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Kurgan Air quality today
Air quality in Kurgan currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 59
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.9
- tree cover
- 17.6%
- trees in this area
- 54.9K
- more trees needed
- 38.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tsentral'nyy Rayon, Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kurgan · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Kurgan's tree count comes to 54,850 trees across 12.47 km² of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 38,644 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kurgan today: AQI 59, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.9
PM10
16.2
NO₂
3.6
O₃
71.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
126.0
- 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 Kurgan's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 7 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 4.
Where Kurgan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kurgan: Critically low
17.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
54,850
Target trees
93,494
More trees needed
38,644
CO₂ if planted / yr
850.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kurgan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kurgan has lost about 834 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 40 hectares (4.7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 834 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 40 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 86 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 3 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 309 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 | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 10 ha | 14 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 18 ha | 21 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 12 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 78 ha | 81 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 113 ha | 114 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 40 ha | 42 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 21 ha | 25 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 12 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 306 ha | 309 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 76 ha | 78 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 28 ha | 28 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kurgan?
- Wildfirescan grow back73% · 608 ha
- Loggingcan grow back21% · 179 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.5% · 21 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 6,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,090 ha
- Overall change
- −319 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kurgan shrank from about 6,400 hectares to 6,090 hectares, a net loss of about 319 hectares (−5%). New forest grew on about 64 hectares, but 384 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 Kurgan right now?
The latest reading for Kurgan shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Kurgan today?
At AQI 59 (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 Kurgan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kurgan's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 7 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 59 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 Kurgan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kurgan has lost about 834 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 40 hectares (4.7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 86 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 3 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kurgan shrank from about 6,400 hectares to 6,090 hectares, a net loss of about 319 hectares (−5%). New forest grew on about 64 hectares, but 384 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kurgan?
Kurgan has an estimated 54,850 trees across the 12.47 km² of land measured — 17.6% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kurgan need?
Kurgan needs roughly 38,644 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 850.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kurgan'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 Tsentral'nyy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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