City report · Benin
Abomey Air quality today
Air quality in Abomey currently reads AQI 87 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 87
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 27.1
- tree cover
- 26.5%
- trees in this area
- 83.3K
- more trees needed
- 11.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Abomey, Benin (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abomey · AQI 87 (Moderate)
Abomey's tree count comes to 83,252 trees across 12.57 km², 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,996 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abomey today: AQI 87, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Ota and Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
27.1
PM10
16.4
NO₂
5.8
O₃
56.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
454.0
- 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 Abomey's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 52 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 4.
Where Abomey stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abomey: Below target
26.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
83,252
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
10,996
CO₂ if planted / yr
241.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abomey lost?
There was very little forest around Abomey in 2000, about 53 hectares, and about 29 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2002, when about 7 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Abomey?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good73% · 21 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good23% · 7 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.5% · 1 ha
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
- 10,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,600 ha
- Overall change
- −623 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abomey shrank from about 10,200 hectares to 9,600 hectares, a net loss of about 623 hectares (−6.1%). New forest grew on about 315 hectares, but 938 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Abomey
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Atakpamé102.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 37%
- Air quality
- 51
- Lomé144.8 km
Togo
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 53
- Ota147.6 km
Nigeria
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 126
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Abomey right now?
The latest reading for Abomey shows an AQI of 87 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 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 Abomey today?
At AQI 87 (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 Abomey been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abomey's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 52 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 79 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 Abomey lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Abomey in 2000, about 53 hectares, and about 29 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abomey shrank from about 10,200 hectares to 9,600 hectares, a net loss of about 623 hectares (−6.1%). New forest grew on about 315 hectares, but 938 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Abomey?
Abomey has an estimated 83,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 26.5% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abomey need?
Abomey needs roughly 10,996 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 241.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Abomey'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 Abomey; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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