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Air quality in Khabarovsk today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Komsomolsk-on-Amur has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Khabarovsk (AQI 42, Good), and Khabarovsk the worst (AQI 53, Moderate). Komsomolsk-on-Amur has the most tree cover, at 39.4% — #50 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
- 37.1%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Khabarovsk
- 53
- cleanest air now: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- 42
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Khabarovsk
Air quality today across Khabarovsk, city by city
| Khabarovsk | 53Moderate | 34.8% | — | #76 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 42Good | 39.4% | — | #50 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 Khabarovsk lost?
Since 2001, Khabarovsk has lost about 4.72 million hectares of forest (about 47,000 km²): 8.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 62,100 hectares (1.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4.72 million haabout 47,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 8.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 62,100 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 | 608 ha | 80,200 ha | 80,800 ha |
| 2002 | 877 ha | 88,900 ha | 89,800 ha |
| 2003 | 822 ha | 157,000 ha | 158,000 ha |
| 2004 | 1,800 ha | 187,000 ha | 189,000 ha |
| 2005 | 2,330 ha | 105,000 ha | 107,000 ha |
| 2006 | 1,930 ha | 102,000 ha | 104,000 ha |
| 2007 | 3,950 ha | 150,000 ha | 154,000 ha |
| 2008 | 3,110 ha | 406,000 ha | 409,000 ha |
| 2009 | 2,230 ha | 210,000 ha | 212,000 ha |
| 2010 | 4,840 ha | 104,000 ha | 109,000 ha |
| 2011 | 2,160 ha | 184,000 ha | 187,000 ha |
| 2012 | 3,130 ha | 628,000 ha | 631,000 ha |
| 2013 | 975 ha | 227,000 ha | 228,000 ha |
| 2014 | 1,220 ha | 65,800 ha | 67,000 ha |
| 2015 | 1,100 ha | 92,000 ha | 93,100 ha |
| 2016 | 2,170 ha | 90,300 ha | 92,500 ha |
| 2017 | 2,470 ha | 127,000 ha | 130,000 ha |
| 2018 | 2,110 ha | 130,000 ha | 132,000 ha |
| 2019 | 2,790 ha | 65,000 ha | 67,800 ha |
| 2020 | 3,810 ha | 82,000 ha | 85,800 ha |
| 2021 | 4,020 ha | 95,500 ha | 99,600 ha |
| 2022 | 2,150 ha | 342,000 ha | 344,000 ha |
| 2023 | 4,060 ha | 673,000 ha | 677,000 ha |
| 2024 | 4,200 ha | 206,000 ha | 210,000 ha |
| 2025 | 3,230 ha | 57,000 ha | 60,300 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 278,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 102,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 677,000 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
What is causing deforestation in Khabarovsk?
- Wildfirescan grow back75% · 3.53 million ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 1.04 million ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.2% · 58,900 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, farms, pasture and plantations, shifting farming, 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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