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Kpalimé Air quality today
Air quality in Kpalimé currently reads AQI 61 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 61
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.4
- tree cover
- 44.9%
- trees in this area
- 141K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kpalime, Togo (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kpalimé · AQI 61 (Moderate)
Kpalimé's tree count comes to 141,058 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 Kpalimé today: AQI 61, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Koforidua and Tema
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.4
PM10
30.4
NO₂
1.0
O₃
88.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
185.0
- 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 Kpalimé's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 45 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 7.
Where Kpalimé stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kpalimé: Healthy tree cover
44.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
141,058
Target trees
141,058
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kpalimé lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kpalimé has lost about 2,710 hectares of forest (about 3,800 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.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,710 haabout 3,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,520 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 211 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 212 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 377 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 39 ha | 2 ha | 40 ha |
| 2008 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2011 | 44 ha | 3 ha | 47 ha |
| 2012 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2013 | 216 ha | 15 ha | 231 ha |
| 2014 | 60 ha | 10 ha | 70 ha |
| 2015 | 34 ha | 6 ha | 39 ha |
| 2016 | 145 ha | 10 ha | 155 ha |
| 2017 | 337 ha | 40 ha | 377 ha |
| 2018 | 166 ha | 10 ha | 176 ha |
| 2019 | 187 ha | 8 ha | 195 ha |
| 2020 | 151 ha | 7 ha | 158 ha |
| 2021 | 223 ha | 15 ha | 238 ha |
| 2022 | 170 ha | 10 ha | 180 ha |
| 2023 | 143 ha | 11 ha | 154 ha |
| 2024 | 280 ha | 25 ha | 305 ha |
| 2025 | 165 ha | 15 ha | 180 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kpalimé?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good90% · 2,430 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back7.2% · 195 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.1% · 85 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
- 21,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,000 ha
- Overall change
- −290 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kpalimé stayed about the same size, at about 21,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 624 hectares, and about 914 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 Kpalimé right now?
The latest reading for Kpalimé shows an AQI of 61 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 205 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 Kpalimé today?
At AQI 61 (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 Kpalimé been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kpalimé's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 45 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 72 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 Kpalimé lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kpalimé has lost about 2,710 hectares of forest (about 3,800 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 has stayed about the same: about 211 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 212 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kpalimé stayed about the same size, at about 21,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 624 hectares, and about 914 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kpalimé?
Kpalimé has an estimated 141,058 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 44.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kpalimé need?
Kpalimé has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kpalimé'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 Kpalime; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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