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Novosibirsk Air quality today
Air quality in Novosibirsk currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 31
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.7
- tree cover
- 20.0%
- trees in this area
- 55.5K
- more trees needed
- 27.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tsentral'nyy Rayon, Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Novosibirsk · AQI 31 (Good)
Novosibirsk's tree count comes to 55,543 trees across 11.11 km² of land, 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 27,772 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Novosibirsk today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 9, 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
5.7
PM10
7.5
NO₂
5.9
O₃
36.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
178.0
- 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 Novosibirsk's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 9 on Nov 3 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 5.
Where Novosibirsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Novosibirsk: Below target
20.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.11 km² of land.
Trees in this area
55,543
Target trees
83,315
More trees needed
27,772
CO₂ if planted / yr
611.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Novosibirsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Novosibirsk has lost about 239 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 3.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 239 haabout 340 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 220 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 23 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 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 4 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 16 ha | 3 ha | 19 ha |
| 2011 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 21 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Novosibirsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good83% · 199 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.3% · 15 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.3% · 8 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
- 5,550 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,350 ha
- Overall change
- −192 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Novosibirsk shrank from about 5,550 hectares to 5,350 hectares, a net loss of about 192 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 13 hectares, but 204 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 Novosibirsk right now?
The latest reading for Novosibirsk shows an AQI of 31 (Good), observed Nov 9, 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 Novosibirsk today?
At AQI 31 (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 Novosibirsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Novosibirsk's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 9 on Nov 3 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Novosibirsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Novosibirsk has lost about 239 hectares of forest (about 340 football pitches): 3.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Novosibirsk shrank from about 5,550 hectares to 5,350 hectares, a net loss of about 192 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 13 hectares, but 204 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Novosibirsk?
Novosibirsk has an estimated 55,543 trees across the 11.11 km² of land measured — 20.0% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Novosibirsk need?
Novosibirsk needs roughly 27,772 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 611.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Novosibirsk'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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