City report · Ogun State, Nigeria
Ijebu-Igbo Air quality today
Air quality in Ijebu-Igbo currently reads AQI 72 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 72
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 21.8
- tree cover
- 26.6%
- trees in this area
- 83.6K
- more trees needed
- 10.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Dec 25, 2024. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ijebu-Igbo · AQI 72 (Moderate)
Ijebu-Igbo's tree count comes to 83,566 trees across 12.57 km², 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,681 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ijebu-Igbo today: AQI 72, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Ibadan and Ijede
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
21.8
PM10
21.2
NO₂
2.0
O₃
95.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
255.0
- 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 Ijebu-Igbo's daily AQI at 75 on average, from 70 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 109 on Nov 4.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ijebu-Igbo: Below target
26.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
83,566
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
10,681
CO₂ if planted / yr
235.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ijebu-Igbo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ijebu-Igbo has lost about 5,190 hectares of forest (about 7,300 football pitches): 33% 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 6 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,190 haabout 7,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 33%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5,190 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 459 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 464 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 640 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2002 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2006 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2009 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2010 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2012 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2013 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2014 | 144 ha | under 1 ha | 144 ha |
| 2015 | 106 ha | under 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2016 | 160 ha | under 1 ha | 160 ha |
| 2017 | 640 ha | under 1 ha | 640 ha |
| 2018 | 634 ha | under 1 ha | 634 ha |
| 2019 | 428 ha | under 1 ha | 428 ha |
| 2020 | 458 ha | under 1 ha | 458 ha |
| 2021 | 617 ha | under 1 ha | 617 ha |
| 2022 | 311 ha | under 1 ha | 311 ha |
| 2023 | 329 ha | under 1 ha | 329 ha |
| 2024 | 486 ha | under 1 ha | 486 ha |
| 2025 | 554 ha | under 1 ha | 554 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ijebu-Igbo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 5,100 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.8% · 91 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
- 17,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,900 ha
- Overall change
- −44 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ijebu-Igbo stayed about the same size, at about 17,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 2,110 hectares, and about 2,160 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 Ijebu-Igbo right now?
The latest reading for Ijebu-Igbo shows an AQI of 72 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 85 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 Ijebu-Igbo today?
At AQI 72 (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 Ijebu-Igbo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ijebu-Igbo's daily AQI at 75 on average, from 70 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 109 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ijebu-Igbo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ijebu-Igbo has lost about 5,190 hectares of forest (about 7,300 football pitches): 33% 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 459 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 464 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ijebu-Igbo stayed about the same size, at about 17,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 2,110 hectares, and about 2,160 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ijebu-Igbo?
Ijebu-Igbo has an estimated 83,566 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 26.6% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ijebu-Igbo need?
Ijebu-Igbo needs roughly 10,681 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 235.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ijebu-Igbo'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 Ijebu Igbo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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