City report · Ondo State, Nigeria
Ikare Air quality today
Air quality in Ikare currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.4
- tree cover
- 49.1%
- trees in this area
- 154K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ikare-Akoko, Ondo, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ikare · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Ikare's tree count comes to 154,252 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 Ikare today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Nsukka and Ibadan
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.4
PM10
17.1
NO₂
2.9
O₃
64.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
377.0
- 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 Ikare's daily AQI at 71 on average, from 61 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 128 on Nov 6.
Where Ikare stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ikare: Healthy tree cover
49.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
154,252
Target trees
154,252
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ikare lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ikare has lost about 1,020 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 6.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,020 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,010 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 57 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 56 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 141 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2006 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2009 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2010 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2011 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2012 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2013 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2014 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2015 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2016 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2017 | 139 ha | 2 ha | 141 ha |
| 2018 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2019 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2020 | 41 ha | 2 ha | 42 ha |
| 2021 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2022 | 81 ha | under 1 ha | 81 ha |
| 2023 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2024 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2025 | 63 ha | 1 ha | 64 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ikare?
- Towns and roadscleared for good56% · 566 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good43% · 440 ha
Also: mining and energy, shifting farming, 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
- 21,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,000 ha
- Overall change
- −728 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ikare shrank from about 21,700 hectares to 21,000 hectares, a net loss of about 728 hectares (−3.4%). New forest grew on about 222 hectares, but 951 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 Ikare right now?
The latest reading for Ikare shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 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 Ikare today?
At AQI 60 (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 Ikare been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ikare's daily AQI at 71 on average, from 61 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 128 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ikare lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ikare has lost about 1,020 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 6.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 57 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 56 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ikare shrank from about 21,700 hectares to 21,000 hectares, a net loss of about 728 hectares (−3.4%). New forest grew on about 222 hectares, but 951 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ikare?
Ikare has an estimated 154,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 49.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ikare need?
Ikare has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ikare'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 Ikare-Akoko; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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