Apapa vs Calabar AQI Comparison

Side-by-side OpenAQ-derived air quality comparison for Apapa and Calabar. Values use mapped daily PM2.5 and PM10 observations normalized to US EPA AQI.

Lower average AQI: Apapa (4-pt gap)PM2.5: Apapa 13.7 ug/m3 · Calabar 17.8 ug/m3

Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2024-01-01–2024-11-26 and 2024-01-01–2024-12-31.

Compare two cities

City A

City B

Apapa vs Calabar

Apapa

Lagos, Nigeria

PM2.5: 13.7 ug/m3
PM10: n/a ug/m3
Worst month: November
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Calabar

Cross River, Nigeria

PM2.5: 17.8 ug/m3
PM10: 69.8 ug/m3
Worst month: January
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Lower average AQI in this selected period: Apapa. Values are historical OpenAQ-derived city summaries, not live readings.

Yearly EPA AQI trend

Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap

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Apapa

Calabar

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What this comparison measures

Average EPA AQI — city-level daily AQI values averaged across the OpenAQ coverage window.
PM2.5 and PM10 — mapped monitor concentrations aggregated to daily city averages.
Seasonality — worst and cleanest months from the monthly city rollups.
Trend — difference between the earliest and latest yearly AQI average in this build.