City report · Sassandra-Marahoue, Ivory Coast
Bouaflé Air quality today
Air quality in Bouaflé currently reads AQI 36 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 36
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.9
- tree cover
- 21.5%
- trees in this area
- 67.5K
- more trees needed
- 26.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bouafle, Côte d'Ivoire (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bouaflé · AQI 36 (Good)
Bouaflé's tree count comes to 67,477 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 26,677 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bouaflé today: AQI 36, 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
6.9
PM10
13.9
NO₂
0.6
O₃
76.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
173.0
- 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 Bouaflé's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 34 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 8.
Where Bouaflé stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bouaflé: Below target
21.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
67,477
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
26,677
CO₂ if planted / yr
586.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bouaflé lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bouaflé has lost about 936 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 936 haabout 1,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 920 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 66 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 77 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 177 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 26 ha | 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2011 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2017 | 173 ha | 4 ha | 177 ha |
| 2018 | 89 ha | under 1 ha | 89 ha |
| 2019 | 46 ha | 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2020 | 39 ha | 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2021 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 77 ha |
| 2022 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
| 2023 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2024 | 83 ha | 2 ha | 85 ha |
| 2025 | 88 ha | 1 ha | 90 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bouaflé?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good97% · 903 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.8% · 17 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back1.7% · 16 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
- 8,710 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,110 ha
- Overall change
- −1,600 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bouaflé shrank from about 8,710 hectares to 7,110 hectares, a net loss of about 1,600 hectares (−18%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, but 1,940 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 Bouaflé right now?
The latest reading for Bouaflé shows an AQI of 36 (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 Bouaflé today?
At AQI 36 (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 Bouaflé been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bouaflé's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 34 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bouaflé lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bouaflé has lost about 936 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 66 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 77 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bouaflé shrank from about 8,710 hectares to 7,110 hectares, a net loss of about 1,600 hectares (−18%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, but 1,940 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bouaflé?
Bouaflé has an estimated 67,477 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 21.5% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bouaflé need?
Bouaflé needs roughly 26,677 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 586.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bouaflé'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 Bouafle; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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