City report · Kazakhstan
Kokshetau Air quality today
Air quality in Kokshetau currently reads AQI 15 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 15
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 12.5%
- trees in this area
- 37.3K
- more trees needed
- 52.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 020000 Kokshetau, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kokshetau · AQI 15 (Good)
Kokshetau's tree count comes to 37,346 trees across 11.95 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,284 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kokshetau today: AQI 15, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 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
2.7
PM10
3.3
NO₂
2.0
O₃
54.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
143.0
- 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 Kokshetau's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 10.
Where Kokshetau stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kokshetau: Critically low
12.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.95 km² of land.
Trees in this area
37,346
Target trees
89,630
More trees needed
52,284
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,150 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kokshetau lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kokshetau has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 12 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 9 haabout 12 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 7 hectares 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 | 7 ha | 7 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 | under 1 ha | under 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Kokshetau?
- Wildfirescan grow back79% · 7 ha
- Loggingcan grow back7.9% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown13% · 1 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
- 394 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 397 ha
- Overall change
- +3 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kokshetau stayed about the same size, at about 397 hectares: new forest grew on about 4 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 Kokshetau right now?
The latest reading for Kokshetau shows an AQI of 15 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:00 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 Kokshetau today?
At AQI 15 (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 Kokshetau been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kokshetau's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 46 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 Kokshetau lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kokshetau has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 12 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kokshetau stayed about the same size, at about 397 hectares: new forest grew on about 4 hectares, and about 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Kokshetau?
Kokshetau has an estimated 37,346 trees across the 11.95 km² of land measured — 12.5% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kokshetau need?
Kokshetau needs roughly 52,284 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,150 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kokshetau'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 020000 Kokshetau; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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