City report · Kwara State, Nigeria
Lafiagi Air quality today
Air quality in Lafiagi currently reads AQI 79 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 79
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 26.0
- tree cover
- 7.9%
- trees in this area
- 24.8K
- more trees needed
- 69.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lafiagi, Kwara, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 31, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lafiagi · AQI 79 (Moderate)
Lafiagi's tree count comes to 24,819 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 69,429 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lafiagi today: AQI 79, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 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. Abuja and Ibadan
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
26.0
PM10
42.3
NO₂
1.5
O₃
116.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
253.0
- 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 Lafiagi's daily AQI at 113 on average, from 91 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 181 on Nov 5.
Where Lafiagi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lafiagi: Critically low
7.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
24,819
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
69,429
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,527 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lafiagi lost?
There was very little forest around Lafiagi in 2000, about 52 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost 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 February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2011, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lafiagi?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good99% · 8 ha
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
- 4,040 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,940 ha
- Overall change
- −2,100 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lafiagi shrank from about 4,040 hectares to 1,940 hectares, a net loss of about 2,100 hectares (−52%). New forest grew on about 86 hectares, but 2,180 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 Lafiagi right now?
The latest reading for Lafiagi shows an AQI of 79 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 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 Lafiagi today?
At AQI 79 (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 Lafiagi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lafiagi's daily AQI at 113 on average, from 91 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 181 on Nov 5. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lafiagi lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Lafiagi in 2000, about 52 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost 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 Lafiagi shrank from about 4,040 hectares to 1,940 hectares, a net loss of about 2,100 hectares (−52%). New forest grew on about 86 hectares, but 2,180 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lafiagi?
Lafiagi has an estimated 24,819 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.9% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lafiagi need?
Lafiagi needs roughly 69,429 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,527 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lafiagi'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 Lafiagi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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