City report · Ondo State, Nigeria
Akure Air quality today
Air quality in Akure currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.7
- tree cover
- 13.5%
- trees in this area
- 42.4K
- more trees needed
- 51.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Akure, Ondo, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Akure · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Akure's tree count comes to 42,412 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 51,836 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Akure today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Ibadan and Ijede
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.7
PM10
22.9
NO₂
1.2
O₃
69.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
273.0
- 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 Akure's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 63 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 6.
Where Akure stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Akure: Critically low
13.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
42,412
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
51,836
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,140 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Akure lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Akure has lost about 3,610 hectares of forest (about 5,100 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,610 haabout 5,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 26%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,610 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 108 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 154 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2015, when about 428 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2002 | 144 ha | under 1 ha | 144 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 174 ha | under 1 ha | 174 ha |
| 2006 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2007 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 82 ha |
| 2008 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2009 | 298 ha | under 1 ha | 298 ha |
| 2010 | 234 ha | under 1 ha | 234 ha |
| 2011 | 277 ha | under 1 ha | 277 ha |
| 2012 | 167 ha | under 1 ha | 167 ha |
| 2013 | 186 ha | under 1 ha | 186 ha |
| 2014 | 172 ha | under 1 ha | 172 ha |
| 2015 | 428 ha | under 1 ha | 428 ha |
| 2016 | 205 ha | under 1 ha | 205 ha |
| 2017 | 324 ha | under 1 ha | 324 ha |
| 2018 | 112 ha | under 1 ha | 112 ha |
| 2019 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2020 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2021 | 86 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2022 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2023 | 62 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2024 | 192 ha | under 1 ha | 192 ha |
| 2025 | 152 ha | under 1 ha | 152 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Akure?
- Towns and roadscleared for good77% · 2,780 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good23% · 832 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
- 13,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,700 ha
- Overall change
- −5,340 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Akure shrank from about 13,000 hectares to 7,700 hectares, a net loss of about 5,340 hectares (−41%). New forest grew on about 185 hectares, but 5,530 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 Akure right now?
The latest reading for Akure shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 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 Akure today?
At AQI 60 (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 Akure been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Akure's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 63 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Akure lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Akure has lost about 3,610 hectares of forest (about 5,100 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 108 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 154 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Akure shrank from about 13,000 hectares to 7,700 hectares, a net loss of about 5,340 hectares (−41%). New forest grew on about 185 hectares, but 5,530 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Akure?
Akure has an estimated 42,412 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.5% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Akure need?
Akure needs roughly 51,836 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,140 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Akure'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 Akure; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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