City report · Ondo State, Nigeria
Ondo Air quality today
Air quality in Ondo currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 59
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.1
- tree cover
- 14.0%
- trees in this area
- 44.0K
- more trees needed
- 50.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ondo, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Dec 30, 2024. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ondo · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Ondo's tree count comes to 43,982 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,265 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ondo today: AQI 59, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Ibadan and Ijede
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.1
PM10
22.7
NO₂
1.1
O₃
77.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
231.0
- 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 Ondo's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 65 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 96 on Nov 6.
Where Ondo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ondo: Critically low
14.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
43,982
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
50,265
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,106 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ondo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ondo has lost about 2,770 hectares of forest (about 3,900 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2021: satellite photo from January 2021 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,770 haabout 3,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,760 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 173 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 232 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 447 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2010 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2011 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2012 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 60 ha |
| 2013 | 152 ha | under 1 ha | 152 ha |
| 2014 | 148 ha | under 1 ha | 148 ha |
| 2015 | 128 ha | 1 ha | 129 ha |
| 2016 | 163 ha | 1 ha | 164 ha |
| 2017 | 445 ha | 2 ha | 447 ha |
| 2018 | 262 ha | 1 ha | 263 ha |
| 2019 | 129 ha | under 1 ha | 129 ha |
| 2020 | 156 ha | 1 ha | 157 ha |
| 2021 | 166 ha | under 1 ha | 166 ha |
| 2022 | 141 ha | under 1 ha | 141 ha |
| 2023 | 117 ha | under 1 ha | 117 ha |
| 2024 | 178 ha | under 1 ha | 178 ha |
| 2025 | 263 ha | 1 ha | 264 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ondo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good74% · 2,050 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 662 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.7% · 46 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 24,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 23,800 ha
- Overall change
- −669 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ondo shrank from about 24,500 hectares to 23,800 hectares, a net loss of about 669 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 576 hectares, but 1,250 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Ondo
What is the air quality (AQI) in Ondo right now?
The latest reading for Ondo shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 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 Ondo today?
At AQI 59 (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 Ondo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ondo's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 65 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 96 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 Ondo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ondo has lost about 2,770 hectares of forest (about 3,900 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 173 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 232 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ondo shrank from about 24,500 hectares to 23,800 hectares, a net loss of about 669 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 576 hectares, but 1,250 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ondo?
Ondo has an estimated 43,982 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.0% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ondo need?
Ondo needs roughly 50,265 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,106 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ondo'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 Ondo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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