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Lekki Air quality today
Air quality in Lekki currently reads AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 103
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 36.4
- tree cover
- 0%
- trees in this area
- 0
- more trees needed
- 85.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lekki Phase I, Lagos 106104, Lagos, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lekki · AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Lekki's tree count comes to 0 trees across 9.72 km² of land, 35 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 84,996 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lekki today: AQI 103, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · LASWA - Five Cowries Terminal, 5.5 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
36.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, LAMATA, Air Quality for Collective Public Health Action Project
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lekki's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 59 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 9.
Where Lekki stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lekki: Critically low
0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.72 km² of land.
Trees in this area
0
Target trees
84,996
More trees needed
84,996
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,870 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lekki lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lekki has lost about 167 hectares of forest (about 230 football pitches): 70% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2019: satellite photo from January 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 167 haabout 230 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 70%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 167 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 26 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2007 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 Lekki?
- Towns and roadscleared for good100% · 167 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Lekki
What is the air quality (AQI) in Lekki right now?
The latest reading for Lekki shows an AQI of 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is LASWA - Five Cowries Terminal, 5.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lekki today?
At AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Lekki been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lekki's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 59 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lekki lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lekki has lost about 167 hectares of forest (about 230 football pitches): 70% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Lekki?
Lekki has an estimated 0 trees across the 9.72 km² of land measured — 0% tree cover, 35 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lekki need?
Lekki needs roughly 84,996 more trees to close a 35-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,870 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lekki's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Lekki Phase I, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Lekki Phase I; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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