City report · Chad
Moundou Air quality today
Air quality in Moundou currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 66
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.6
- tree cover
- 13.1%
- trees in this area
- 40.7K
- more trees needed
- 52.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Moundou, Chad (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Moundou · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Moundou's tree count comes to 40,702 trees across 12.43 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,509 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Moundou today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.6
PM10
73.6
NO₂
0.2
O₃
64.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
110.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Moundou's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 59 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 9.
Where Moundou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Moundou: Critically low
13.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
40,702
Target trees
93,211
More trees needed
52,509
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,155 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Moundou lost?
There was very little forest around Moundou in 2000, about 3 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Moundou?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good91% · 2 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
- 4,560 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,010 ha
- Overall change
- −553 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Moundou shrank from about 4,560 hectares to 4,010 hectares, a net loss of about 553 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 624 hectares, but 1,180 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Ngaoundéré307.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 71
- Mubi361.3 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Moundou right now?
The latest reading for Moundou shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Moundou today?
At AQI 66 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Moundou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Moundou's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 59 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 78 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 Moundou lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Moundou in 2000, about 3 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Moundou shrank from about 4,560 hectares to 4,010 hectares, a net loss of about 553 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 624 hectares, but 1,180 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Moundou?
Moundou has an estimated 40,702 trees across the 12.43 km² of land measured — 13.1% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Moundou need?
Moundou needs roughly 52,509 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,155 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Moundou'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 Moundou; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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