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Bondoukou Air quality today
Air quality in Bondoukou currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 47
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.1
- tree cover
- 12.3%
- trees in this area
- 38.6K
- more trees needed
- 55.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Djiminisso, Bondoukou, Côte d'Ivoire (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bondoukou · AQI 47 (Good)
Bondoukou's tree count comes to 38,642 trees across 12.57 km², 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 55,606 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bondoukou today: AQI 47, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 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
9.1
PM10
17.1
NO₂
0.7
O₃
78.0
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 Bondoukou's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 46 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 6.
Where Bondoukou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bondoukou: Critically low
12.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
38,642
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
55,606
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,223 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bondoukou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bondoukou has lost about 1,680 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,680 haabout 2,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,680 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 116 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 115 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2018, when about 254 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 101 ha | under 1 ha | 101 ha |
| 2002 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2006 | 77 ha | under 1 ha | 77 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2009 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2010 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 117 ha | 1 ha | 118 ha |
| 2013 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2015 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 94 ha | under 1 ha | 94 ha |
| 2017 | 121 ha | 1 ha | 122 ha |
| 2018 | 254 ha | under 1 ha | 254 ha |
| 2019 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 56 ha |
| 2020 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2021 | 86 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2022 | 143 ha | under 1 ha | 143 ha |
| 2023 | 181 ha | under 1 ha | 181 ha |
| 2024 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2025 | 98 ha | 2 ha | 100 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bondoukou?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good63% · 1,070 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good36% · 598 ha
Also: mining and energy, shifting farming, 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
- 26,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 25,800 ha
- Overall change
- −217 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bondoukou stayed about the same size, at about 25,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 463 hectares, and about 680 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 Bondoukou right now?
The latest reading for Bondoukou shows an AQI of 47 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 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 Bondoukou today?
At AQI 47 (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 Bondoukou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bondoukou's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 46 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 73 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 Bondoukou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bondoukou has lost about 1,680 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 116 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 115 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bondoukou stayed about the same size, at about 25,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 463 hectares, and about 680 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bondoukou?
Bondoukou has an estimated 38,642 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.3% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bondoukou need?
Bondoukou needs roughly 55,606 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,223 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bondoukou'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 Djiminisso; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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