City report · South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia
Sodo Air quality today
Air quality in Sodo currently reads AQI 57 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 57
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.4
- tree cover
- 34.1%
- trees in this area
- 107K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Soddo, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sodo · AQI 57 (Moderate)
Sodo's tree count comes to 107,128 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sodo today: AQI 57, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.4
PM10
13.7
NO₂
3.6
O₃
46.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
260.0
- 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 Sodo's daily AQI at 105 on average, from 87 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 171 on Nov 11.
Where Sodo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sodo: Healthy tree cover
34.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
107,128
Target trees
107,128
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sodo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sodo has lost about 40 hectares of forest (about 56 football pitches): 4.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) 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
- 40 haabout 56 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 31 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, 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 | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 1 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sodo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 25 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 6 ha
- Loggingcan grow back14% · 6 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
- 13,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,000 ha
- Overall change
- −110 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sodo stayed about the same size, at about 13,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 125 hectares, and about 235 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 Sodo right now?
The latest reading for Sodo shows an AQI of 57 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Sodo today?
At AQI 57 (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 Sodo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sodo's daily AQI at 105 on average, from 87 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 171 on Nov 11. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sodo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sodo has lost about 40 hectares of forest (about 56 football pitches): 4.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sodo stayed about the same size, at about 13,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 125 hectares, and about 235 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sodo?
Sodo has an estimated 107,128 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 34.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sodo need?
Sodo has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Sodo'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 Soddo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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