City report · Crimea, Ukraine
Kerch Air quality today
Air quality in Kerch currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 46
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.0
- tree cover
- 24.6%
- trees in this area
- 50.7K
- more trees needed
- 11.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kerch, Avtonomna Respublika Krym, Ukraine (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 30, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kerch · AQI 46 (Good)
Kerch's tree count comes to 50,698 trees across 8.25 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 11,129 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kerch today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 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
7.0
PM10
8.3
NO₂
10.9
O₃
46.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
169.0
- 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 Kerch's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 18 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 11.
Where Kerch stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kerch: Below target
24.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.25 km² of land.
Trees in this area
50,698
Target trees
61,827
More trees needed
11,129
CO₂ if planted / yr
244.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kerch lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kerch has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 1 hectare (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 1 hectare of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
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 | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kerch?
- Wildfirescan grow back52% · 3 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown34% · 2 ha
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
- 200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 236 ha
- Overall change
- +36 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kerch grew from about 200 hectares to 236 hectares, a net gain of about 36 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 39 hectares, while 4 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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- Air quality
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- Melitopol185.9 km
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- Air quality
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- Simferopol190.7 km
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- Air quality
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- Krasnodar199.4 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kerch right now?
The latest reading for Kerch shows an AQI of 46 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 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 Kerch today?
At AQI 46 (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 Kerch been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kerch's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 18 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kerch lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kerch has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 1 hectare (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kerch grew from about 200 hectares to 236 hectares, a net gain of about 36 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 39 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kerch?
Kerch has an estimated 50,698 trees across the 8.25 km² of land measured — 24.6% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kerch need?
Kerch needs roughly 11,129 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 244.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kerch'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 Kerch; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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