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Penza Air quality today
Air quality in Penza currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 22
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.2
- tree cover
- 35.9%
- trees in this area
- 108K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Leninskiy Rayon, Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Penza · AQI 22 (Good)
Penza's tree count comes to 107,933 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 Penza today: AQI 22, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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
3.2
PM10
3.2
NO₂
2.8
O₃
51.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
159.0
- 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 Penza's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 11 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 41 on Nov 10.
Where Penza stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Penza: Healthy tree cover
35.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.03 km² of land.
Trees in this area
107,933
Target trees
107,933
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Penza lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Penza has lost about 463 hectares of forest (about 650 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) 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 east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 463 haabout 650 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 307 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 57 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 11 ha | 15 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 19 ha | 4 ha | 22 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2009 | 15 ha | 14 ha | 29 ha |
| 2010 | 30 ha | 16 ha | 45 ha |
| 2011 | 23 ha | 34 ha | 57 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 44 ha | 9 ha | 52 ha |
| 2014 | 21 ha | 12 ha | 33 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | 4 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | 14 ha | 19 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 16 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 20 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Penza?
- Towns and roadscleared for good62% · 287 ha
- Loggingcan grow back30% · 141 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.3% · 20 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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
- 9,830 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,510 ha
- Overall change
- −319 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Penza shrank from about 9,830 hectares to 9,510 hectares, a net loss of about 319 hectares (−3.2%). New forest grew on about 401 hectares, but 720 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 Penza right now?
The latest reading for Penza shows an AQI of 22 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Penza today?
At AQI 22 (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 Penza been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Penza's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 11 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 41 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Penza lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Penza has lost about 463 hectares of forest (about 650 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Penza shrank from about 9,830 hectares to 9,510 hectares, a net loss of about 319 hectares (−3.2%). New forest grew on about 401 hectares, but 720 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Penza?
Penza has an estimated 107,933 trees across the 12.03 km² of land measured — 35.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Penza need?
Penza has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Penza'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 Leninskiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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