City report · Limpopo, South Africa
Mokopane Air quality today
Air quality in Mokopane currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 47
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.5
- tree cover
- 21.9%
- trees in this area
- 68.8K
- more trees needed
- 25.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chroompark, Mokopane, 0656, South Africa (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mokopane · AQI 47 (Good)
Mokopane's tree count comes to 68,801 trees across 12.57 km², 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,447 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mokopane today: AQI 47, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Polokwane and Soshanguve
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.5
PM10
13.6
NO₂
11.5
O₃
51.0
SO₂
13.2
CO
261.0
- 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 Mokopane's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mokopane: Below target
21.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
68,801
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
25,447
CO₂ if planted / yr
559.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mokopane lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mokopane has lost about 17 hectares of forest (about 24 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) 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
- 17 haabout 24 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 13 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, 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 | 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Mokopane?
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · 7 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good38% · 6 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown24% · 4 ha
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
- 2,890 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,930 ha
- Overall change
- +38 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mokopane stayed about the same size, at about 2,930 hectares: new forest grew on about 95 hectares, and about 57 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Mokopane
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Polokwane56.7 km
South Africa
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 58
- Somaroboro129.3 km
South Africa
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 64
- Hammanskraal153.5 km
South Africa
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 76
- Soshanguve169.3 km
South Africa
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 205
- Middelburg181.7 km
South Africa
- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 57
- Emalahleni187.8 km
South Africa
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 91
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Mokopane right now?
The latest reading for Mokopane shows an AQI of 47 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mokopane today?
At AQI 47 (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 Mokopane been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mokopane's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 68 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 Mokopane lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mokopane has lost about 17 hectares of forest (about 24 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mokopane stayed about the same size, at about 2,930 hectares: new forest grew on about 95 hectares, and about 57 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mokopane?
Mokopane has an estimated 68,801 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 21.9% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mokopane need?
Mokopane needs roughly 25,447 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 559.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mokopane'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 Chroompark; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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