City report · Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Belgorod Air quality today
Air quality in Belgorod currently reads AQI 57 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 57
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.5
- tree cover
- 26.9%
- trees in this area
- 84.1K
- more trees needed
- 9.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zapadnyy Okrug, Belgorod, Belgorod Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Belgorod · AQI 57 (Moderate)
Belgorod's tree count comes to 84,086 trees across 12.51 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,690 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Belgorod today: AQI 57, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.5
PM10
14.8
NO₂
17.2
O₃
38.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
239.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Belgorod's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 11.
Where Belgorod stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Belgorod: Below target
26.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
84,086
Target trees
93,776
More trees needed
9,690
CO₂ if planted / yr
213.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Belgorod lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Belgorod has lost about 95 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) 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
- 95 haabout 130 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 66 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 11 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 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 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Belgorod?
- Towns and roadscleared for good67% · 64 ha
- Loggingcan grow back10% · 10 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.4% · 3 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 4,920 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,540 ha
- Overall change
- +621 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Belgorod grew from about 4,920 hectares to 5,540 hectares, a net gain of about 621 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 758 hectares, while 137 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 Belgorod right now?
The latest reading for Belgorod shows an AQI of 57 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Belgorod today?
At AQI 57 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Belgorod been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Belgorod's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Belgorod lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Belgorod has lost about 95 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Belgorod grew from about 4,920 hectares to 5,540 hectares, a net gain of about 621 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 758 hectares, while 137 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Belgorod?
Belgorod has an estimated 84,086 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 26.9% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Belgorod need?
Belgorod needs roughly 9,690 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 213.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Belgorod'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 Zapadnyy Okrug; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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