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Air quality now: AQI72Moderate, Ijero-Ekiti

City report · Ekiti State, Nigeria

Ijero-Ekiti Air quality today

Air quality in Ijero-Ekiti currently reads AQI 72 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 72

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
22.2
tree cover
72.1%
trees in this area
227K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Ijero, Ekiti, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ijero-Ekiti · AQI 72 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 11, 2026

Ijero-Ekiti's tree count comes to 226,509 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Ijero-Ekiti today: AQI 72, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Ibadan and Ijede

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

22.2

PM10

37.4

NO₂

2.6

O₃

107.0

SO₂

1.0

CO

311.0

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 Ijero-Ekiti's daily AQI at 84 on average, from 72 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 7.

Last 7 daysavg 84 · peak 156
Nov 4: AQI 87 (peak 152)Nov 5: AQI 88 (peak 130)Nov 6: AQI 78 (peak 137)Nov 7: AQI 90 (peak 156)Nov 8: AQI 89 (peak 152)Nov 9: AQI 81 (peak 97)Nov 10: AQI 72 (peak 88)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ijero-Ekiti: Healthy tree cover

72.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

226,509

Target trees

226,509

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ijero-Ekiti lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ijero-Ekiti has lost about 4,270 hectares of forest (about 6,000 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Ijero-Ekiti, January 2017

2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
4,270 haabout 6,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
15%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
3,980 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 271 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 511 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 648 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Ijero-Ekiti, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Ijero-Ekiti, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.648

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Forest lost each year around Ijero-Ekiti, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200111 haunder 1 ha12 ha
200211 haunder 1 ha11 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
200523 haunder 1 ha23 ha
20063 haunder 1 ha3 ha
20074 haunder 1 ha4 ha
200813 haunder 1 ha13 ha
200910 haunder 1 ha10 ha
201028 haunder 1 ha28 ha
20117 haunder 1 ha7 ha
201213 haunder 1 ha13 ha
201335 ha2 ha36 ha
201481 ha6 ha87 ha
2015110 ha8 ha118 ha
2016292 ha19 ha311 ha
2017611 ha37 ha648 ha
2018522 ha56 ha578 ha
2019526 ha38 ha564 ha
2020431 ha23 ha454 ha
2021295 ha21 ha316 ha
2022281 ha29 ha310 ha
2023225 ha20 ha245 ha
2024287 ha17 ha304 ha
2025160 ha19 ha179 ha

What is causing deforestation around Ijero-Ekiti?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good88% · 3,750 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back6.7% · 288 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good5.3% · 226 ha

Also: mining and energy, 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
22,300 ha
Forest in 2020
23,100 ha
Overall change
+854 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ijero-Ekiti grew from about 22,300 hectares to 23,100 hectares, a net gain of about 854 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 1,530 hectares, while 672 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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Questions about Ijero-Ekiti

What is the air quality (AQI) in Ijero-Ekiti right now?

The latest reading for Ijero-Ekiti shows an AQI of 72 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 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 Ijero-Ekiti 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 Ijero-Ekiti been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ijero-Ekiti's daily AQI at 84 on average, from 72 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 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 Ijero-Ekiti lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ijero-Ekiti has lost about 4,270 hectares of forest (about 6,000 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 271 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 511 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ijero-Ekiti grew from about 22,300 hectares to 23,100 hectares, a net gain of about 854 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 1,530 hectares, while 672 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Ijero-Ekiti?

Ijero-Ekiti has an estimated 226,509 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 72.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ijero-Ekiti need?

Ijero-Ekiti has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Ijero-Ekiti'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 Ijero; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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