City report · Moscow Oblast, Russia
Mytishchi Air quality today
Air quality in Mytishchi currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 54
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.6
- tree cover
- 37.4%
- trees in this area
- 117K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mytishchi, Moscow 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.
Mytishchi · AQI 54 (Moderate)
Mytishchi's tree count comes to 117,026 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 Mytishchi today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bazovskaya, Moscow, Moscow, Russia, 14.2 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.6
PM10
20.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Moscow State environmental monitoring (Государственный экологический мониторинг в Москве)
- 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 Mytishchi's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 10.
Where Mytishchi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mytishchi: Healthy tree cover
37.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
117,026
Target trees
117,026
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mytishchi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mytishchi has lost about 1,170 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 518 hectares (44%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2019: satellite photo from August 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,170 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 518 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 34 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 80 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 160 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 13 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | 12 ha | 25 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | 7 ha | 20 ha |
| 2005 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2007 | 22 ha | 6 ha | 28 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 16 ha | 12 ha | 28 ha |
| 2010 | 17 ha | 6 ha | 23 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | 11 ha | 32 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | 86 ha | 102 ha |
| 2013 | 28 ha | 127 ha | 155 ha |
| 2014 | 16 ha | 60 ha | 76 ha |
| 2015 | 20 ha | 35 ha | 55 ha |
| 2016 | 42 ha | 119 ha | 160 ha |
| 2017 | 25 ha | 67 ha | 93 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | 12 ha | 28 ha |
| 2019 | 15 ha | 4 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 72 ha | 29 ha | 101 ha |
| 2021 | 38 ha | 17 ha | 54 ha |
| 2022 | 26 ha | 6 ha | 31 ha |
| 2023 | 30 ha | 6 ha | 35 ha |
| 2024 | 21 ha | 6 ha | 27 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | 6 ha | 21 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mytishchi?
- Loggingcan grow back54% · 639 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good39% · 462 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.8% · 56 ha
Also: 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
- 15,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,900 ha
- Overall change
- −408 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mytishchi shrank from about 15,300 hectares to 14,900 hectares, a net loss of about 408 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 626 hectares, but 1,030 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 Mytishchi right now?
The latest reading for Mytishchi shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Bazovskaya, Moscow, Moscow, Russia, 14.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mytishchi today?
At AQI 54 (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 Mytishchi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mytishchi's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Mytishchi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mytishchi has lost about 1,170 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 518 hectares (44%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 34 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 80 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mytishchi shrank from about 15,300 hectares to 14,900 hectares, a net loss of about 408 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 626 hectares, but 1,030 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mytishchi?
Mytishchi has an estimated 117,026 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 37.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mytishchi need?
Mytishchi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Mytishchi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Mytishchi, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Mytishchi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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