Air quality in Komi today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Syktyvkar has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Komi (AQI 1, Good), and Ukhta the worst (AQI 1, Good). Ukhta has the most tree cover, at 46.7% — #20 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: 41.4%; Russia: 34.1%
worst air now: Ukhta: 1
cleanest air now: Syktyvkar: 1

Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.

Komi

Air quality today across Komi, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Komi, Russia

Syktyvkar	1Good	36.2%	—	#70 of 168
Ukhta	1Good	46.7%	—	#20 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 Komi lost?

Since 2001, Komi has lost about 1.57 million hectares of forest (about 16,000 km²): 5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 24,100 hectares (1.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001: 1.57 million haabout 16,000 km²
Share of its forest: 5%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good: 24,100 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year in Komi, 2001–2025
Year	Cleared for good	Can grow back	Total
2001	559 ha	173,000 ha	173,000 ha
2002	319 ha	46,700 ha	47,000 ha
2003	483 ha	36,600 ha	37,100 ha
2004	592 ha	49,800 ha	50,400 ha
2005	458 ha	41,000 ha	41,400 ha
2006	708 ha	37,100 ha	37,800 ha
2007	663 ha	44,700 ha	45,300 ha
2008	601 ha	43,000 ha	43,600 ha
2009	2,240 ha	59,500 ha	61,700 ha
2010	802 ha	49,200 ha	50,000 ha
2011	1,340 ha	69,200 ha	70,500 ha
2012	1,710 ha	77,200 ha	78,900 ha
2013	1,300 ha	72,200 ha	73,500 ha
2014	1,250 ha	75,100 ha	76,400 ha
2015	829 ha	51,000 ha	51,800 ha
2016	1,620 ha	56,200 ha	57,800 ha
2017	1,700 ha	54,100 ha	55,800 ha
2018	948 ha	55,300 ha	56,200 ha
2019	903 ha	57,600 ha	58,500 ha
2020	1,190 ha	58,900 ha	60,100 ha
2021	591 ha	62,100 ha	62,700 ha
2022	854 ha	67,000 ha	67,900 ha
2023	639 ha	101,000 ha	101,000 ha
2024	583 ha	55,300 ha	55,900 ha
2025	1,230 ha	52,900 ha	54,100 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 68,400 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 57,700 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 173,000 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.

What is causing deforestation in Komi?

Loggingcan grow back73% · 1.15 million ha
Wildfirescan grow back23% · 354,000 ha
Mining and energycleared for good1.4% · 21,400 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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