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Nema Kunku Air quality today
Air quality in Nema Kunku currently reads AQI 74 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 74
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 22.6
- tree cover
- 26.4%
- trees in this area
- 82.0K
- more trees needed
- 11.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Brikama, Western, Gambia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 31, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nema Kunku · AQI 74 (Moderate)
Nema Kunku's tree count comes to 82,026 trees across 12.43 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 11,185 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nema Kunku today: AQI 74, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Banjul and Ziguinchor
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
22.6
PM10
48.9
NO₂
2.0
O₃
71.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
181.0
- 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 Nema Kunku's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 65 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 7.
Where Nema Kunku stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nema Kunku: Below target
26.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
82,026
Target trees
93,211
More trees needed
11,185
CO₂ if planted / yr
246.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nema Kunku lost?
There was very little forest around Nema Kunku in 2000, about 2 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 April 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 Nema Kunku?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 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
- 11,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,730 ha
- Overall change
- −1,390 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nema Kunku shrank from about 11,100 hectares to 9,730 hectares, a net loss of about 1,390 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 172 hectares, but 1,560 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 Nema Kunku
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Ziguinchor86.8 km
Senegal
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 67
- Serekunda88.5 km
Gambia
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 71
- Kaolack102.4 km
Senegal
- Tree cover
- 1%
- Air quality
- 71
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nema Kunku right now?
The latest reading for Nema Kunku shows an AQI of 74 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, 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 Nema Kunku today?
At AQI 74 (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 Nema Kunku been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nema Kunku's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 65 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nema Kunku lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Nema Kunku in 2000, about 2 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 Nema Kunku shrank from about 11,100 hectares to 9,730 hectares, a net loss of about 1,390 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 172 hectares, but 1,560 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nema Kunku?
Nema Kunku has an estimated 82,026 trees across the 12.43 km² of land measured — 26.4% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nema Kunku need?
Nema Kunku needs roughly 11,185 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 246.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nema Kunku'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 Brikama; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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