Angola · Luanda Norte · 3 cities
Air quality in Luanda Norte today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Chitato has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Luanda Norte (AQI 37, Good), and Dundo the worst (AQI 51, Moderate). Chitato has the most tree cover, at 32.8% — #1 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 46
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 26.7%
- Angola: 11.5%
- worst air now: Dundo
- 51
- cleanest air now: Chitato
- 37
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Luanda Norte · average AQI 46
Air quality today across Luanda Norte, city by city
| Chitato | 37Good | 32.8% | — | #1 of 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundo | 51Moderate | 29.9% | 314 | #2 of 35 |
| Lucapa | 49Good | 17.4% | 39.6K | #8 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 Luanda Norte lost?
Since 2001, Luanda Norte has lost about 271,000 hectares of forest (about 2,700 km²): 3.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 271,000 haabout 2,700 km²
- Share of its forest
- 3.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 156,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,270 ha | 2,430 ha | 5,700 ha |
| 2002 | 2,280 ha | 1,970 ha | 4,260 ha |
| 2003 | 3,350 ha | 2,890 ha | 6,240 ha |
| 2004 | 3,790 ha | 2,930 ha | 6,720 ha |
| 2005 | 8,770 ha | 5,640 ha | 14,400 ha |
| 2006 | 10,600 ha | 5,400 ha | 16,000 ha |
| 2007 | 6,600 ha | 4,300 ha | 10,900 ha |
| 2008 | 4,520 ha | 4,020 ha | 8,540 ha |
| 2009 | 6,340 ha | 4,020 ha | 10,400 ha |
| 2010 | 7,920 ha | 6,250 ha | 14,200 ha |
| 2011 | 4,600 ha | 3,390 ha | 7,990 ha |
| 2012 | 4,580 ha | 4,150 ha | 8,730 ha |
| 2013 | 5,000 ha | 3,840 ha | 8,840 ha |
| 2014 | 6,130 ha | 5,340 ha | 11,500 ha |
| 2015 | 3,760 ha | 2,840 ha | 6,610 ha |
| 2016 | 6,320 ha | 4,790 ha | 11,100 ha |
| 2017 | 6,700 ha | 5,230 ha | 11,900 ha |
| 2018 | 6,620 ha | 4,830 ha | 11,500 ha |
| 2019 | 5,300 ha | 4,090 ha | 9,390 ha |
| 2020 | 6,690 ha | 5,180 ha | 11,900 ha |
| 2021 | 7,910 ha | 5,430 ha | 13,300 ha |
| 2022 | 7,410 ha | 4,650 ha | 12,100 ha |
| 2023 | 7,730 ha | 5,510 ha | 13,200 ha |
| 2024 | 8,340 ha | 5,670 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 2025 | 11,100 ha | 10,600 ha | 21,700 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 14,900 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 11,200 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 21,700 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Luanda Norte?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 133,000 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back37% · 101,000 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.4% · 20,100 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, wildfires, logging, 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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