Atakpamé vs Porto-Novo
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.
Atakpamé has more tree cover — 71.0% against 16.2%.
Atakpamé has cleaner air right now — AQI 27 against 38.
- Tree cover gap
- 54.8 points
- Atakpamé is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 11 AQI
- Atakpamé is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 172K
- Atakpamé has more standing.
Togo
Benin
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
71.0%
16.2%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
27 · Good
38 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
223K
50.9K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
43.4K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
4.9M kg
1.1M 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. Porto-Novo is read from nearby ground stations and Atakpamé is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
3.6 µg/m³
9.1 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
4.9 µg/m³
11.9 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
1.4 µg/m³
2.2 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
57 µg/m³
40 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 | Atakpamé | Porto-Novo |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Sept | 40 | 52 |
| 22 Sept | 36 | 41 |
| 23 Sept | 22 | 39 |
| 24 Sept | 26 | 53 |
| 25 Sept | 33 | 52 |
| 26 Sept | 40 | 48 |
| 27 Sept | 30 | 39 |
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. Atakpamé leads here at 71.0%.
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: Atakpamé reads 27 (good) and Porto-Novo reads 38 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Atakpamé and Porto-Novo, answered
Which has more trees, Atakpamé or Porto-Novo?
Atakpamé, with roughly 223,053 trees inside its 2 km radius against 50,894. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Atakpamé has the denser canopy at 71.0%.
Which has better air quality, Atakpamé or Porto-Novo?
Atakpamé right now, at AQI 27 against 38 — a gap of 11 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?
Atakpamé needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Porto-Novo about 43,354. 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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