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Angeles City vs Manila

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.

Angeles City has more tree cover — 22.9% against 13.9%.

Angeles City has cleaner air right now — AQI 82 against 89.

Tree cover gap
9.0 points
Angeles City is ahead.
Air quality gap
7 AQI
Angeles City is cleaner.
Trees between them
30.1K
Angeles City has more standing.
Angeles City

Philippines

Manila

Philippines

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

22.9%

13.9%

Air quality index

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

82 · Moderate

89 · Moderate

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

71.9K

41.8K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

22.3K

48.5K

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

1.6M kg

920K 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 read from nearby ground stations.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

26.8 µg/m³

30.1 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.

Angeles CityManila· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
06312522 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for Angeles City and Manila
DayAngeles CityManila
22 Sept4664
23 Sept4973
24 Sept66111
25 Sept58111
26 Sept6898
27 Sept7097
28 Sept7275

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. Angeles City leads here at 22.9%.

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: Angeles City reads 82 (moderate) and Manila reads 89 (moderate) right now.

Frequently asked

Angeles City and Manila, answered

Which has more trees, Angeles City or Manila?

Angeles City, with roughly 71,942 trees inside its 2 km radius against 41,834. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Angeles City has the denser canopy at 22.9%.

Which has better air quality, Angeles City or Manila?

Angeles City right now, at AQI 82 against 89 — a gap of 7 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?

Angeles City needs about 22,305 more to reach its canopy target, and Manila about 48,455. 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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