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Petropavl Air quality today
Air quality in Petropavl currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.0
- tree cover
- 25.9%
- trees in this area
- 80.9K
- more trees needed
- 12.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 150000 Petropavl, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Petropavl · AQI 12 (Good)
Petropavl's tree count comes to 80,879 trees across 12.49 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 12,803 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Petropavl today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 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
2.0
PM10
2.4
NO₂
2.3
O₃
50.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
148.0
- 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 Petropavl's daily AQI at 20 on average, from 11 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5.
Where Petropavl stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Petropavl: Below target
25.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.49 km² of land.
Trees in this area
80,879
Target trees
93,682
More trees needed
12,803
CO₂ if planted / yr
281.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Petropavl lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Petropavl has lost about 46 hectares of forest (about 65 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (44%). About 22 hectares (49%) 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
- 46 haabout 65 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 22 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 14 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Petropavl?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good44% · 20 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 10 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.2% · 4 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 2,150 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,160 ha
- Overall change
- +9 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Petropavl stayed about the same size, at about 2,160 hectares: new forest grew on about 10 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 Petropavl right now?
The latest reading for Petropavl shows an AQI of 12 (Good), observed Nov 11, 00:00 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 Petropavl today?
At AQI 12 (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 Petropavl been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Petropavl's daily AQI at 20 on average, from 11 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Petropavl lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Petropavl has lost about 46 hectares of forest (about 65 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (44%). About 22 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Petropavl stayed about the same size, at about 2,160 hectares: new forest grew on about 10 hectares, and about 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Petropavl?
Petropavl has an estimated 80,879 trees across the 12.49 km² of land measured — 25.9% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Petropavl need?
Petropavl needs roughly 12,803 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 281.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Petropavl'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 150000 Petropavl; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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