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Murmansk Air quality today
Air quality in Murmansk currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 26
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.0
- tree cover
- 42.6%
- trees in this area
- 126K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Oktyabr'skiy Okrug, Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Murmansk · AQI 26 (Good)
Murmansk's tree count comes to 125,534 trees across 11.79 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Murmansk today: AQI 26, 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
5.0
PM10
8.5
NO₂
12.9
O₃
48.0
SO₂
4.8
CO
167.0
- 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 Murmansk's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 11 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 26 on Nov 11.
Where Murmansk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Murmansk: Healthy tree cover
42.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.79 km² of land.
Trees in this area
125,534
Target trees
125,534
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Murmansk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Murmansk has lost about 312 hectares of forest (about 440 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 312 haabout 440 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 281 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 82 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 | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2017 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 71 ha | 11 ha | 82 ha |
| 2020 | 30 ha | 4 ha | 34 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 42 ha | 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Murmansk?
- Mining and energycleared for good56% · 174 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good34% · 107 ha
- Loggingcan grow back6.4% · 20 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 15,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,400 ha
- Overall change
- +844 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Murmansk grew from about 15,500 hectares to 16,400 hectares, a net gain of about 844 hectares (+5.4%). New forest grew on about 1,200 hectares, while 351 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 Murmansk right now?
The latest reading for Murmansk shows an AQI of 26 (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 Murmansk 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 Murmansk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Murmansk's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 11 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 26 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Murmansk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Murmansk has lost about 312 hectares of forest (about 440 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Murmansk grew from about 15,500 hectares to 16,400 hectares, a net gain of about 844 hectares (+5.4%). New forest grew on about 1,200 hectares, while 351 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Murmansk?
Murmansk has an estimated 125,534 trees across the 11.79 km² of land measured — 42.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Murmansk need?
Murmansk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Murmansk'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 Oktyabr'skiy Okrug; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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