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Atyrau Air quality today
Air quality in Atyrau currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 43
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.5
- tree cover
- 3.5%
- trees in this area
- 10.4K
- more trees needed
- 79.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Atyrau, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Atyrau · AQI 43 (Good)
Atyrau's tree count comes to 10,446 trees across 11.94 km² of land, 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 79,090 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Atyrau today: AQI 43, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 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
7.5
PM10
9.2
NO₂
4.7
O₃
50.0
SO₂
7.5
CO
197.0
- 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 Atyrau's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 5.
Where Atyrau stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Atyrau: Critically low
3.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.94 km² of land.
Trees in this area
10,446
Target trees
89,536
More trees needed
79,090
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,740 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Atyrau lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Atyrau has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was storms, floods and other natural causes (8.3%), after which forest can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1 ha
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Atyrau?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back8.3% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknownover 99% · 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Atyrau
What is the air quality (AQI) in Atyrau right now?
The latest reading for Atyrau shows an AQI of 43 (Good), observed Nov 10, 22:00 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 Atyrau today?
At AQI 43 (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 Atyrau been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Atyrau's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 85 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 Atyrau lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Atyrau has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was storms, floods and other natural causes (8.3%), after which forest can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
What is the tree count in Atyrau?
Atyrau has an estimated 10,446 trees across the 11.94 km² of land measured — 3.5% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Atyrau need?
Atyrau needs roughly 79,090 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,740 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Atyrau'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 Atyrau; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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