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Tunduma Air quality today
Air quality in Tunduma currently reads AQI 76 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 76
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 23.1
- tree cover
- 3.4%
- trees in this area
- 10.7K
- more trees needed
- 83.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tunduma, Zambia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tunduma · AQI 76 (Moderate)
Tunduma's tree count comes to 10,681 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,566 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tunduma today: AQI 76, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
23.1
PM10
24.4
NO₂
2.1
O₃
84.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
243.0
- 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 Tunduma's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 60 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 7.
Where Tunduma stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tunduma: Critically low
3.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
10,681
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
83,566
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,838 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tunduma lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tunduma has lost about 79 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 79 haabout 110 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 25%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 77 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 16 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tunduma?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good96% · 76 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back1.9% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.6% · 1 ha
Also: logging.
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
- 1,230 ha
- Overall change
- −75 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tunduma shrank from about 1,310 hectares to 1,230 hectares, a net loss of about 75 hectares (−5.7%). New forest grew on about 74 hectares, but 149 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 Tunduma right now?
The latest reading for Tunduma shows an AQI of 76 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Tunduma today?
At AQI 76 (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 Tunduma been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tunduma's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 60 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tunduma lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tunduma has lost about 79 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tunduma shrank from about 1,310 hectares to 1,230 hectares, a net loss of about 75 hectares (−5.7%). New forest grew on about 74 hectares, but 149 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tunduma?
Tunduma has an estimated 10,681 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.4% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tunduma need?
Tunduma needs roughly 83,566 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,838 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tunduma'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 Tunduma; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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