City report · Somali, Ethiopia
Jijiga Air quality today
Air quality in Jijiga currently reads AQI 78 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 78
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.0
- tree cover
- 2.5%
- trees in this area
- 7.9K
- more trees needed
- 86.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jijiga, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jijiga · AQI 78 (Moderate)
Jijiga's tree count comes to 7,854 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 86,394 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jijiga today: AQI 78, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.0
PM10
26.1
NO₂
9.9
O₃
17.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
170.0
- 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 Jijiga's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 50 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 10.
Where Jijiga stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jijiga: Critically low
2.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
7,854
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
86,394
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,901 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jijiga lost?
There was almost no forest around Jijiga in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 147 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 164 ha
- Overall change
- +17 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jijiga grew from about 147 hectares to 164 hectares, a net gain of about 17 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 18 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Jijiga right now?
The latest reading for Jijiga shows an AQI of 78 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Jijiga today?
At AQI 78 (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 Jijiga been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jijiga's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 50 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jijiga lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Jijiga in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jijiga grew from about 147 hectares to 164 hectares, a net gain of about 17 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 18 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Jijiga?
Jijiga has an estimated 7,854 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.5% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jijiga need?
Jijiga needs roughly 86,394 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,901 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jijiga'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 Jijiga; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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