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Air quality in Chelyabinsk today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Zlatoust has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Chelyabinsk (AQI 1, Good), and Chelyabinsk the worst (AQI 7, Good). Zlatoust has the most tree cover, at 52.0% — #11 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.
Average right now
AQI 3
Good
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 37.4%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Chelyabinsk
- 7
- cleanest air now: Zlatoust
- 1
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Chelyabinsk · average AQI 3
Air quality today across Chelyabinsk, city by city
| Chelyabinsk | 7Good | 26.9% | 9.6K | #130 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnitogorsk | 2Good | 30.3% | — | #103 of 168 |
| Zlatoust | 1Good | 52.0% | — | #11 of 168 |
| Miass | 1Good | 40.4% | — | #46 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 Chelyabinsk lost?
Since 2001, Chelyabinsk has lost about 88,800 hectares of forest (about 120,000 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 5,810 hectares (6.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 88,800 haabout 120,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5,810 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 | 100 ha | 1,330 ha | 1,430 ha |
| 2002 | 93 ha | 1,460 ha | 1,550 ha |
| 2003 | 35 ha | 508 ha | 543 ha |
| 2004 | 187 ha | 5,330 ha | 5,510 ha |
| 2005 | 54 ha | 1,380 ha | 1,440 ha |
| 2006 | 136 ha | 2,830 ha | 2,960 ha |
| 2007 | 126 ha | 2,230 ha | 2,360 ha |
| 2008 | 295 ha | 4,320 ha | 4,620 ha |
| 2009 | 191 ha | 3,320 ha | 3,510 ha |
| 2010 | 300 ha | 4,930 ha | 5,230 ha |
| 2011 | 309 ha | 6,300 ha | 6,610 ha |
| 2012 | 336 ha | 6,260 ha | 6,600 ha |
| 2013 | 155 ha | 4,410 ha | 4,560 ha |
| 2014 | 155 ha | 1,690 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 2015 | 145 ha | 1,830 ha | 1,980 ha |
| 2016 | 282 ha | 2,390 ha | 2,670 ha |
| 2017 | 250 ha | 2,110 ha | 2,360 ha |
| 2018 | 676 ha | 3,700 ha | 4,380 ha |
| 2019 | 230 ha | 2,880 ha | 3,110 ha |
| 2020 | 162 ha | 2,640 ha | 2,800 ha |
| 2021 | 250 ha | 4,010 ha | 4,260 ha |
| 2022 | 371 ha | 5,530 ha | 5,900 ha |
| 2023 | 517 ha | 4,250 ha | 4,760 ha |
| 2024 | 228 ha | 1,970 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 2025 | 224 ha | 5,400 ha | 5,620 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 4,550 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 3,060 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 6,610 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Chelyabinsk?
- Loggingcan grow back63% · 56,200 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back22% · 19,200 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.3% · 3,820 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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