City report · Tatarstan Republic, Russia
Kazan Air quality today
Air quality in Kazan currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 13
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.3
- tree cover
- 23.3%
- trees in this area
- 61.9K
- more trees needed
- 17.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kremlin and Historical Center, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kazan · AQI 13 (Good)
Kazan's tree count comes to 61,926 trees across 10.63 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 17,807 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kazan today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 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
2.3
PM10
2.3
NO₂
4.3
O₃
55.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
167.0
- 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 Kazan's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 13 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 4.
Where Kazan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kazan: Below target
23.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.63 km² of land.
Trees in this area
61,926
Target trees
79,733
More trees needed
17,807
CO₂ if planted / yr
391.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kazan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kazan has lost about 276 hectares of forest (about 390 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) 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
- 276 haabout 390 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 208 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 47 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 | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 35 ha | 47 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2014 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2024 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kazan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good72% · 199 ha
- Loggingcan grow back21% · 58 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.5% · 4 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 3,080 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,050 ha
- Overall change
- −30 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kazan stayed about the same size, at about 3,050 hectares: new forest grew on about 320 hectares, and about 351 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 Kazan right now?
The latest reading for Kazan shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 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 Kazan today?
At AQI 13 (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 Kazan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kazan's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 13 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kazan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kazan has lost about 276 hectares of forest (about 390 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kazan stayed about the same size, at about 3,050 hectares: new forest grew on about 320 hectares, and about 351 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kazan?
Kazan has an estimated 61,926 trees across the 10.63 km² of land measured — 23.3% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kazan need?
Kazan needs roughly 17,807 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 391.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kazan'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 Kremlin and Historical Center; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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