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Balashikha Air quality today

Air quality in Balashikha currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 23

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
4.1
tree cover
59.8%
trees in this area
187K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Balashikha · AQI 23 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 17, 2026

Balashikha's tree count comes to 187,304 trees across 12.53 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Balashikha today: AQI 23, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Kojuhovo, Moscow, Moscow, Russia (Кожухово, Москва), 8.3 km away

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

4.1

PM10

11.9

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Moscow State environmental monitoring (Государственный экологический мониторинг в Москве)

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 Balashikha's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 30 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 100 on Nov 10.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 59 · peak 100
Nov 5: AQI 62 (peak 76)Nov 6: AQI 30 (peak 49)Nov 7: AQI 48 (peak 90)Nov 8: AQI 78 (peak 85)Nov 9: AQI 68 (peak 83)Nov 10: AQI 77 (peak 100)Nov 11: AQI 52 (peak 63)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Balashikha: Healthy tree cover

59.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

187,304

Target trees

187,304

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Balashikha lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Balashikha has lost about 3,350 hectares of forest (about 4,700 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 520 hectares (16%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Satellite image of the area around Balashikha, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northwest of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
3,350 haabout 4,700 football pitches
Share of its forest
20%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
520 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 60 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 119 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 670 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Balashikha, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Balashikha, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.670

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Forest lost each year around Balashikha, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200123 ha11 ha34 ha
20027 ha10 ha17 ha
20036 ha123 ha129 ha
200412 ha14 ha25 ha
200516 ha21 ha36 ha
200623 ha74 ha97 ha
200733 ha20 ha53 ha
200817 ha36 ha53 ha
200914 ha22 ha36 ha
201041 ha25 ha66 ha
201119 ha123 ha142 ha
201229 ha642 ha670 ha
201326 ha485 ha511 ha
201417 ha344 ha361 ha
201516 ha212 ha228 ha
201614 ha123 ha137 ha
201717 ha149 ha166 ha
201819 ha121 ha140 ha
201920 ha69 ha89 ha
202019 ha43 ha62 ha
202152 ha57 ha109 ha
202227 ha28 ha55 ha
202333 ha25 ha58 ha
202411 ha18 ha29 ha
202511 ha39 ha49 ha

What is causing deforestation around Balashikha?

  • Loggingcan grow back84% · 2,800 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 464 ha
  • Mining and energycleared for good1.7% · 56 ha

Also: wildfires, 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
16,700 ha
Forest in 2020
14,800 ha
Overall change
−1,960 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Balashikha shrank from about 16,700 hectares to 14,800 hectares, a net loss of about 1,960 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 456 hectares, but 2,410 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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Questions about Balashikha

What is the air quality (AQI) in Balashikha right now?

The latest reading for Balashikha shows an AQI of 23 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by the Kojuhovo, Moscow, Moscow, Russia (Кожухово, Москва) ground monitoring station, 8.3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Balashikha today?

At AQI 23 (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 Balashikha been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Balashikha's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 30 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 100 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Balashikha lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Balashikha has lost about 3,350 hectares of forest (about 4,700 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 520 hectares (16%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 60 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 119 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Balashikha shrank from about 16,700 hectares to 14,800 hectares, a net loss of about 1,960 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 456 hectares, but 2,410 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Balashikha?

Balashikha has an estimated 187,304 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 59.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Balashikha need?

Balashikha has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Balashikha's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Balashikha, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Balashikha; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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