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Rumonge Air quality today
Air quality in Rumonge currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 44
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.5
- tree cover
- 28.8%
- trees in this area
- 68.8K
- more trees needed
- 2.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centre-Urbain, Rumonge, Burundi (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rumonge · AQI 44 (Good)
Rumonge's tree count comes to 68,763 trees across 9.55 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 2,865 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rumonge today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.5
PM10
8.5
NO₂
0.4
O₃
79.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
193.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rumonge's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 54 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 9.
Where Rumonge stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rumonge: Below target
28.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.55 km² of land.
Trees in this area
68,763
Target trees
71,628
More trees needed
2,865
CO₂ if planted / yr
63.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rumonge lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rumonge has lost about 1,890 hectares of forest (about 2,700 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 1 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,890 haabout 2,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,630 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 467 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 83 ha | 2 ha | 85 ha |
| 2002 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2003 | 82 ha | 6 ha | 88 ha |
| 2004 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2007 | 134 ha | 2 ha | 136 ha |
| 2008 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2009 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2010 | 405 ha | 62 ha | 467 ha |
| 2011 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2012 | 53 ha | 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2013 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2014 | 238 ha | 184 ha | 422 ha |
| 2015 | 234 ha | under 1 ha | 234 ha |
| 2016 | 44 ha | 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2017 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rumonge?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 1,620 ha
- Loggingcan grow back14% · 262 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 14,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,400 ha
- Overall change
- −374 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rumonge shrank from about 14,800 hectares to 14,400 hectares, a net loss of about 374 hectares (−2.5%). New forest grew on about 270 hectares, but 643 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 Rumonge right now?
The latest reading for Rumonge shows an AQI of 44 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rumonge today?
At AQI 44 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rumonge been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rumonge's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 54 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rumonge lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rumonge has lost about 1,890 hectares of forest (about 2,700 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rumonge shrank from about 14,800 hectares to 14,400 hectares, a net loss of about 374 hectares (−2.5%). New forest grew on about 270 hectares, but 643 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rumonge?
Rumonge has an estimated 68,763 trees across the 9.55 km² of land measured — 28.8% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rumonge need?
Rumonge needs roughly 2,865 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 63.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rumonge'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 Centre-Urbain; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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