City report · Guinea-Bissau
Xitole Air quality today
Air quality in Xitole currently reads AQI 84 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 84
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 28.6
- tree cover
- 69.5%
- trees in this area
- 208K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xitole, Leste Province, Guinea-Bissau (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xitole · AQI 84 (Moderate)
Xitole's tree count comes to 207,642 trees across 11.95 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xitole today: AQI 84, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 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
28.6
PM10
46.3
NO₂
3.9
O₃
39.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
193.0
- 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 Xitole's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 81 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 127 on Nov 10.
Where Xitole stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xitole: Healthy tree cover
69.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.95 km² of land.
Trees in this area
207,642
Target trees
207,642
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xitole lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xitole has lost about 3,070 hectares of forest (about 4,300 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,070 haabout 4,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,710 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 178 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 181 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 333 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 ha | 10 ha | 31 ha |
| 2002 | 48 ha | 20 ha | 68 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | 10 ha | 19 ha |
| 2004 | 20 ha | 10 ha | 30 ha |
| 2005 | 35 ha | 20 ha | 54 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 23 ha | 13 ha | 36 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | 10 ha | 26 ha |
| 2009 | 52 ha | 32 ha | 84 ha |
| 2010 | 25 ha | 34 ha | 59 ha |
| 2011 | 93 ha | 97 ha | 190 ha |
| 2012 | 80 ha | 58 ha | 138 ha |
| 2013 | 164 ha | 169 ha | 333 ha |
| 2014 | 65 ha | 42 ha | 107 ha |
| 2015 | 50 ha | 38 ha | 88 ha |
| 2016 | 97 ha | 89 ha | 186 ha |
| 2017 | 91 ha | 99 ha | 190 ha |
| 2018 | 91 ha | 109 ha | 199 ha |
| 2019 | 102 ha | 72 ha | 174 ha |
| 2020 | 92 ha | 62 ha | 154 ha |
| 2021 | 167 ha | 80 ha | 247 ha |
| 2022 | 63 ha | 59 ha | 122 ha |
| 2023 | 117 ha | 84 ha | 201 ha |
| 2024 | 63 ha | 73 ha | 136 ha |
| 2025 | 123 ha | 61 ha | 184 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xitole?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good53% · 1,630 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back43% · 1,310 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.3% · 69 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, logging, 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
- 26,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 23,500 ha
- Overall change
- −2,670 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xitole shrank from about 26,200 hectares to 23,500 hectares, a net loss of about 2,670 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 202 hectares, but 2,870 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 Xitole right now?
The latest reading for Xitole shows an AQI of 84 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 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 Xitole today?
At AQI 84 (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 Xitole been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xitole's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 81 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 127 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xitole lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xitole has lost about 3,070 hectares of forest (about 4,300 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 178 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 181 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xitole shrank from about 26,200 hectares to 23,500 hectares, a net loss of about 2,670 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 202 hectares, but 2,870 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xitole?
Xitole has an estimated 207,642 trees across the 11.95 km² of land measured — 69.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xitole need?
Xitole has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Xitole'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 Xitole; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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