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Bobo-Dioulasso Air quality today
Air quality in Bobo-Dioulasso currently reads AQI 75 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 75
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 21.9
- tree cover
- 19.2%
- trees in this area
- 60.3K
- more trees needed
- 33.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bobo-Dioulasso · AQI 75 (Moderate)
Bobo-Dioulasso's tree count comes to 60,319 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,929 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bobo-Dioulasso today: AQI 75, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 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
21.9
PM10
43.2
NO₂
6.1
O₃
19.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
219.0
- 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 Bobo-Dioulasso's daily AQI at 78 on average, from 54 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 128 on Nov 9.
Where Bobo-Dioulasso stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bobo-Dioulasso: Below target
19.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
60,319
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
33,929
CO₂ if planted / yr
746.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bobo-Dioulasso lost?
There was almost no forest around Bobo-Dioulasso 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
- 3,880 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,910 ha
- Overall change
- +1,040 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bobo-Dioulasso grew from about 3,880 hectares to 4,910 hectares, a net gain of about 1,040 hectares (+27%). New forest grew on about 1,060 hectares, while 20 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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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Bobo-Dioulasso right now?
The latest reading for Bobo-Dioulasso shows an AQI of 75 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 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 Bobo-Dioulasso today?
At AQI 75 (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 Bobo-Dioulasso been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bobo-Dioulasso's daily AQI at 78 on average, from 54 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 128 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bobo-Dioulasso lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Bobo-Dioulasso 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 Bobo-Dioulasso grew from about 3,880 hectares to 4,910 hectares, a net gain of about 1,040 hectares (+27%). New forest grew on about 1,060 hectares, while 20 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bobo-Dioulasso?
Bobo-Dioulasso has an estimated 60,319 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 19.2% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bobo-Dioulasso need?
Bobo-Dioulasso needs roughly 33,929 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 746.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bobo-Dioulasso'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 Bobo-Dioulasso; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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