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Blagoveshchensk Air quality today
Air quality in Blagoveshchensk currently reads AQI 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 121
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 47.1
- tree cover
- 24.1%
- trees in this area
- 75.1K
- more trees needed
- 34.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Blagoveshchensk · AQI 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Blagoveshchensk's tree count comes to 75,107 trees across 12.47 km² of land, 11 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,969 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Blagoveshchensk today: AQI 121, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
47.1
PM10
53.1
NO₂
24.2
O₃
41.0
SO₂
9.8
CO
799.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Blagoveshchensk's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 35 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 123 on Nov 11.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Blagoveshchensk: Below target
24.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
75,107
Target trees
109,076
More trees needed
33,969
CO₂ if planted / yr
747.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Blagoveshchensk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Blagoveshchensk has lost about 171 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 171 haabout 240 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 93 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 51 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 15 ha | 17 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | 21 ha | 30 ha | 51 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Blagoveshchensk?
- Loggingcan grow back40% · 68 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good36% · 61 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good18% · 32 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
- 2,260 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,200 ha
- Overall change
- −58 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Blagoveshchensk shrank from about 2,260 hectares to 2,200 hectares, a net loss of about 58 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 24 hectares, but 83 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 Blagoveshchensk right now?
The latest reading for Blagoveshchensk shows an AQI of 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Blagoveshchensk today?
At AQI 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Blagoveshchensk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Blagoveshchensk's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 35 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 123 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Blagoveshchensk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Blagoveshchensk has lost about 171 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Blagoveshchensk shrank from about 2,260 hectares to 2,200 hectares, a net loss of about 58 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 24 hectares, but 83 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Blagoveshchensk?
Blagoveshchensk has an estimated 75,107 trees across the 12.47 km² of land measured — 24.1% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Blagoveshchensk need?
Blagoveshchensk needs roughly 33,969 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 747.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Blagoveshchensk'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 Blagoveshchensk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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