City report · Ivory Coast
Dabou Air quality today
Air quality in Dabou currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 43
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.4
- tree cover
- 20.6%
- trees in this area
- 63.4K
- more trees needed
- 28.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Dabou, Côte d'Ivoire (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Dabou · AQI 43 (Good)
Dabou's tree count comes to 63,422 trees across 12.32 km² of land, 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 28,940 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dabou today: AQI 43, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Anyama and Abidjan
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.4
PM10
8.3
NO₂
0.4
O₃
65.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
147.0
- 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 Dabou's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 26 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 9.
Where Dabou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dabou: Below target
20.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.32 km² of land.
Trees in this area
63,422
Target trees
92,362
More trees needed
28,940
CO₂ if planted / yr
636.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dabou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dabou has lost about 7,500 hectares of forest (about 10,000 football pitches): 43% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2020: satellite photo from January 2020 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7,500 haabout 10,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 43%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 7,450 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 278 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 430 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 829 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 305 ha | 1 ha | 306 ha |
| 2002 | 252 ha | 2 ha | 254 ha |
| 2003 | 102 ha | under 1 ha | 102 ha |
| 2004 | 97 ha | under 1 ha | 97 ha |
| 2005 | 90 ha | under 1 ha | 90 ha |
| 2006 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2007 | 209 ha | 2 ha | 211 ha |
| 2008 | 278 ha | 3 ha | 281 ha |
| 2009 | 277 ha | 2 ha | 279 ha |
| 2010 | 143 ha | 3 ha | 146 ha |
| 2011 | 478 ha | 5 ha | 483 ha |
| 2012 | 79 ha | under 1 ha | 79 ha |
| 2013 | 383 ha | 1 ha | 384 ha |
| 2014 | 827 ha | 2 ha | 829 ha |
| 2015 | 346 ha | under 1 ha | 346 ha |
| 2016 | 245 ha | under 1 ha | 245 ha |
| 2017 | 324 ha | 4 ha | 328 ha |
| 2018 | 744 ha | 3 ha | 747 ha |
| 2019 | 336 ha | 1 ha | 337 ha |
| 2020 | 493 ha | 1 ha | 494 ha |
| 2021 | 366 ha | 4 ha | 370 ha |
| 2022 | 227 ha | under 1 ha | 227 ha |
| 2023 | 280 ha | under 1 ha | 280 ha |
| 2024 | 160 ha | 4 ha | 164 ha |
| 2025 | 347 ha | 4 ha | 351 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Dabou?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 7,120 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.8% · 286 ha
Also: mining and energy, shifting farming, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 11,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,800 ha
- Overall change
- −786 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dabou shrank from about 11,600 hectares to 10,800 hectares, a net loss of about 786 hectares (−6.8%). New forest grew on about 1,730 hectares, but 2,510 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Dabou
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Anyama40.6 km
Ivory Coast
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 58
- Abidjan41.7 km
Ivory Coast
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 44
- Divo122.5 km
Ivory Coast
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 51
- Abengourou184.0 km
Ivory Coast
- Tree cover
- 27%
- Air quality
- 53
- Yamoussoukro193.7 km
Ivory Coast
- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 56
- Gagnoa195.8 km
Ivory Coast
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 47
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Dabou right now?
The latest reading for Dabou shows an AQI of 43 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Dabou today?
At AQI 43 (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 Dabou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dabou's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 26 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Dabou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dabou has lost about 7,500 hectares of forest (about 10,000 football pitches): 43% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 278 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 430 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dabou shrank from about 11,600 hectares to 10,800 hectares, a net loss of about 786 hectares (−6.8%). New forest grew on about 1,730 hectares, but 2,510 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Dabou?
Dabou has an estimated 63,422 trees across the 12.32 km² of land measured — 20.6% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dabou need?
Dabou needs roughly 28,940 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 636.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Dabou'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 Dabou; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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