City report · Chelyabinsk, Russia
Chelyabinsk Air quality today
Air quality in Chelyabinsk currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 7
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.7
- tree cover
- 26.9%
- trees in this area
- 83.4K
- more trees needed
- 9.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Traktorozavodskiy Rayon, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chelyabinsk · AQI 7 (Good)
Chelyabinsk's tree count comes to 83,410 trees across 12.41 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,612 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chelyabinsk today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 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
1.7
PM10
1.7
NO₂
6.2
O₃
48.0
SO₂
3.2
CO
185.0
- 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 Chelyabinsk's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 5.
Where Chelyabinsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chelyabinsk: Below target
26.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
83,410
Target trees
93,022
More trees needed
9,612
CO₂ if planted / yr
211.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chelyabinsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chelyabinsk has lost about 99 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 2.8% 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
- 99 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 69 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 17 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 17 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chelyabinsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good67% · 67 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 13 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.5% · 8 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 3,620 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,170 ha
- Overall change
- +551 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chelyabinsk grew from about 3,620 hectares to 4,170 hectares, a net gain of about 551 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 640 hectares, while 89 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 Chelyabinsk right now?
The latest reading for Chelyabinsk shows an AQI of 7 (Good), observed Nov 11, 09:00 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 Chelyabinsk today?
At AQI 7 (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 Chelyabinsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chelyabinsk's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 75 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 Chelyabinsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chelyabinsk has lost about 99 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 2.8% 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 Chelyabinsk grew from about 3,620 hectares to 4,170 hectares, a net gain of about 551 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 640 hectares, while 89 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk has an estimated 83,410 trees across the 12.41 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 Chelyabinsk need?
Chelyabinsk needs roughly 9,612 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 211.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chelyabinsk'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 Traktorozavodskiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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