City report · Morogoro, Tanzania
Morogoro Air quality today
Air quality in Morogoro currently reads AQI 39 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 39
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.5
- tree cover
- 23.7%
- trees in this area
- 74.5K
- more trees needed
- 19.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Morogoro, Tanzania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Morogoro · AQI 39 (Good)
Morogoro's tree count comes to 74,456 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 19,792 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Morogoro today: AQI 39, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 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
6.5
PM10
8.5
NO₂
0.4
O₃
76.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
124.0
- 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 Morogoro's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 22 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 9.
Where Morogoro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Morogoro: Below target
23.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
74,456
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
19,792
CO₂ if planted / yr
435.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Morogoro lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Morogoro has lost about 673 hectares of forest (about 940 football pitches): 7.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2021: satellite photo from August 2021 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 673 haabout 940 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 637 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 152 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2002 | 150 ha | 2 ha | 152 ha |
| 2003 | 27 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2004 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 35 ha | 2 ha | 37 ha |
| 2008 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2009 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 64 ha | 2 ha | 66 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 34 ha | 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2013 | 57 ha | 2 ha | 59 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | 4 ha | 30 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 46 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | 58 ha | 7 ha | 65 ha |
| 2020 | 22 ha | 7 ha | 30 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Morogoro?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good92% · 621 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back3.4% · 23 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.2% · 15 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, mining and energy, 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
- 8,630 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,990 ha
- Overall change
- −634 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Morogoro shrank from about 8,630 hectares to 7,990 hectares, a net loss of about 634 hectares (−7.4%). New forest grew on about 370 hectares, but 1,010 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 Morogoro right now?
The latest reading for Morogoro shows an AQI of 39 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 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 Morogoro 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 Morogoro been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Morogoro's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 22 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Morogoro lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Morogoro has lost about 673 hectares of forest (about 940 football pitches): 7.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Morogoro shrank from about 8,630 hectares to 7,990 hectares, a net loss of about 634 hectares (−7.4%). New forest grew on about 370 hectares, but 1,010 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Morogoro?
Morogoro has an estimated 74,456 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 23.7% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Morogoro need?
Morogoro needs roughly 19,792 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 435.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Morogoro'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 Morogoro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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