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Nyagatare Air quality today
Air quality in Nyagatare currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.3
- tree cover
- 21.6%
- trees in this area
- 67.9K
- more trees needed
- 26.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nyagatare, Rwanda (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nyagatare · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Nyagatare's tree count comes to 67,858 trees across 12.57 km², 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 26,389 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nyagatare today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 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
10.3
PM10
11.0
NO₂
1.4
O₃
70.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
429.0
- 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 Nyagatare's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 50 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 160 on Nov 8.
Where Nyagatare stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nyagatare: Below target
21.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
67,858
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
26,389
CO₂ if planted / yr
580.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nyagatare lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nyagatare has lost about 36 hectares of forest (about 51 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (41%). About 17 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 36 haabout 51 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 17 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 8 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 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 | 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 | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 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 Nyagatare?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 15 ha
- Loggingcan grow back25% · 9 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.1% · 2 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 316 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 296 ha
- Overall change
- −20 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nyagatare shrank from about 316 hectares to 296 hectares, a net loss of about 20 hectares (−6.3%). New forest grew on about 43 hectares, but 62 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 Nyagatare right now?
The latest reading for Nyagatare shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 09:00 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 Nyagatare today?
At AQI 60 (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 Nyagatare been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nyagatare's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 50 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 160 on Nov 8. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nyagatare lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nyagatare has lost about 36 hectares of forest (about 51 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (41%). About 17 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nyagatare shrank from about 316 hectares to 296 hectares, a net loss of about 20 hectares (−6.3%). New forest grew on about 43 hectares, but 62 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nyagatare?
Nyagatare has an estimated 67,858 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 21.6% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nyagatare need?
Nyagatare needs roughly 26,389 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 580.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nyagatare'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 Nyagatare; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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