tree count comes to 43,637 trees across 11.64 km² of land, 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,637 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Maputo today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 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
8.6
PM10
12.3
NO₂
5.2
O₃
30.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
81.0
- 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 Maputo's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 17 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 5.
Where Maputo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Maputo: Critically low
15.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.64 km² of land.
Trees in this area
43,637
Target trees
87,274
More trees needed
43,637
CO₂ if planted / yr
960.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Maputo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Maputo has lost about 25 hectares of forest (about 35 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 25 haabout 35 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 25 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Maputo?
- Towns and roadscleared for good91% · 23 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good9.5% · 2 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
- 226 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 87 ha
- Overall change
- −140 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Maputo shrank from about 226 hectares to 87 hectares, a net loss of about 140 hectares (−62%). New forest grew on about 21 hectares, but 160 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Maputo right now?
The latest reading for Maputo shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 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 Maputo 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 Maputo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Maputo's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 17 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Maputo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Maputo has lost about 25 hectares of forest (about 35 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Maputo shrank from about 226 hectares to 87 hectares, a net loss of about 140 hectares (−62%). New forest grew on about 21 hectares, but 160 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Maputo?
Maputo has an estimated 43,637 trees across the 11.64 km² of land measured — 15.0% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Maputo need?
Maputo needs roughly 43,637 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 960.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Maputo'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 Central "A"; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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