City report · Lagos, Nigeria
Mushin Air quality today
Air quality in Mushin currently reads AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 122
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 44.2
- tree cover
- 0.8%
- trees in this area
- 2.5K
- more trees needed
- 105K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Idi Oro, 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.
Mushin · AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Mushin's tree count comes to 2,460 trees across 12.31 km² of land, 34 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 105,186 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mushin today: AQI 122, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:14 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · 588c8135a1c8_Lagos- Lawanson Quality Bus Corridor, 2 km away · median of 10 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
44.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, HabitatMap, Uniport-UCAM Urban AQ, LAMATA, HabitatMap · AirCasting, 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 Mushin's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 60 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 93 on Nov 6.
Where Mushin stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mushin: Critically low
0.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.31 km² of land.
Trees in this area
2,460
Target trees
107,646
More trees needed
105,186
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,314 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mushin lost?
There was very little forest around Mushin in 2000, about 84 hectares, and about 59 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 13 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Mushin?
- Towns and roadscleared for good90% · 53 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good9.1% · 5 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.2% · under 1 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
- 379 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 292 ha
- Overall change
- −87 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mushin shrank from about 379 hectares to 292 hectares, a net loss of about 87 hectares (−23%). New forest grew on about 42 hectares, but 129 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Mushin
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
Build your own
Compare Mushin with anywhere
This place
Mushin
Use this data
Put Mushin's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Mushin
What is the air quality (AQI) in Mushin right now?
The latest reading for Mushin shows an AQI of 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 19:14 local time by 10 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is 588c8135a1c8_Lagos- Lawanson Quality Bus Corridor, 2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mushin today?
At AQI 122 (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 Mushin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mushin's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 60 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 93 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Mushin lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Mushin in 2000, about 84 hectares, and about 59 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 Mushin shrank from about 379 hectares to 292 hectares, a net loss of about 87 hectares (−23%). New forest grew on about 42 hectares, but 129 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mushin?
Mushin has an estimated 2,460 trees across the 12.31 km² of land measured — 0.8% tree cover, 34 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mushin need?
Mushin needs roughly 105,186 more trees to close a 34-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,314 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mushin's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Idi Oro, 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 Idi Oro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address