City report · Arkhangelskaya, Russia
Arkhangel’sk Air quality today
Air quality in Arkhangel’sk currently reads AQI 20 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 20
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.6
- tree cover
- 29.5%
- trees in this area
- 91.4K
- more trees needed
- 1.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lomonosovskiy Okrug, Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Arkhangel’sk · AQI 20 (Good)
Arkhangel’sk's tree count comes to 91,380 trees across 12.39 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 1,549 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Arkhangel’sk today: AQI 20, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 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
4.6
PM10
6.5
NO₂
17.9
O₃
46.0
SO₂
5.5
CO
185.0
- 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 Arkhangel’sk's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 13 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 37 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Arkhangel’sk: Below target
29.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.39 km² of land.
Trees in this area
91,380
Target trees
92,929
More trees needed
1,549
CO₂ if planted / yr
34.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Arkhangel’sk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Arkhangel’sk has lost about 340 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (49%), after which forest can grow back. About 84 hectares (25%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 340 haabout 480 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 84 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 123 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 | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | 30 ha | 37 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 121 ha | 123 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 13 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Arkhangel’sk?
- Wildfirescan grow back49% · 165 ha
- Loggingcan grow back23% · 79 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 65 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 6,410 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,140 ha
- Overall change
- +1,740 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Arkhangel’sk grew from about 6,410 hectares to 8,140 hectares, a net gain of about 1,740 hectares (+27%). New forest grew on about 1,950 hectares, while 209 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 Arkhangel’sk right now?
The latest reading for Arkhangel’sk shows an AQI of 20 (Good), observed Nov 11, 08:00 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 Arkhangel’sk today?
At AQI 20 (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 Arkhangel’sk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Arkhangel’sk's daily AQI at 17 on average, from 13 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 37 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Arkhangel’sk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Arkhangel’sk has lost about 340 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (49%), after which forest can grow back. About 84 hectares (25%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Arkhangel’sk grew from about 6,410 hectares to 8,140 hectares, a net gain of about 1,740 hectares (+27%). New forest grew on about 1,950 hectares, while 209 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Arkhangel’sk?
Arkhangel’sk has an estimated 91,380 trees across the 12.39 km² of land measured — 29.5% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Arkhangel’sk need?
Arkhangel’sk needs roughly 1,549 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 34.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Arkhangel’sk'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 Lomonosovskiy Okrug; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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