City report · Chuvash Republic, Russia
Cheboksary Air quality today
Air quality in Cheboksary currently reads AQI 15 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 15
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.8
- tree cover
- 43.2%
- trees in this area
- 130K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Leninskiy Rayon, Cheboksary, Chuvashia Republic, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cheboksary · AQI 15 (Good)
Cheboksary's tree count comes to 130,288 trees across 12.07 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cheboksary today: AQI 15, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 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
2.8
PM10
2.8
NO₂
1.9
O₃
63.0
SO₂
2.3
CO
139.0
- 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 Cheboksary's daily AQI at 15 on average, from 11 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 28 on Nov 8.
Where Cheboksary stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cheboksary: Healthy tree cover
43.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.07 km² of land.
Trees in this area
130,288
Target trees
130,288
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cheboksary lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cheboksary has lost about 210 hectares of forest (about 290 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (45%), after which forest can grow back. About 105 hectares (50%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 210 haabout 290 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 105 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 45 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 | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | 36 ha | 45 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 14 ha | 22 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 16 ha | 4 ha | 20 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cheboksary?
- Loggingcan grow back45% · 94 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · 84 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5.6% · 12 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 9,420 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,200 ha
- Overall change
- +797 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cheboksary grew from about 9,420 hectares to 10,200 hectares, a net gain of about 797 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, while 240 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 Cheboksary right now?
The latest reading for Cheboksary shows an AQI of 15 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:00 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 Cheboksary today?
At AQI 15 (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 Cheboksary been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cheboksary's daily AQI at 15 on average, from 11 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 28 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cheboksary lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cheboksary has lost about 210 hectares of forest (about 290 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (45%), after which forest can grow back. About 105 hectares (50%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cheboksary grew from about 9,420 hectares to 10,200 hectares, a net gain of about 797 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, while 240 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cheboksary?
Cheboksary has an estimated 130,288 trees across the 12.07 km² of land measured — 43.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cheboksary need?
Cheboksary has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Cheboksary'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 Leninskiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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