Akure vs Ise-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.
Ise-Ekiti has more tree cover — 66.7% against 24.0%.
Ise-Ekiti has cleaner air right now — AQI 22 against 32.
- Tree cover gap
- 42.7 points
- Ise-Ekiti is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 10 AQI
- Ise-Ekiti is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 134K
- Ise-Ekiti has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
24.0%
66.7%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
32 · Good
22 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
75.4K
210K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
18.9K
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
1.7M kg
4.6M 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. Ise-Ekiti is read from nearby ground stations and Akure is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
7.7 µg/m³
5.3 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
8.4 µg/m³
5.7 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
4.4 µg/m³
1.5 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
33 µg/m³
64 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 | Akure | Ise-Ekiti |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 33 | 32 |
| 23 Sept | 34 | 33 |
| 24 Sept | 52 | 49 |
| 25 Sept | 64 | 66 |
| 26 Sept | 50 | 43 |
| 27 Sept | 43 | 40 |
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. Ise-Ekiti leads here at 66.7%.
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: Akure reads 32 (good) and Ise-Ekiti reads 22 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Akure and Ise-Ekiti, answered
Which has more trees, Akure or Ise-Ekiti?
Ise-Ekiti, with roughly 209,544 trees inside its 2 km radius against 75,398. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Ise-Ekiti has the denser canopy at 66.7%.
Which has better air quality, Akure or Ise-Ekiti?
Ise-Ekiti right now, at AQI 22 against 32 — a gap of 10 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?
Akure needs about 18,850 more to reach its canopy target, and Ise-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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