City report · Oyo State, Nigeria
Ogbomoso Air quality today
Air quality in Ogbomoso currently reads AQI 92 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 92
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.5
- tree cover
- 13.4%
- trees in this area
- 42.1K
- more trees needed
- 52.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ogbomoso, Oyo, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 31, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ogbomoso · AQI 92 (Moderate)
Ogbomoso's tree count comes to 42,097 trees across 12.57 km², 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,150 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ogbomoso today: AQI 92, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Ibadan and Ijede
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.5
PM10
30.0
NO₂
1.8
O₃
108.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
305.0
- 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 Ogbomoso's daily AQI at 86 on average, from 74 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 146 on Nov 7.
Where Ogbomoso stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ogbomoso: Critically low
13.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
42,097
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
52,150
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,147 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ogbomoso lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ogbomoso has lost about 27 hectares of forest (about 38 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 27 haabout 38 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 27 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 6 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Ogbomoso?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good77% · 21 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good22% · 6 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
- 10,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,200 ha
- Overall change
- +147 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ogbomoso stayed about the same size, at about 10,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 794 hectares, and about 646 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 Ogbomoso right now?
The latest reading for Ogbomoso shows an AQI of 92 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 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 Ogbomoso today?
At AQI 92 (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 Ogbomoso been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ogbomoso's daily AQI at 86 on average, from 74 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 146 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 Ogbomoso lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ogbomoso has lost about 27 hectares of forest (about 38 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ogbomoso stayed about the same size, at about 10,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 794 hectares, and about 646 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ogbomoso?
Ogbomoso has an estimated 42,097 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.4% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ogbomoso need?
Ogbomoso needs roughly 52,150 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,147 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ogbomoso'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 Ogbomoso; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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