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Kursk Air quality today
Air quality in Kursk currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 49
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.3
- tree cover
- 42.6%
- trees in this area
- 133K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tsentral'nyy Administrativnyy Okrug, Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kursk · AQI 49 (Good)
Kursk's tree count comes to 133,297 trees across 12.52 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kursk today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 10:00 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
9.3
PM10
10.6
NO₂
16.4
O₃
16.0
SO₂
5.8
CO
211.0
- 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 Kursk's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 18 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 4.
Where Kursk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kursk: Healthy tree cover
42.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
133,297
Target trees
133,297
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kursk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kursk has lost about 418 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 4.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 418 haabout 590 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 225 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 98 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | 4 ha | 12 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | 90 ha | 98 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 15 ha | 19 ha | 34 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha |
| 2016 | 17 ha | 11 ha | 27 ha |
| 2017 | 33 ha | 11 ha | 44 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 17 ha | 25 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 20 ha | 5 ha | 25 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kursk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good52% · 216 ha
- Loggingcan grow back32% · 132 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back10% · 42 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 11,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,500 ha
- Overall change
- +331 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kursk grew from about 11,100 hectares to 11,500 hectares, a net gain of about 331 hectares (+3%). New forest grew on about 695 hectares, while 365 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 Kursk right now?
The latest reading for Kursk shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 10, 10:00 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 Kursk today?
At AQI 49 (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 Kursk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kursk's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 18 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 65 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 Kursk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kursk has lost about 418 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 4.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kursk grew from about 11,100 hectares to 11,500 hectares, a net gain of about 331 hectares (+3%). New forest grew on about 695 hectares, while 365 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kursk?
Kursk has an estimated 133,297 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 42.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kursk need?
Kursk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kursk'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 Administrativnyy Okrug; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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