City report · Moscow Oblast, Russia
Khimki Air quality today
Air quality in Khimki currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 53
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.1
- tree cover
- 33.2%
- trees in this area
- 104K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Khimki · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Khimki's tree count comes to 104,301 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Khimki today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bazovskaya, Moscow, Moscow, Russia, 5.5 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.1
PM10
18.4
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Moscow State environmental monitoring (Государственный экологический мониторинг в Москве)
- 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 Khimki's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 18 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 10.
Where Khimki stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Khimki: Healthy tree cover
33.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
104,301
Target trees
104,301
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Khimki lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Khimki has lost about 1,370 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,370 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,050 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 43 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 58 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 162 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2005 | 33 ha | 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | 3 ha | 33 ha |
| 2007 | 62 ha | 3 ha | 65 ha |
| 2008 | 22 ha | 2 ha | 24 ha |
| 2009 | 54 ha | 5 ha | 58 ha |
| 2010 | 68 ha | 2 ha | 69 ha |
| 2011 | 135 ha | 27 ha | 162 ha |
| 2012 | 87 ha | 31 ha | 118 ha |
| 2013 | 68 ha | 63 ha | 131 ha |
| 2014 | 51 ha | 33 ha | 84 ha |
| 2015 | 15 ha | 5 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 46 ha | 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2017 | 50 ha | 13 ha | 63 ha |
| 2018 | 36 ha | 18 ha | 54 ha |
| 2019 | 32 ha | 16 ha | 49 ha |
| 2020 | 27 ha | 50 ha | 76 ha |
| 2021 | 29 ha | 11 ha | 39 ha |
| 2022 | 32 ha | 3 ha | 35 ha |
| 2023 | 21 ha | 10 ha | 31 ha |
| 2024 | 46 ha | 2 ha | 48 ha |
| 2025 | 55 ha | 8 ha | 63 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Khimki?
- Towns and roadscleared for good71% · 966 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 304 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.3% · 86 ha
Also: 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
- 9,810 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,100 ha
- Overall change
- −704 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Khimki shrank from about 9,810 hectares to 9,100 hectares, a net loss of about 704 hectares (−7.2%). New forest grew on about 648 hectares, but 1,350 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 Khimki right now?
The latest reading for Khimki shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by the Bazovskaya, Moscow, Moscow, Russia ground monitoring station, 5.5 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Khimki today?
At AQI 53 (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 Khimki been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Khimki's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 18 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Khimki lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Khimki has lost about 1,370 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 43 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 58 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Khimki shrank from about 9,810 hectares to 9,100 hectares, a net loss of about 704 hectares (−7.2%). New forest grew on about 648 hectares, but 1,350 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Khimki?
Khimki has an estimated 104,301 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 33.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Khimki need?
Khimki has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Khimki's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Khimki, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Khimki; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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