City report · Perm Krai, Russia
Perm Air quality today
Air quality in Perm currently reads AQI 5 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 5
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.9
- tree cover
- 32.4%
- trees in this area
- 83.1K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Leninsky City District, Perm, Perm Krai, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Perm · AQI 5 (Good)
Perm's tree count comes to 83,059 trees across 10.26 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Perm today: AQI 5, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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
0.9
PM10
0.9
NO₂
3.4
O₃
66.0
SO₂
4.2
CO
186.0
- 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 Perm's daily AQI at 11 on average, from 4 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 5.
Where Perm stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Perm: Healthy tree cover
32.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.26 km² of land.
Trees in this area
83,059
Target trees
83,059
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Perm lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Perm has lost about 392 hectares of forest (about 550 football pitches): 3.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) 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
- 392 haabout 550 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 212 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 42 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 | 9 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 15 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 21 ha | 28 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 10 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 20 ha | 11 ha | 31 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 33 ha | 42 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 16 ha | 9 ha | 25 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2017 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 23 ha | 26 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | 20 ha | 32 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 20 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Perm?
- Loggingcan grow back42% · 163 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good35% · 136 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good19% · 73 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 12,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,500 ha
- Overall change
- +468 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Perm grew from about 12,000 hectares to 12,500 hectares, a net gain of about 468 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 852 hectares, while 384 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 Perm right now?
The latest reading for Perm shows an AQI of 5 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Perm today?
At AQI 5 (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 Perm been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Perm's daily AQI at 11 on average, from 4 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 57 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 Perm lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Perm has lost about 392 hectares of forest (about 550 football pitches): 3.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Perm grew from about 12,000 hectares to 12,500 hectares, a net gain of about 468 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 852 hectares, while 384 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Perm?
Perm has an estimated 83,059 trees across the 10.26 km² of land measured — 32.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Perm need?
Perm has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Perm'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 Leninsky City District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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