Tanzania · Shinyanga · 2 cities
Air quality in Shinyanga today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Shinyanga has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Shinyanga (AQI 23, Good), and Kahama the worst (AQI 27, Good). Shinyanga has the most tree cover, at 9.3% — #25 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.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 7.6%
- Tanzania: 20.7%
- worst air now: Kahama
- 27
- cleanest air now: Shinyanga
- 23
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Shinyanga
Air quality today across Shinyanga, city by city
| Kahama | 27Good | 5.9% | 75.7K | #31 of 33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinyanga | 23Good | 9.3% | 65.0K | #25 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 Shinyanga lost?
Since 2001, Shinyanga has lost about 14,600 hectares of forest (about 20,000 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 14,600 haabout 20,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 13,900 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 | 773 ha | 56 ha | 829 ha |
| 2002 | 512 ha | 8 ha | 520 ha |
| 2003 | 230 ha | 5 ha | 235 ha |
| 2004 | 232 ha | 5 ha | 237 ha |
| 2005 | 1,070 ha | 31 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 2006 | 88 ha | 6 ha | 94 ha |
| 2007 | 1,540 ha | 55 ha | 1,590 ha |
| 2008 | 176 ha | 8 ha | 184 ha |
| 2009 | 4,120 ha | 41 ha | 4,170 ha |
| 2010 | 249 ha | 14 ha | 263 ha |
| 2011 | 843 ha | 6 ha | 849 ha |
| 2012 | 1,160 ha | 42 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2013 | 190 ha | 21 ha | 211 ha |
| 2014 | 156 ha | 23 ha | 179 ha |
| 2015 | 269 ha | 161 ha | 430 ha |
| 2016 | 159 ha | 43 ha | 202 ha |
| 2017 | 425 ha | 16 ha | 441 ha |
| 2018 | 175 ha | 18 ha | 193 ha |
| 2019 | 156 ha | under 1 ha | 156 ha |
| 2020 | 242 ha | 19 ha | 261 ha |
| 2021 | 352 ha | 12 ha | 364 ha |
| 2022 | 123 ha | 14 ha | 137 ha |
| 2023 | 197 ha | 55 ha | 252 ha |
| 2024 | 135 ha | 24 ha | 159 ha |
| 2025 | 317 ha | 31 ha | 348 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 252 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 251 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 4,170 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Shinyanga?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good94% · 13,700 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back3.8% · 554 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.1% · 163 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, wildfires, 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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