City report · Angola
Menongue Air quality today
Air quality in Menongue currently reads AQI 39 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 39
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.0
- tree cover
- 10.3%
- trees in this area
- 32.4K
- more trees needed
- 61.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Menongue, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Menongue · AQI 39 (Good)
Menongue's tree count comes to 32,358 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,889 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Menongue today: AQI 39, 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
7.0
PM10
7.2
NO₂
1.9
O₃
70.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
175.0
- 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 Menongue's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 4.
Where Menongue stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Menongue: Critically low
10.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
32,358
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
61,889
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,362 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Menongue lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Menongue has lost about 540 hectares of forest (about 760 football pitches): 87% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 540 haabout 760 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 87%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 540 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 91 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 85 ha | under 1 ha | 85 ha |
| 2007 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2008 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2010 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2011 | 91 ha | under 1 ha | 91 ha |
| 2012 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2013 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2014 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2017 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Menongue?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for goodover 99% · 538 ha
Also: towns and roads.
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
- 1,350 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 943 ha
- Overall change
- −411 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Menongue shrank from about 1,350 hectares to 943 hectares, a net loss of about 411 hectares (−30%). New forest grew on about 533 hectares, but 944 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 Menongue
What is the air quality (AQI) in Menongue right now?
The latest reading for Menongue shows an AQI of 39 (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 Menongue today?
At AQI 39 (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 Menongue been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Menongue's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Menongue lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Menongue has lost about 540 hectares of forest (about 760 football pitches): 87% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Menongue shrank from about 1,350 hectares to 943 hectares, a net loss of about 411 hectares (−30%). New forest grew on about 533 hectares, but 944 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Menongue?
Menongue has an estimated 32,358 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.3% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Menongue need?
Menongue needs roughly 61,889 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,362 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Menongue'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 Menongue; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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