City report · Oromiya, Ethiopia
Bishoftu Air quality today
Air quality in Bishoftu currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 58
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.4
- tree cover
- 24.4%
- trees in this area
- 60.8K
- more trees needed
- 14.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bishoftu, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bishoftu · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Bishoftu's tree count comes to 60,787 trees across 9.97 km² of land, 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 13,951 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bishoftu today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
7.4
PM10
9.7
NO₂
0.0
O₃
74.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
299.0
- 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 Bishoftu's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 54 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 11.
Where Bishoftu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bishoftu: Below target
24.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.97 km² of land.
Trees in this area
60,787
Target trees
74,738
More trees needed
13,951
CO₂ if planted / yr
306.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bishoftu lost?
There was almost no forest around Bishoftu in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,570 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,700 ha
- Overall change
- +133 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bishoftu grew from about 1,570 hectares to 1,700 hectares, a net gain of about 133 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 146 hectares, while 13 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 Bishoftu right now?
The latest reading for Bishoftu shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Bishoftu today?
At AQI 58 (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 Bishoftu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bishoftu's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 54 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bishoftu lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Bishoftu in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Bishoftu grew from about 1,570 hectares to 1,700 hectares, a net gain of about 133 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 146 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bishoftu?
Bishoftu has an estimated 60,787 trees across the 9.97 km² of land measured — 24.4% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bishoftu need?
Bishoftu needs roughly 13,951 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 306.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bishoftu'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 Bishoftu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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