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Kaliningrad Air quality today
Air quality in Kaliningrad currently reads AQI 61 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 61
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.3
- tree cover
- 32.3%
- trees in this area
- 97.6K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Historical Center, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kaliningrad · AQI 61 (Moderate)
Kaliningrad's tree count comes to 97,617 trees across 12.09 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kaliningrad today: AQI 61, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Elbląg and Olsztyn
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.3
PM10
24.7
NO₂
19.7
O₃
19.0
SO₂
7.3
CO
259.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kaliningrad's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 25 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 122 on Nov 10.
Where Kaliningrad stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kaliningrad: Healthy tree cover
32.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.09 km² of land.
Trees in this area
97,617
Target trees
97,617
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kaliningrad lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kaliningrad has lost about 269 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 269 haabout 380 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 195 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 28 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 15 ha | 4 ha | 20 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | 15 ha | 28 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | 13 ha | 23 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kaliningrad?
- Towns and roadscleared for good71% · 192 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 59 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown5.6% · 15 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations.
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
- 2,880 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,560 ha
- Overall change
- +683 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kaliningrad grew from about 2,880 hectares to 3,560 hectares, a net gain of about 683 hectares (+24%). New forest grew on about 810 hectares, while 126 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 Kaliningrad right now?
The latest reading for Kaliningrad shows an AQI of 61 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kaliningrad today?
At AQI 61 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kaliningrad been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kaliningrad's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 25 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 122 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kaliningrad lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kaliningrad has lost about 269 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kaliningrad grew from about 2,880 hectares to 3,560 hectares, a net gain of about 683 hectares (+24%). New forest grew on about 810 hectares, while 126 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kaliningrad?
Kaliningrad has an estimated 97,617 trees across the 12.09 km² of land measured — 32.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kaliningrad need?
Kaliningrad has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kaliningrad'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 Historical Center; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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