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City report · Ekiti State, Nigeria

Ise-Ekiti Air quality today

Air quality in Ise-Ekiti currently reads AQI 75 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 75

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
24.3
tree cover
41.1%
trees in this area
129K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Ise, Ekiti, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ise-Ekiti · AQI 75 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 28, 2026

Ise-Ekiti's tree count comes to 129,119 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 Ise-Ekiti today: AQI 75, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Ibadan and Nsukka

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

24.3

PM10

30.6

NO₂

2.6

O₃

87.0

SO₂

0.8

CO

281.0

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 Ise-Ekiti's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 66 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 128 on Nov 4.

Last 7 daysavg 73 · peak 128
Nov 4: AQI 73 (peak 128)Nov 5: AQI 74 (peak 98)Nov 6: AQI 72 (peak 128)Nov 7: AQI 76 (peak 105)Nov 8: AQI 77 (peak 102)Nov 9: AQI 74 (peak 89)Nov 10: AQI 66 (peak 76)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Ise-Ekiti stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ise-Ekiti: Healthy tree cover

41.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

129,119

Target trees

129,119

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ise-Ekiti lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ise-Ekiti has lost about 3,990 hectares of forest (about 5,600 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

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

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

Forest lost since 2001
3,990 haabout 5,600 football pitches
Share of its forest
15%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
3,990 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is speeding up: about 306 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 201 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 426 hectares of forest were lost.

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

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Ise-Ekiti, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.426

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Forest lost each year around Ise-Ekiti, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200132 haunder 1 ha32 ha
200282 haunder 1 ha83 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
200414 haunder 1 ha14 ha
2005269 haunder 1 ha269 ha
200623 haunder 1 ha23 ha
200758 haunder 1 ha58 ha
2008113 haunder 1 ha113 ha
2009175 haunder 1 ha175 ha
2010119 haunder 1 ha119 ha
2011194 haunder 1 ha194 ha
2012108 haunder 1 ha108 ha
201388 haunder 1 ha88 ha
201474 haunder 1 ha75 ha
2015105 haunder 1 ha105 ha
201660 haunder 1 ha60 ha
2017320 ha1 ha321 ha
2018221 haunder 1 ha221 ha
2019248 haunder 1 ha248 ha
2020156 haunder 1 ha156 ha
2021282 haunder 1 ha282 ha
2022425 ha1 ha426 ha
2023367 haunder 1 ha367 ha
2024280 haunder 1 ha280 ha
2025173 haunder 1 ha173 ha

What is causing deforestation around Ise-Ekiti?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good96% · 3,810 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good4.4% · 177 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
26,200 ha
Forest in 2020
24,000 ha
Overall change
−2,200 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ise-Ekiti shrank from about 26,200 hectares to 24,000 hectares, a net loss of about 2,200 hectares (−8.4%). New forest grew on about 217 hectares, but 2,420 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 Ise-Ekiti

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

The latest reading for Ise-Ekiti shows an AQI of 75 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 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 Ise-Ekiti today?

At AQI 75 (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 Ise-Ekiti been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ise-Ekiti's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 66 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 128 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 Ise-Ekiti lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ise-Ekiti has lost about 3,990 hectares of forest (about 5,600 football pitches): 15% 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 is speeding up: about 306 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 201 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ise-Ekiti shrank from about 26,200 hectares to 24,000 hectares, a net loss of about 2,200 hectares (−8.4%). New forest grew on about 217 hectares, but 2,420 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Ise-Ekiti?

Ise-Ekiti has an estimated 129,119 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 41.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ise-Ekiti need?

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

How are Ise-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 Ise; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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