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Abakan Air quality today
Air quality in Abakan currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.9
- tree cover
- 19.1%
- trees in this area
- 59.8K
- more trees needed
- 34.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abakan · AQI 6 (Good)
Abakan's tree count comes to 59,824 trees across 12.53 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 34,141 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abakan today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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
0.9
PM10
1.0
NO₂
3.5
O₃
46.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
306.0
- 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 Abakan's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 16 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 6.
Where Abakan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abakan: Below target
19.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
59,824
Target trees
93,965
More trees needed
34,141
CO₂ if planted / yr
751.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abakan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abakan has lost about 30 hectares of forest (about 41 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 30 haabout 41 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 15 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 5 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
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 | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Abakan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 14 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back17% · 5 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back7.8% · 2 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, mining and energy, 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
- 2,170 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,360 ha
- Overall change
- +190 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abakan grew from about 2,170 hectares to 2,360 hectares, a net gain of about 190 hectares (+8.8%). New forest grew on about 313 hectares, while 122 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 Abakan right now?
The latest reading for Abakan shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Abakan today?
At AQI 6 (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 Abakan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abakan's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 16 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 83 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 Abakan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abakan has lost about 30 hectares of forest (about 41 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abakan grew from about 2,170 hectares to 2,360 hectares, a net gain of about 190 hectares (+8.8%). New forest grew on about 313 hectares, while 122 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Abakan?
Abakan has an estimated 59,824 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 19.1% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abakan need?
Abakan needs roughly 34,141 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 751.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Abakan'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 Abakan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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