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Antsirabe vs Moroni

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.

Moroni has more tree cover — 17.0% against 13.8%.

Antsirabe has cleaner air right now — AQI 29 against 51.

Tree cover gap
3.2 points
Moroni is ahead.
Air quality gap
22 AQI
Antsirabe is cleaner.
Trees between them
13.1K
Antsirabe has more standing.
Antsirabe

Madagascar

Moroni

Comoros

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

13.8%

17.0%

Air quality index

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

29 · Good

51 · Moderate

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

43.3K

30.1K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

50.8K

23.0K

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

952K kg

663K 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.

6.9 µg/m³

12.3 µg/m³

PM10

Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.

7.7 µg/m³

20.1 µg/m³

Nitrogen dioxide

Mostly traffic and combustion.

0.8 µg/m³

0.3 µg/m³

Ozone

Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.

73 µg/m³

60 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.

AntsirabeMoroni· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
0255022 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for Antsirabe and Moroni
DayAntsirabeMoroni
22 Sept4338
23 Sept4631
24 Sept3234
25 Sept3635
26 Sept3132
27 Sept3339
28 Sept2746

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. Moroni leads here at 17.0%.

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: Antsirabe reads 29 (good) and Moroni reads 51 (moderate) right now.

Frequently asked

Antsirabe and Moroni, answered

Which has more trees, Antsirabe or Moroni?

Antsirabe, with roughly 43,267 trees inside its 2 km radius against 30,122. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Moroni has the denser canopy at 17.0%.

Which has better air quality, Antsirabe or Moroni?

Antsirabe right now, at AQI 29 against 51 — a gap of 22 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?

Antsirabe needs about 50,792 more to reach its canopy target, and Moroni about 23,034. 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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