City report · Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast
San-Pédro Air quality today
Air quality in San-Pédro currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 42
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.2
- tree cover
- 18.8%
- trees in this area
- 57.2K
- more trees needed
- 34.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around San-Pedro, Côte d'Ivoire (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
San-Pédro · AQI 42 (Good)
San-Pédro's tree count comes to 57,231 trees across 12.18 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 34,095 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in San-Pédro today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.2
PM10
14.4
NO₂
0.4
O₃
61.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
135.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San-Pédro's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 17 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 9.
Where San-Pédro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in San-Pédro: Below target
18.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.18 km² of land.
Trees in this area
57,231
Target trees
91,326
More trees needed
34,095
CO₂ if planted / yr
750.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has San-Pédro lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San-Pédro has lost about 3,400 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 35% 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 about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,400 haabout 4,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 35%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,400 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 141 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 116 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2007, when about 348 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 186 ha | under 1 ha | 186 ha |
| 2002 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2003 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2004 | 56 ha | under 1 ha | 56 ha |
| 2005 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2006 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 57 ha |
| 2007 | 348 ha | under 1 ha | 348 ha |
| 2008 | 169 ha | under 1 ha | 169 ha |
| 2009 | 268 ha | under 1 ha | 268 ha |
| 2010 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2011 | 86 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2012 | 200 ha | under 1 ha | 200 ha |
| 2013 | 160 ha | under 1 ha | 160 ha |
| 2014 | 291 ha | under 1 ha | 291 ha |
| 2015 | 102 ha | under 1 ha | 102 ha |
| 2016 | 84 ha | under 1 ha | 84 ha |
| 2017 | 143 ha | under 1 ha | 143 ha |
| 2018 | 81 ha | under 1 ha | 81 ha |
| 2019 | 140 ha | under 1 ha | 140 ha |
| 2020 | 131 ha | under 1 ha | 131 ha |
| 2021 | 185 ha | under 1 ha | 185 ha |
| 2022 | 115 ha | under 1 ha | 115 ha |
| 2023 | 186 ha | under 1 ha | 186 ha |
| 2024 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2025 | 167 ha | under 1 ha | 167 ha |
What is causing deforestation around San-Pédro?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 2,340 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good27% · 925 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.2% · 142 ha
Also: 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
- 9,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,330 ha
- Overall change
- −1,130 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San-Pédro shrank from about 9,460 hectares to 8,330 hectares, a net loss of about 1,130 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 752 hectares, but 1,880 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 San-Pédro right now?
The latest reading for San-Pédro shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in San-Pédro today?
At AQI 42 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in San-Pédro been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put San-Pédro's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 17 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 53 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 San-Pédro lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San-Pédro has lost about 3,400 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 35% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (100%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 141 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 116 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San-Pédro shrank from about 9,460 hectares to 8,330 hectares, a net loss of about 1,130 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 752 hectares, but 1,880 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in San-Pédro?
San-Pédro has an estimated 57,231 trees across the 12.18 km² of land measured — 18.8% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does San-Pédro need?
San-Pédro needs roughly 34,095 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 750.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are San-Pédro'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 San-Pedro; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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