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Tete Air quality today
Air quality in Tete currently reads AQI 74 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 74
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 22.5
- tree cover
- 12.2%
- trees in this area
- 29.5K
- more trees needed
- 43.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tete, Mozambique (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tete · AQI 74 (Moderate)
Tete's tree count comes to 29,474 trees across 9.67 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,003 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tete today: AQI 74, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Blantyre and Lilongwe
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
22.5
PM10
7.9
NO₂
1.3
O₃
58.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
121.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tete's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6.
Where Tete stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tete: Critically low
12.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.67 km² of land.
Trees in this area
29,474
Target trees
72,477
More trees needed
43,003
CO₂ if planted / yr
946.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tete lost?
There was very little forest around Tete in 2000, about 13 hectares, and about 6 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2009, when about 1 hectare 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Tete?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good92% · 6 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.2% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown6.3% · under 1 ha
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
- 1,310 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,180 ha
- Overall change
- −134 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tete shrank from about 1,310 hectares to 1,180 hectares, a net loss of about 134 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 113 hectares, but 248 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 Tete right now?
The latest reading for Tete shows an AQI of 74 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tete today?
At AQI 74 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Tete been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tete's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tete lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Tete in 2000, about 13 hectares, and about 6 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tete shrank from about 1,310 hectares to 1,180 hectares, a net loss of about 134 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 113 hectares, but 248 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tete?
Tete has an estimated 29,474 trees across the 9.67 km² of land measured — 12.2% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tete need?
Tete needs roughly 43,003 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 946.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tete'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 Tete; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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