City report · Tatarstan Republic, Russia
Nizhnekamsk Air quality today
Air quality in Nizhnekamsk currently reads AQI 11 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 11
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.2
- tree cover
- 28.8%
- trees in this area
- 90.4K
- more trees needed
- 3.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nizhnekamsk · AQI 11 (Good)
Nizhnekamsk's tree count comes to 90,387 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 3,766 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nizhnekamsk today: AQI 11, Good
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
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.2
PM10
1.2
NO₂
2.6
O₃
62.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
140.0
- 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 Nizhnekamsk's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 10 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 6.
Where Nizhnekamsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nizhnekamsk: Below target
28.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
90,387
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
3,766
CO₂ if planted / yr
82.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nizhnekamsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nizhnekamsk has lost about 421 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 421 haabout 590 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 393 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 140 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2006 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2007 | 138 ha | 2 ha | 140 ha |
| 2008 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2009 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 24 ha | 4 ha | 28 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nizhnekamsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good84% · 352 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.4% · 40 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.5% · 19 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 4,910 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,850 ha
- Overall change
- −65 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nizhnekamsk stayed about the same size, at about 4,850 hectares: new forest grew on about 409 hectares, and about 474 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 Nizhnekamsk right now?
The latest reading for Nizhnekamsk shows an AQI of 11 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Nizhnekamsk today?
At AQI 11 (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 Nizhnekamsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nizhnekamsk's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 10 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 52 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 Nizhnekamsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nizhnekamsk has lost about 421 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nizhnekamsk stayed about the same size, at about 4,850 hectares: new forest grew on about 409 hectares, and about 474 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nizhnekamsk?
Nizhnekamsk has an estimated 90,387 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 28.8% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nizhnekamsk need?
Nizhnekamsk needs roughly 3,766 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 82.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nizhnekamsk'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 Nizhnekamsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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