Air quality comparison · Ivory Coast, 130 km apart
Daloa vs Yamoussoukro Air quality index (AQI) today
Daloa has cleaner air than Yamoussoukro right now: AQI 30 (Good) against 51 (Moderate).
That puts them in different EPA bands, so the health advice differs today. Over the past 7 days, on modeled daily averages, Daloa averaged AQI 43 against 45, and it was the cleaner of the two on 6 of those days. Daloa has lost more forest since 2001. Yamoussoukro has more tree cover.
Ivory Coast
AQI 30
Good
Cleaner right now
- PM2.5
- 5.7 µg/m³
- Main pollutant
- PM2.5
- Source
- Model estimate
- Reading
- Nov 10, 15:00 local
Ivory Coast
AQI 51
Moderate
Cleaner right now
- PM2.5
- 10.2 µg/m³
- Main pollutant
- PM2.5
- Source
- Model estimate
- Reading
- Nov 10, 15:00 local
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
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Head to head
Daloa vs Yamoussoukro at a glance
Daloa and Yamoussoukro are level, each ahead on 3 of 6 measures. The better figure in each row is marked.
| Daloa | Yamoussoukro | |
|---|---|---|
| Air quality nowUS AQI. Lower is better. | 30 (better) | 51 |
| PM2.5Fine particles, µg/m³. | 5.7 (better) | 10.2 |
| Past week's averageUS AQI, 7 days. | 43 (better) | 45 |
| Forest lost since 2001Within 10 km of the center. | 3,110 ha | 991 ha (better) |
| Tree coverWithin 2 km of the center. | 17.2% | 25.8% (better) |
| Trees still neededTo reach a healthy canopy. | 40.2K | 12.9K (better) |
Air quality today
What is the air like in Daloa and Yamoussoukro right now?
Daloa has cleaner air than Yamoussoukro right now: AQI 30 (Good) against 51 (Moderate). PM2.5 is setting the index in both.
Both readings are model estimates, with no ground station close enough to either.
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Concentrations at the same moment as the index above, for the pollutants both places report. Lower is better. The dark marks on the PM2.5 and PM10 rows show the WHO's 24-hour guidelines (15 and 45 µg/m³).
Daloa: Model estimate · no ground station nearby. Data: Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index.
Yamoussoukro: Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Anyama and Abidjan. Data: Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index.
The past week
Which had cleaner air over the past 7 days?
Over the past 7 days, on modeled daily averages, Daloa averaged AQI 43 against 45, and it was the cleaner of the two on 6 of those days. A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon; the week says whether it was the weather or the place.
- Cleaner days
- Daloa6Yamoussoukro1
- Average AQI
- Daloa43Yamoussoukro45
- Worst day, AQI
- Daloa46Yamoussoukro49
The daily numbers (7 days)
| Day | Daloa | Yamoussoukro |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | 41 | 38 |
| Nov 5 | 36 | 40 |
| Nov 6 | 44 | 46 |
| Nov 7 | 45 | 46 |
| Nov 8 | 45 | 49 |
| Nov 9 | 46 | 49 |
| Nov 10 | 43 | 45 |
Daily averages from the CAMS atmospheric model for both places, so the week compares like with like. They can differ from today's reading at the top of the page wherever that comes from a ground station.
What it means today
Is it safe to go outside in Daloa and Yamoussoukro today?
Daloa (AQI 30, Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Yamoussoukro (AQI 51, Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Exercise outdoors
- Daloa
- A good day to be active outside.
- Yamoussoukro
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier.
Windows
- Daloa
- Open them to air the house.
- Yamoussoukro
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution.
Masks
- Daloa
- Not needed.
- Yamoussoukro
- Not needed for most people.
Air purifier
- Daloa
- Not needed.
- Yamoussoukro
- Worth running if you are sensitive.
Against everywhere else
How do Daloa and Yamoussoukro compare with the rest of the world?
Right now Daloa's air is cleaner than 79% of the 5,420 places Airleaf tracks, and Yamoussoukro's is cleaner than 60%. Within Ivory Coast, that is 100% and 21% of its 20 measured places.
