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Cherkasy Air quality today
Air quality in Cherkasy currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 24
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.0
- tree cover
- 42.2%
- trees in this area
- 110K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tsentral'nyi, Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, 18000 (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Cherkasy · AQI 24 (Good)
Cherkasy's tree count comes to 110,303 trees across 10.46 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Cherkasy today: AQI 24, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Kyiv and Dnipro
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.0
PM10
5.1
NO₂
5.3
O₃
56.0
SO₂
6.0
CO
164.0
- 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 Cherkasy's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 21 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 9.
Where Cherkasy stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Cherkasy: Healthy tree cover
42.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
110,303
Target trees
110,303
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Cherkasy lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cherkasy has lost about 652 hectares of forest (about 910 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 111 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 652 haabout 910 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 111 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 90 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 | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 21 ha | 23 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 19 ha | 22 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 31 ha | 40 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 46 ha | 53 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 18 ha | 20 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 15 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 22 ha | 26 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 19 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 40 ha | 53 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 10 ha | 19 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 64 ha | 73 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | 76 ha | 90 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | 24 ha | 28 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 12 ha | 14 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | 33 ha | 41 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 34 ha | 39 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Cherkasy?
- Loggingcan grow back81% · 531 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 86 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.7% · 24 ha
Also: 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
- 4,140 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,970 ha
- Overall change
- −173 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cherkasy shrank from about 4,140 hectares to 3,970 hectares, a net loss of about 173 hectares (−4.2%). New forest grew on about 160 hectares, but 333 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 Cherkasy right now?
The latest reading for Cherkasy shows an AQI of 24 (Good), observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Cherkasy today?
At AQI 24 (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 Cherkasy been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Cherkasy's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 21 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Cherkasy lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Cherkasy has lost about 652 hectares of forest (about 910 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 111 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Cherkasy shrank from about 4,140 hectares to 3,970 hectares, a net loss of about 173 hectares (−4.2%). New forest grew on about 160 hectares, but 333 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Cherkasy?
Cherkasy has an estimated 110,303 trees across the 10.46 km² of land measured — 42.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Cherkasy need?
Cherkasy has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Cherkasy'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 Tsentral'nyi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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