City report · Khanty-Mansia, Russia
Nizhnevartovsk Air quality today
Air quality in Nizhnevartovsk currently reads AQI 2 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 2
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.4
- tree cover
- 28.6%
- trees in this area
- 77.2K
- more trees needed
- 3.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nizhnevartovsk · AQI 2 (Good)
Nizhnevartovsk's tree count comes to 77,181 trees across 10.8 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 3,778 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nizhnevartovsk today: AQI 2, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 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
0.4
PM10
0.4
NO₂
1.2
O₃
73.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
119.0
- 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 Nizhnevartovsk's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 47 on Nov 6.
Where Nizhnevartovsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nizhnevartovsk: Below target
28.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.8 km² of land.
Trees in this area
77,181
Target trees
80,959
More trees needed
3,778
CO₂ if planted / yr
83.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nizhnevartovsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nizhnevartovsk has lost about 339 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 339 haabout 470 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 218 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 53 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 10 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 28 ha | 20 ha | 48 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 19 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | 9 ha | 21 ha |
| 2015 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 32 ha | 22 ha | 53 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 19 ha | 4 ha | 23 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nizhnevartovsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 140 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good23% · 78 ha
- Loggingcan grow back15% · 49 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
- 5,550 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,680 ha
- Overall change
- +1,130 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nizhnevartovsk grew from about 5,550 hectares to 6,680 hectares, a net gain of about 1,130 hectares (+20%). New forest grew on about 1,420 hectares, while 290 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 Nizhnevartovsk right now?
The latest reading for Nizhnevartovsk shows an AQI of 2 (Good), observed Nov 11, 09:00 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 Nizhnevartovsk today?
At AQI 2 (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 Nizhnevartovsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nizhnevartovsk's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 47 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 Nizhnevartovsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nizhnevartovsk has lost about 339 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nizhnevartovsk grew from about 5,550 hectares to 6,680 hectares, a net gain of about 1,130 hectares (+20%). New forest grew on about 1,420 hectares, while 290 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nizhnevartovsk?
Nizhnevartovsk has an estimated 77,181 trees across the 10.8 km² of land measured — 28.6% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nizhnevartovsk need?
Nizhnevartovsk needs roughly 3,778 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 83.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nizhnevartovsk'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 Nizhnevartovsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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