Cleaner air than…
- Daloa
- Beats 79%
- Yamoussoukro
- Beats 60%
More tree cover than…
- Daloa
- Beats 40%
- Yamoussoukro
- Beats 59%
Includes model estimates as well as station readings, so it can differ from our most polluted and cleanest air rankings, which use station readings only.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
Which has lost more forest, Daloa or Yamoussoukro?
Daloa has lost more: about 3,110 ha of forest within 10 km of its center from 2001 to 2025, against 991 ha around Yamoussoukro. 3,110 ha of that was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Measured within 10 km of each center, from the yearly satellite maps of forest loss: a wider circle than the one for tree cover, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Worst year: 2008, with 373 ha lost.
Worst year: 2022, with 171 ha lost.
| Daloa | Yamoussoukro | |
|---|---|---|
| Forest lost since 2001Cleared, burned or logged. | 3,110 ha | 991 ha (better) |
| Share of its forestOf what it had in 2000. | 43% | 35% (better) |
| Cleared for goodTurned into farms, mines or towns. | 3,110 ha | 990 ha (better) |
| Recent trend2021–2025 against the five years before. | Holding steady | Speeding up |
| Main known cause | Farms, pasture and plantations (86%) | Farms, pasture and plantations (93%) |
Satellite timelapses
Watch both change, year by year
A clear satellite photo a year of the land around each city. Press play, turn on the forest cleared since the first year, or drag the before and after.
Daloa
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
Yamoussoukro
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
Trees
Which has more trees, Daloa or Yamoussoukro?
Yamoussoukro has more tree cover: 25.8% of the land within 2 km of its center against 17.2% around Daloa, or about 78,946 trees against 54,035.
The dark mark is each place's canopy target: 30% of the land, raised where air quality is poor.
| Daloa | Yamoussoukro | |
|---|---|---|
| Trees standingEstimated from the canopy area. | 54.0K | 78.9K (better) |
| Trees still neededTo reach the target. Fewer is better. | 40.2K | 12.9K (better) |
| CO₂ absorbed each yearBy the trees already standing. | 1.2M kg | 1.7M kg (better) |
Tree cover on the satellite image
The same 2 km radius around each center, with the tree cover the satellite found marked on it.
Reading these numbers
How this comparison is made
Air quality index
The US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations: ground stations where a place has them nearby, and the CAMS atmospheric model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so it is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place. The guideline marks are from the WHO's 2021 air quality guidelines.
Trees and forest
Tree cover is the share of ground under canopy within 2 km of each center, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It measures that circle, not the whole municipality, which is what makes the two comparable. Forest loss comes from the University of Maryland's Global Forest Change maps.
More on the method on the About Airleaf page.
Frequently asked
Daloa vs Yamoussoukro: your questions answered
Is Daloa cleaner than Yamoussoukro?
On air quality, yes, right now: Daloa reads AQI 30 against 51, a gap of 21 points on the US EPA index. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day. Over the past 7 days, on modeled daily averages, Daloa averaged AQI 43 against 45, and it was the cleaner of the two on 6 of those days.
Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Daloa and Yamoussoukro today?
In Daloa, at AQI 30: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone. In Yamoussoukro, at AQI 51: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which has lost more forest, Daloa or Yamoussoukro?
Daloa has lost more: about 3,110 ha of forest within 10 km of its center from 2001 to 2025, against 991 ha around Yamoussoukro. 3,110 ha of that was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Which has more trees, Daloa or Yamoussoukro?
Yamoussoukro has more tree cover: 25.8% of the land within 2 km of its center against 17.2% around Daloa, or about 78,946 trees against 54,035. Both figures describe the same-sized circle of ground around each center, not the whole municipality.
How many more trees do Daloa and Yamoussoukro need?
Daloa needs about 40,212 more to reach its canopy target of 30%, and Yamoussoukro about 12,852 to reach 30%. The target starts at 30% of the land and rises where air quality is poor.
Are Daloa and Yamoussoukro measured the same way?
The method is the same: the US EPA index for air, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail over an identical radius for trees. Both readings are model estimates, with no ground station close enough to either. Nothing is adjusted for population, city limits or climate.
How often does the Daloa vs Yamoussoukro comparison update?
The air readings refresh about once an hour, and each reading's local time is shown at the top of the page. Tree cover comes from the latest clear satellite image of each area (Aug 4, 2026 and Jan 26, 2026), and the forest figures are published yearly.
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