City report · Ivory Coast
Bouaké Air quality today
Air quality in Bouaké currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.6
- tree cover
- 14.0%
- trees in this area
- 44.0K
- more trees needed
- 50.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bouaké · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Bouaké's tree count comes to 43,982 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,265 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bouaké today: AQI 52, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.6
PM10
21.2
NO₂
0.5
O₃
77.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
195.0
- 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 Bouaké's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 37 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 7.
Where Bouaké stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bouaké: Critically low
14.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
43,982
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
50,265
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,106 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bouaké lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bouaké has lost about 102 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 102 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 102 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 10 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bouaké?
- Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 52 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 50 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
- 9,180 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,710 ha
- Overall change
- −470 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bouaké shrank from about 9,180 hectares to 8,710 hectares, a net loss of about 470 hectares (−5.1%). New forest grew on about 203 hectares, but 673 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 Bouaké right now?
The latest reading for Bouaké shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 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 Bouaké today?
At AQI 52 (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 Bouaké been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bouaké's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 37 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bouaké lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bouaké has lost about 102 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bouaké shrank from about 9,180 hectares to 8,710 hectares, a net loss of about 470 hectares (−5.1%). New forest grew on about 203 hectares, but 673 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bouaké?
Bouaké has an estimated 43,982 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.0% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bouaké need?
Bouaké needs roughly 50,265 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,106 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bouaké'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 Bouake; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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