City report · Moscow Oblast, Russia
Podolsk Air quality today
Air quality in Podolsk currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 8
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.4
- tree cover
- 38.3%
- trees in this area
- 120K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Podolsk · AQI 8 (Good)
Podolsk's tree count comes to 119,962 trees across 12.53 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Podolsk today: AQI 8, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Moscow and Odintsovo
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.4
PM10
5.2
NO₂
6.7
O₃
52.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
154.0
- 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 Podolsk's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 24 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 10.
Where Podolsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Podolsk: Healthy tree cover
38.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
119,962
Target trees
119,962
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Podolsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Podolsk has lost about 259 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 259 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 188 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 27 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 ha | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 17 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | 9 ha | 27 ha |
| 2015 | 11 ha | 9 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Podolsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good64% · 165 ha
- Loggingcan grow back20% · 51 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.9% · 13 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
- 8,440 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,640 ha
- Overall change
- +202 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Podolsk grew from about 8,440 hectares to 8,640 hectares, a net gain of about 202 hectares (+2.4%). New forest grew on about 456 hectares, while 253 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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Measured cities near Podolsk
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Cherëmushki26.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 47%
- Air quality
- 40
- Odintsovo32.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 81
- Lyubertsy35.3 km
Russia
- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 28
- Moscow36.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 51
- Balashikha48.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 60%
- Air quality
- 23
- Khimki53.5 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
- 53
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Podolsk right now?
The latest reading for Podolsk shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Podolsk today?
At AQI 8 (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 Podolsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Podolsk's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 24 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 48 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 Podolsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Podolsk has lost about 259 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Podolsk grew from about 8,440 hectares to 8,640 hectares, a net gain of about 202 hectares (+2.4%). New forest grew on about 456 hectares, while 253 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Podolsk?
Podolsk has an estimated 119,962 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 38.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Podolsk need?
Podolsk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Podolsk'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 Podolsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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