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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air quality today
Air quality in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 16
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.0
- tree cover
- 38.1%
- trees in this area
- 118K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · AQI 16 (Good)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky's tree count comes to 118,378 trees across 12.43 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 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
3.0
PM10
3.6
NO₂
5.9
O₃
62.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
147.0
- 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky's daily AQI at 12 on average, from 7 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 5.
Where Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Healthy tree cover
38.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
118,378
Target trees
118,378
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has lost about 107 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 107 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 81 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 29 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 | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 9 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 7 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 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 25 ha | 4 ha | 29 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?
- Towns and roadscleared for good45% · 48 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good30% · 33 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back12% · 13 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 12,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,000 ha
- Overall change
- +902 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky grew from about 12,100 hectares to 13,000 hectares, a net gain of about 902 hectares (+7.4%). New forest grew on about 1,360 hectares, while 461 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky right now?
The latest reading for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Nov 11, 22:00 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky today?
At AQI 16 (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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky's daily AQI at 12 on average, from 7 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 34 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has lost about 107 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky grew from about 12,100 hectares to 13,000 hectares, a net gain of about 902 hectares (+7.4%). New forest grew on about 1,360 hectares, while 461 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has an estimated 118,378 trees across the 12.43 km² of land measured — 38.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky need?
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky'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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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