City report · Ogun State, Nigeria
Abeokuta Air quality today
Air quality in Abeokuta currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 70
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 20.5
- tree cover
- 9.8%
- trees in this area
- 30.8K
- more trees needed
- 63.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ikoku, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abeokuta · AQI 70 (Moderate)
Abeokuta's tree count comes to 30,788 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 63,460 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abeokuta today: AQI 70, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Ota and Lagos
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
20.5
PM10
19.3
NO₂
1.7
O₃
80.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
295.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abeokuta's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 62 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 4.
Where Abeokuta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abeokuta: Critically low
9.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
30,788
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
63,460
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,396 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abeokuta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abeokuta has lost about 642 hectares of forest (about 900 football pitches): 40% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 642 haabout 900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 40%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 641 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 89 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2013 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2017 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2018 | 89 ha | under 1 ha | 89 ha |
| 2019 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 59 ha | under 1 ha | 59 ha |
| 2023 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Abeokuta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good71% · 456 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good29% · 185 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 3,190 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,330 ha
- Overall change
- −855 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abeokuta shrank from about 3,190 hectares to 2,330 hectares, a net loss of about 855 hectares (−27%). New forest grew on about 191 hectares, but 1,050 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Abeokuta right now?
The latest reading for Abeokuta shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Abeokuta today?
At AQI 70 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Abeokuta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abeokuta's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 62 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Abeokuta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abeokuta has lost about 642 hectares of forest (about 900 football pitches): 40% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abeokuta shrank from about 3,190 hectares to 2,330 hectares, a net loss of about 855 hectares (−27%). New forest grew on about 191 hectares, but 1,050 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Abeokuta?
Abeokuta has an estimated 30,788 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.8% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abeokuta need?
Abeokuta needs roughly 63,460 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,396 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Abeokuta's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Ikoku; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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