City report · Oromiya, Ethiopia
Āsela Air quality today
Air quality in Āsela currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 27
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.1
- tree cover
- 24.0%
- trees in this area
- 75.4K
- more trees needed
- 18.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Asela, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Āsela · AQI 27 (Good)
Āsela's tree count comes to 75,398 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,850 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Āsela today: AQI 27, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 9, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.1
PM10
5.4
NO₂
0.2
O₃
60.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
182.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Āsela's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 45 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5.
Where Āsela stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Āsela: Below target
24.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
75,398
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
18,850
CO₂ if planted / yr
414.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Āsela lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Āsela has lost about 194 hectares of forest (about 270 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 2 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 194 haabout 270 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 150 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2022, when about 26 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 16 ha | 8 ha | 23 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 22 ha | 4 ha | 26 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Āsela?
- Towns and roadscleared for good55% · 107 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good22% · 43 ha
- Loggingcan grow back20% · 40 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
- 5,270 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,220 ha
- Overall change
- −57 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Āsela stayed about the same size, at about 5,220 hectares: new forest grew on about 311 hectares, and about 367 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 Āsela right now?
The latest reading for Āsela shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Nov 9, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Āsela today?
At AQI 27 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Āsela been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Āsela's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 45 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Āsela lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Āsela has lost about 194 hectares of forest (about 270 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Āsela stayed about the same size, at about 5,220 hectares: new forest grew on about 311 hectares, and about 367 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Āsela?
Āsela has an estimated 75,398 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.0% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Āsela need?
Āsela needs roughly 18,850 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 414.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Āsela'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 Asela; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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