City report · Kazakhstan
Oral Air quality today
Air quality in Oral currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 18
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.6
- tree cover
- 19.8%
- trees in this area
- 62.1K
- more trees needed
- 32.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Uralsk, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Oral · AQI 18 (Good)
Oral's tree count comes to 62,141 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,012 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Oral today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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
3.6
PM10
3.8
NO₂
2.4
O₃
51.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
167.0
- 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 Oral's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 26 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 4.
Where Oral stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Oral: Below target
19.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
62,141
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
32,012
CO₂ if planted / yr
704.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Oral lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Oral has lost about 98 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 3.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 4 hectares (3.9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 98 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 82 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 82 ha | 82 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Oral?
- Loggingcan grow back78% · 77 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back5.2% · 5 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.5% · 3 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, 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
- 1,630 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,840 ha
- Overall change
- +207 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Oral grew from about 1,630 hectares to 1,840 hectares, a net gain of about 207 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 303 hectares, while 95 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 Oral right now?
The latest reading for Oral shows an AQI of 18 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Oral today?
At AQI 18 (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 Oral been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Oral's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 26 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Oral lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Oral has lost about 98 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 3.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 4 hectares (3.9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Oral grew from about 1,630 hectares to 1,840 hectares, a net gain of about 207 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 303 hectares, while 95 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Oral?
Oral has an estimated 62,141 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 19.8% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Oral need?
Oral needs roughly 32,012 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 704.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Oral'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 Uralsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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