City report · Kuzbass, Russia
Novokuznetsk Air quality today
Air quality in Novokuznetsk currently reads AQI 25 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 25
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.4
- tree cover
- 33.2%
- trees in this area
- 99.8K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tsentral'nyy Rayon, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Novokuznetsk · AQI 25 (Good)
Novokuznetsk's tree count comes to 99,816 trees across 12.03 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Novokuznetsk today: AQI 25, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 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
4.4
PM10
4.4
NO₂
4.9
O₃
34.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
152.0
- 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 Novokuznetsk's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 100 on Nov 7.
Where Novokuznetsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Novokuznetsk: Healthy tree cover
33.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.03 km² of land.
Trees in this area
99,816
Target trees
99,816
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Novokuznetsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Novokuznetsk has lost about 219 hectares of forest (about 310 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) 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 northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 219 haabout 310 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 138 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2022, when about 30 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | 4 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 5 ha | 19 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | 22 ha | 30 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Novokuznetsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good55% · 120 ha
- Loggingcan grow back20% · 44 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.2% · 16 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 11,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,700 ha
- Overall change
- +28 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Novokuznetsk stayed about the same size, at about 11,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 133 hectares, and about 105 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 Novokuznetsk right now?
The latest reading for Novokuznetsk shows an AQI of 25 (Good), observed Nov 10, 21:00 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 Novokuznetsk today?
At AQI 25 (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 Novokuznetsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Novokuznetsk's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 100 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Novokuznetsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Novokuznetsk has lost about 219 hectares of forest (about 310 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Novokuznetsk stayed about the same size, at about 11,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 133 hectares, and about 105 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Novokuznetsk?
Novokuznetsk has an estimated 99,816 trees across the 12.03 km² of land measured — 33.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Novokuznetsk need?
Novokuznetsk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Novokuznetsk'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 Tsentral'nyy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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