Russia · Khanty-Mansia · 4 cities
Air quality in Khanty-Mansia today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Khanty-Mansiysk has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Khanty-Mansia (AQI 1, Good), and Nefteyugansk the worst (AQI 3, Good). Khanty-Mansiysk has the most tree cover, at 46.3% — #24 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.
AQI 2
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 31.9%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Nefteyugansk
- 3
- cleanest air now: Khanty-Mansiysk
- 1
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Khanty-Mansia · average AQI 2
Air quality today across Khanty-Mansia, city by city
| Surgut | 2Good | 24.7% | 16.2K | #139 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nizhnevartovsk | 2Good | 28.6% | 3.8K | #119 of 168 |
| Nefteyugansk | 3Good | 28.0% | 6.1K | #123 of 168 |
| Khanty-Mansiysk | 1Good | 46.3% | — | #24 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 Khanty-Mansia lost?
Since 2001, Khanty-Mansia has lost about 2.48 million hectares of forest (about 25,000 km²): 7.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 109,000 hectares (4.4%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2.48 million haabout 25,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 7.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 109,000 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 | 1,470 ha | 65,800 ha | 67,300 ha |
| 2002 | 1,640 ha | 39,300 ha | 40,900 ha |
| 2003 | 1,110 ha | 13,700 ha | 14,800 ha |
| 2004 | 3,070 ha | 83,000 ha | 86,000 ha |
| 2005 | 3,060 ha | 119,000 ha | 122,000 ha |
| 2006 | 3,720 ha | 145,000 ha | 149,000 ha |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | 56,700 ha | 60,700 ha |
| 2008 | 3,300 ha | 36,700 ha | 40,000 ha |
| 2009 | 3,930 ha | 34,900 ha | 38,800 ha |
| 2010 | 2,720 ha | 25,200 ha | 27,900 ha |
| 2011 | 4,470 ha | 103,000 ha | 107,000 ha |
| 2012 | 5,520 ha | 313,000 ha | 319,000 ha |
| 2013 | 3,640 ha | 388,000 ha | 391,000 ha |
| 2014 | 6,060 ha | 148,000 ha | 154,000 ha |
| 2015 | 6,130 ha | 28,200 ha | 34,300 ha |
| 2016 | 8,450 ha | 31,800 ha | 40,300 ha |
| 2017 | 6,510 ha | 44,500 ha | 51,000 ha |
| 2018 | 6,190 ha | 62,500 ha | 68,700 ha |
| 2019 | 4,490 ha | 16,300 ha | 20,800 ha |
| 2020 | 5,930 ha | 62,900 ha | 68,900 ha |
| 2021 | 4,420 ha | 83,300 ha | 87,700 ha |
| 2022 | 5,100 ha | 120,000 ha | 125,000 ha |
| 2023 | 6,200 ha | 274,000 ha | 280,000 ha |
| 2024 | 4,460 ha | 49,000 ha | 53,500 ha |
| 2025 | 2,950 ha | 23,700 ha | 26,700 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 115,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 49,900 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 391,000 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
What is causing deforestation in Khanty-Mansia?
- Wildfirescan grow back78% · 1.93 million ha
- Loggingcan grow back14% · 340,000 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4% · 100,000 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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