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Ado-Ekiti vs Sokodé

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.

Sokodé has more tree cover — 45.2% against 37.3%.

Ado-Ekiti has cleaner air right now — AQI 20 against 23.

Tree cover gap
7.9 points
Sokodé is ahead.
Air quality gap
3 AQI
Ado-Ekiti is cleaner.
Trees between them
24.8K
Sokodé has more standing.
Ado-Ekiti

Nigeria

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

37.3%

45.2%

Air quality index

US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.

20 · Good

23 · Good

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

117K

142K

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

3.1M 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. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

4.6 µg/m³

2.2 µg/m³

PM10

Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.

4.8 µg/m³

4.3 µg/m³

Nitrogen dioxide

Mostly traffic and combustion.

3.5 µg/m³

0.7 µg/m³

Ozone

Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.

46 µg/m³

58 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.

Ado-EkitiSokodé· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
0387522 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for Ado-Ekiti and Sokodé
DayAdo-EkitiSokodé
22 Sept3440
23 Sept3627
24 Sept5327
25 Sept6739
26 Sept4528
27 Sept4540
28 Sept3730

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. Sokodé leads here at 45.2%.

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 Sokodé reads 23 (good) right now.

Frequently asked

Ado-Ekiti and Sokodé, answered

Which has more trees, Ado-Ekiti or Sokodé?

Sokodé, with roughly 142,000 trees inside its 2 km radius against 117,181. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Sokodé has the denser canopy at 45.2%.

Which has better air quality, Ado-Ekiti or Sokodé?

Ado-Ekiti right now, at AQI 20 against 23 — a gap of 3 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 Sokodé 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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