City report · Tanzania
Singida Air quality today
Air quality in Singida currently reads AQI 25 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 25
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.0
- tree cover
- 8.4%
- trees in this area
- 24.6K
- more trees needed
- 63.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Singida, Tanzania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Singida · AQI 25 (Good)
Singida's tree count comes to 24,621 trees across 11.73 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 63,312 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Singida today: AQI 25, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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
5.0
PM10
6.3
NO₂
0.3
O₃
76.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
134.0
- 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 Singida's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 20 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 9.
Where Singida stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Singida: Critically low
8.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.73 km² of land.
Trees in this area
24,621
Target trees
87,933
More trees needed
63,312
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,393 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Singida lost?
There was very little forest around Singida in 2000, about 7 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2011, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Singida?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good99% · 7 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Singida right now?
The latest reading for Singida shows an AQI of 25 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Singida today?
At AQI 25 (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 Singida been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Singida's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 20 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Singida lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Singida in 2000, about 7 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Singida?
Singida has an estimated 24,621 trees across the 11.73 km² of land measured — 8.4% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Singida need?
Singida needs roughly 63,312 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,393 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Singida'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 Singida; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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