City report · Lipetsk Oblast, Russia
Lipetsk Air quality today
Air quality in Lipetsk currently reads AQI 64 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 64
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.9
- tree cover
- 45.2%
- trees in this area
- 142K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lipetsk · AQI 64 (Moderate)
Lipetsk's tree count comes to 141,574 trees across 12.53 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lipetsk today: AQI 64, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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
16.9
PM10
19.6
NO₂
8.8
O₃
53.0
SO₂
11.8
CO
229.0
- 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 Lipetsk's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 58 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 121 on Nov 7.
Where Lipetsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lipetsk: Healthy tree cover
45.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
141,574
Target trees
141,574
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lipetsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lipetsk has lost about 475 hectares of forest (about 660 football pitches): 6.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 475 haabout 660 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 337 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 99 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 15 ha | 8 ha | 23 ha |
| 2008 | 63 ha | 5 ha | 68 ha |
| 2009 | 22 ha | 5 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 63 ha | 36 ha | 99 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | 6 ha | 32 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | 7 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 9 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2019 | 23 ha | 5 ha | 28 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | 4 ha | 22 ha |
| 2022 | 20 ha | 6 ha | 26 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lipetsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 222 ha
- Loggingcan grow back24% · 116 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good20% · 93 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 5,770 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,070 ha
- Overall change
- +297 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lipetsk grew from about 5,770 hectares to 6,070 hectares, a net gain of about 297 hectares (+5.1%). New forest grew on about 870 hectares, while 572 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 Lipetsk right now?
The latest reading for Lipetsk shows an AQI of 64 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Lipetsk today?
At AQI 64 (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 Lipetsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lipetsk's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 58 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 121 on Nov 7. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lipetsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lipetsk has lost about 475 hectares of forest (about 660 football pitches): 6.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lipetsk grew from about 5,770 hectares to 6,070 hectares, a net gain of about 297 hectares (+5.1%). New forest grew on about 870 hectares, while 572 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lipetsk?
Lipetsk has an estimated 141,574 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 45.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lipetsk need?
Lipetsk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Lipetsk'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 Lipetsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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