Ado-Ekiti vs Ijero-Ekiti
Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.
Ijero-Ekiti has more tree cover — 81.7% against 37.3%.
Ado-Ekiti has cleaner air right now — AQI 20 against 25.
- Tree cover gap
- 44.4 points
- Ijero-Ekiti is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 5 AQI
- Ado-Ekiti is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 139K
- Ijero-Ekiti has more standing.
Nigeria
Nigeria
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
37.3%
81.7%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
20 · Good
25 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
117K
257K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
2.6M kg
5.6M kg
Air quality in detail
What each city is breathing
Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Ijero-Ekiti is read from nearby ground stations and Ado-Ekiti is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
4.6 µg/m³
5.6 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
4.8 µg/m³
6.5 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
3.5 µg/m³
3.4 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
46 µg/m³
54 µg/m³
The last week, day by day
A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.
| Day | Ado-Ekiti | Ijero-Ekiti |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 34 | 36 |
| 23 Sept | 36 | 40 |
| 24 Sept | 53 | 50 |
| 25 Sept | 67 | 69 |
| 26 Sept | 45 | 45 |
| 27 Sept | 45 | 31 |
Reading these numbers
What is actually being measured
Tree cover
The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Ijero-Ekiti leads here at 81.7%.
Air quality index
The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Ado-Ekiti reads 20 (good) and Ijero-Ekiti reads 25 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Ado-Ekiti and Ijero-Ekiti, answered
Which has more trees, Ado-Ekiti or Ijero-Ekiti?
Ijero-Ekiti, with roughly 256,668 trees inside its 2 km radius against 117,181. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Ijero-Ekiti has the denser canopy at 81.7%.
Which has better air quality, Ado-Ekiti or Ijero-Ekiti?
Ado-Ekiti right now, at AQI 20 against 25 — a gap of 5 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.
How many more trees does each city need?
Ado-Ekiti needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Ijero-Ekiti about 0. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.
Are these two measured the same way?
Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.
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