Tanzania · Mara · 3 cities
Air quality in Mara today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Bunda has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Mara (AQI 51, Moderate), and Musoma the worst (AQI 81, Moderate). Tarime has the most tree cover, at 47.9% — #1 of 33 cities measured in Tanzania.
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.
Average right now
AQI 66
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 32.6%
- Tanzania: 20.7%
- worst air now: Musoma
- 81
- cleanest air now: Bunda
- 51
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Mara · average AQI 66
Air quality today across Mara, city by city
| Bunda | 51Moderate | 23.0% | 22.0K | #14 of 33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musoma | 81Moderate | 26.9% | 6.4K | #8 of 33 |
| Tarime | 66Moderate | 47.9% | — | #1 of 33 |
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 Tanzania.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mara lost?
Since 2001, Mara has lost about 7,310 hectares of forest (about 10,000 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7,310 haabout 10,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6,240 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 | 659 ha | 75 ha | 734 ha |
| 2002 | 166 ha | 18 ha | 184 ha |
| 2003 | 141 ha | 23 ha | 164 ha |
| 2004 | 53 ha | 23 ha | 76 ha |
| 2005 | 324 ha | 46 ha | 370 ha |
| 2006 | 113 ha | 13 ha | 126 ha |
| 2007 | 337 ha | 48 ha | 385 ha |
| 2008 | 122 ha | 23 ha | 145 ha |
| 2009 | 250 ha | 47 ha | 297 ha |
| 2010 | 239 ha | 15 ha | 254 ha |
| 2011 | 36 ha | 5 ha | 41 ha |
| 2012 | 233 ha | 21 ha | 254 ha |
| 2013 | 268 ha | 23 ha | 291 ha |
| 2014 | 123 ha | 5 ha | 128 ha |
| 2015 | 227 ha | 9 ha | 236 ha |
| 2016 | 252 ha | 169 ha | 421 ha |
| 2017 | 536 ha | 77 ha | 613 ha |
| 2018 | 348 ha | 17 ha | 365 ha |
| 2019 | 330 ha | 22 ha | 352 ha |
| 2020 | 692 ha | 79 ha | 771 ha |
| 2021 | 131 ha | 106 ha | 237 ha |
| 2022 | 99 ha | 159 ha | 257 ha |
| 2023 | 145 ha | 23 ha | 168 ha |
| 2024 | 316 ha | 24 ha | 340 ha |
| 2025 | 99 ha | 6 ha | 105 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 221 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 504 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 771 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Mara?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good85% · 6,200 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back11% · 793 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3% · 223 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, towns and roads, shifting farming.
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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