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Kyzyl Air quality today
Air quality in Kyzyl currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 26
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.8
- tree cover
- 11.8%
- trees in this area
- 34.0K
- more trees needed
- 52.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kyzyl, Tuva Republic, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kyzyl · AQI 26 (Good)
Kyzyl's tree count comes to 33,957 trees across 11.51 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,374 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kyzyl today: AQI 26, 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
4.8
PM10
5.7
NO₂
10.3
O₃
48.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
122.0
- 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 Kyzyl's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 13 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 6.
Where Kyzyl stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kyzyl: Critically low
11.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
33,957
Target trees
86,331
More trees needed
52,374
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,152 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kyzyl lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kyzyl has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (50%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 5 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2022, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Kyzyl?
- Towns and roadscleared for good50% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown50% · 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
- 486 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 504 ha
- Overall change
- +18 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kyzyl grew from about 486 hectares to 504 hectares, a net gain of about 18 hectares (+3.7%). New forest grew on about 31 hectares, while 13 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 Kyzyl right now?
The latest reading for Kyzyl shows an AQI of 26 (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 Kyzyl today?
At AQI 26 (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 Kyzyl been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kyzyl's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 13 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kyzyl lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kyzyl has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (50%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kyzyl grew from about 486 hectares to 504 hectares, a net gain of about 18 hectares (+3.7%). New forest grew on about 31 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kyzyl?
Kyzyl has an estimated 33,957 trees across the 11.51 km² of land measured — 11.8% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kyzyl need?
Kyzyl needs roughly 52,374 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,152 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kyzyl'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 Kyzyl; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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