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Croix-des-Bouquets vs Tigwav

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.

Tigwav has more tree cover — 63.0% against 40.8%.

Tigwav has cleaner air right now — AQI 111 against 138.

Tree cover gap
22.2 points
Tigwav is ahead.
Air quality gap
27 AQI
Tigwav is cleaner.
Trees between them
8.6K
Croix-des-Bouquets has more standing.

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

40.8%

63.0%

Air quality index

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

138 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

111 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

128K

120K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

0

0

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

2.8M kg

2.6M 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. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

50.6 µg/m³

39.5 µg/m³

PM10

Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.

57.4 µg/m³

46.9 µg/m³

Nitrogen dioxide

Mostly traffic and combustion.

24.1 µg/m³

11.5 µg/m³

Ozone

Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.

40 µg/m³

35 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.

Croix-des-BouquetsTigwav· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
05010021 Sept24 Sept27 Sept
Daily air quality index for Croix-des-Bouquets and Tigwav
DayCroix-des-BouquetsTigwav
21 Sept8163
22 Sept9982
23 Sept7475
24 Sept6660
25 Sept6656
26 Sept6466
27 Sept7271

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. Tigwav leads here at 63.0%.

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: Croix-des-Bouquets reads 138 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) and Tigwav reads 111 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) right now.

Frequently asked

Croix-des-Bouquets and Tigwav, answered

Which has more trees, Croix-des-Bouquets or Tigwav?

Croix-des-Bouquets, with roughly 128,177 trees inside its 2 km radius against 119,544. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Tigwav has the denser canopy at 63.0%.

Which has better air quality, Croix-des-Bouquets or Tigwav?

Tigwav right now, at AQI 111 against 138 — a gap of 27 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?

Croix-des-Bouquets needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Tigwav 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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