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Angola · Huambo · 3 cities

Air quality in Huambo today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Huambo has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Huambo (AQI 27, Good), and Caála the worst (AQI 38, Good). Huambo has the most tree cover, at 12.1% — #14 of 35 cities measured in Angola.

Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.

AQI 34

Average right now

Good

US EPA index, across 3 cities
cities tracked
3
average tree cover
11.3%
Angola: 11.5%
worst air now: Caála
38
cleanest air now: Huambo
27

Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.

Huambo · average AQI 34

Air quality today across Huambo, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Huambo, Angola
Huambo27Good12.1%56.2K#14 of 35
Caála38Good11.7%57.5K#15 of 35
Catchiungo36Good10.0%62.8K#19 of 35

Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Angola.

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Huambo lost?

Since 2001, Huambo has lost about 199,000 hectares of forest (about 280,000 football pitches): 32% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Forest lost since 2001
199,000 haabout 280,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
32%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
186,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Huambo, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Huambo, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.15.1K

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Forest lost each year in Huambo, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
20011,520 ha88 ha1,610 ha
2002157 ha20 ha177 ha
2003711 ha22 ha733 ha
2004451 ha21 ha472 ha
20054,510 ha308 ha4,810 ha
20061,010 ha17 ha1,020 ha
20073,410 ha88 ha3,500 ha
200812,200 ha232 ha12,400 ha
20099,020 ha372 ha9,390 ha
20104,460 ha222 ha4,680 ha
20116,080 ha406 ha6,480 ha
20124,580 ha412 ha5,000 ha
20137,120 ha483 ha7,600 ha
20147,520 ha638 ha8,150 ha
20156,710 ha632 ha7,340 ha
201610,300 ha804 ha11,100 ha
201711,200 ha767 ha12,000 ha
201810,900 ha818 ha11,700 ha
201911,000 ha1,100 ha12,100 ha
202013,400 ha1,020 ha14,400 ha
20219,880 ha977 ha10,900 ha
202212,000 ha894 ha12,900 ha
202311,900 ha900 ha12,800 ha
202411,700 ha935 ha12,600 ha
202514,000 ha1,090 ha15,100 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 12,900 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 12,200 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 15,100 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Huambo?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 185,000 ha
  • Loggingcan grow back4.5% · 8,860 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back1.9% · 3,680 ha

Also: wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, mining and energy, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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. How it's measured

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