City report · Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Esuk Oron Air quality today
Air quality in Esuk Oron currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 54
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.5
- tree cover
- 42.6%
- trees in this area
- 97.0K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Oron, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Esuk Oron · AQI 54 (Moderate)
Esuk Oron's tree count comes to 97,028 trees across 9.11 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Esuk Oron today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Okrika and Port Harcourt
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.5
PM10
5.7
NO₂
1.2
O₃
57.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
186.0
- 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 Esuk Oron's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 46 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 5.
Where Esuk Oron stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Esuk Oron: Healthy tree cover
42.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.11 km² of land.
Trees in this area
97,028
Target trees
97,028
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Esuk Oron lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Esuk Oron has lost about 400 hectares of forest (about 560 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) 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 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 400 haabout 560 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 386 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 74 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2015 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 74 ha |
| 2020 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2023 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2025 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Esuk Oron?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good94% · 377 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.2% · 9 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.4% · 6 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
- 10,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,700 ha
- Overall change
- +276 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Esuk Oron grew from about 10,400 hectares to 10,700 hectares, a net gain of about 276 hectares (+2.7%). New forest grew on about 778 hectares, while 501 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 Esuk Oron right now?
The latest reading for Esuk Oron shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, 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 Esuk Oron today?
At AQI 54 (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 Esuk Oron been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Esuk Oron's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 46 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Esuk Oron lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Esuk Oron has lost about 400 hectares of forest (about 560 football pitches): 5.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Esuk Oron grew from about 10,400 hectares to 10,700 hectares, a net gain of about 276 hectares (+2.7%). New forest grew on about 778 hectares, while 501 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Esuk Oron?
Esuk Oron has an estimated 97,028 trees across the 9.11 km² of land measured — 42.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Esuk Oron need?
Esuk Oron has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Esuk Oron'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 Oron; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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