City report · Luanda, Angola
Zango Air quality today
Air quality in Zango currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 44
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.1
- tree cover
- 1.8%
- trees in this area
- 5.7K
- more trees needed
- 88.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zango, ZangoIII, Angola (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zango · AQI 44 (Good)
Zango's tree count comes to 5,655 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,593 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zango today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 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
8.1
PM10
11.9
NO₂
2.5
O₃
54.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
192.0
- 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 Zango's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 6.
Where Zango stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zango: Critically low
1.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
5,655
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
88,593
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,949 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zango lost?
There was very little forest around Zango in 2000, about 22 hectares, and about 20 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 13 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Zango?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 14 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 6 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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 Zango right now?
The latest reading for Zango shows an AQI of 44 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 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 Zango 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 Zango been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zango's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Zango lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Zango in 2000, about 22 hectares, and about 20 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 Zango?
Zango has an estimated 5,655 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.8% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zango need?
Zango needs roughly 88,593 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,949 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zango'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 Zango; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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