City report · Vologda Oblast, Russia
Cherepovets Air quality today
Air quality in Cherepovets currently reads AQI 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 149
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 54.5
- tree cover
- 28.9%
- trees in this area
- 87.7K
- more trees needed
- 18.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Industrial'nyy Rayon, Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cherepovets · AQI 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Cherepovets's tree count comes to 87,705 trees across 12.14 km² of land, 6 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,512 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cherepovets today: AQI 149, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 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
54.5
PM10
64.3
NO₂
21.1
O₃
41.0
SO₂
22.2
CO
446.0
- 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 Cherepovets's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 61 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 151 on Nov 11.
Where Cherepovets stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cherepovets: Below target
28.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.14 km² of land.
Trees in this area
87,705
Target trees
106,217
More trees needed
18,512
CO₂ if planted / yr
407.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cherepovets lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cherepovets has lost about 876 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 876 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 508 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 111 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 11 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 27 ha | 28 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 15 ha | 22 ha | 37 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2010 | 25 ha | 21 ha | 46 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | 53 ha | 60 ha |
| 2012 | 39 ha | 73 ha | 111 ha |
| 2013 | 24 ha | 13 ha | 37 ha |
| 2014 | 15 ha | 5 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 27 ha | 11 ha | 38 ha |
| 2017 | 11 ha | 6 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | 32 ha | 28 ha | 60 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 18 ha | 34 ha |
| 2020 | 92 ha | 6 ha | 98 ha |
| 2021 | 20 ha | 9 ha | 29 ha |
| 2022 | 34 ha | 21 ha | 55 ha |
| 2023 | 29 ha | 3 ha | 32 ha |
| 2024 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 22 ha |
| 2025 | 40 ha | 10 ha | 50 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cherepovets?
- Towns and roadscleared for good36% · 316 ha
- Loggingcan grow back33% · 287 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good21% · 180 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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
- 11,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,600 ha
- Overall change
- +18 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cherepovets stayed about the same size, at about 11,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 853 hectares, and about 835 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 Cherepovets right now?
The latest reading for Cherepovets shows an AQI of 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 10:00 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 Cherepovets today?
At AQI 149 (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 Cherepovets been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cherepovets's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 61 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 151 on Nov 11. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cherepovets lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cherepovets has lost about 876 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 7.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cherepovets stayed about the same size, at about 11,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 853 hectares, and about 835 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cherepovets?
Cherepovets has an estimated 87,705 trees across the 12.14 km² of land measured — 28.9% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cherepovets need?
Cherepovets needs roughly 18,512 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 407.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Cherepovets'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 Industrial'nyy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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