City report · Kazakhstan
Aktobe Air quality today
Air quality in Aktobe currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 13
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.4
- tree cover
- 9.1%
- trees in this area
- 28.5K
- more trees needed
- 65.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Aktobe, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Aktobe · AQI 13 (Good)
Aktobe's tree count comes to 28,531 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 65,528 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Aktobe today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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
1.4
PM10
1.5
NO₂
4.2
O₃
25.0
SO₂
6.7
CO
148.0
- 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 Aktobe's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 21 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 8.
Where Aktobe stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Aktobe: Critically low
9.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
28,531
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
65,528
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,442 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Aktobe lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Aktobe since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 172 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 106 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 159 ha
- Overall change
- +53 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Aktobe grew from about 106 hectares to 159 hectares, a net gain of about 53 hectares (+50%). New forest grew on about 56 hectares, while 3 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 Aktobe right now?
The latest reading for Aktobe shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Aktobe today?
At AQI 13 (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 Aktobe been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Aktobe's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 21 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Aktobe lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Aktobe since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 172 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Aktobe grew from about 106 hectares to 159 hectares, a net gain of about 53 hectares (+50%). New forest grew on about 56 hectares, while 3 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Aktobe?
Aktobe has an estimated 28,531 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 9.1% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Aktobe need?
Aktobe needs roughly 65,528 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,442 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Aktobe'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 Aktobe; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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