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Air quality in Arkhangelskaya today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Severodvinsk has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Arkhangelskaya (AQI 13, Good), and Arkhangel’sk the worst (AQI 20, Good). Severodvinsk has the most tree cover, at 34.4% — #78 of 168 cities measured in Russia.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 31.9%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Arkhangel’sk
- 20
- cleanest air now: Severodvinsk
- 13
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Arkhangelskaya
Air quality today across Arkhangelskaya, city by city
| Arkhangel’sk | 20Good | 29.5% | 1.5K | #109 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severodvinsk | 13Good | 34.4% | — | #78 of 168 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Russia.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Arkhangelskaya lost?
Since 2001, Arkhangelskaya has lost about 1.98 million hectares of forest (about 20,000 km²): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12,700 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1.98 million haabout 20,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 8.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 12,700 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 152 ha | 66,500 ha | 66,600 ha |
| 2002 | 70 ha | 63,200 ha | 63,300 ha |
| 2003 | 153 ha | 56,400 ha | 56,500 ha |
| 2004 | 379 ha | 75,900 ha | 76,300 ha |
| 2005 | 487 ha | 73,900 ha | 74,400 ha |
| 2006 | 367 ha | 67,100 ha | 67,500 ha |
| 2007 | 390 ha | 66,200 ha | 66,600 ha |
| 2008 | 290 ha | 60,200 ha | 60,500 ha |
| 2009 | 879 ha | 79,400 ha | 80,200 ha |
| 2010 | 380 ha | 66,800 ha | 67,200 ha |
| 2011 | 887 ha | 88,100 ha | 89,000 ha |
| 2012 | 2,120 ha | 114,000 ha | 116,000 ha |
| 2013 | 403 ha | 81,400 ha | 81,800 ha |
| 2014 | 644 ha | 78,500 ha | 79,100 ha |
| 2015 | 309 ha | 66,000 ha | 66,300 ha |
| 2016 | 682 ha | 77,100 ha | 77,800 ha |
| 2017 | 470 ha | 82,100 ha | 82,600 ha |
| 2018 | 461 ha | 84,400 ha | 84,900 ha |
| 2019 | 623 ha | 87,200 ha | 87,900 ha |
| 2020 | 577 ha | 92,500 ha | 93,100 ha |
| 2021 | 374 ha | 101,000 ha | 102,000 ha |
| 2022 | 317 ha | 103,000 ha | 103,000 ha |
| 2023 | 388 ha | 83,500 ha | 83,900 ha |
| 2024 | 273 ha | 79,400 ha | 79,700 ha |
| 2025 | 645 ha | 77,800 ha | 78,400 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 89,400 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 85,200 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 116,000 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Arkhangelskaya?
- Loggingcan grow back90% · 1.79 million ha
- Wildfirescan grow back6.4% · 126,000 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.3% · 25,800 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, farms, pasture and plantations, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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