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Air quality now: Krasnoyarsk

Russia · Krasnoyarsk Krai · 4 cities

Air quality in Krasnoyarsk Krai today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Norilsk has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Krasnoyarsk Krai (AQI 1, Good), and Krasnoyarsk the worst (AQI 11, Good). Achinsk has the most tree cover, at 46.6% — #21 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 5

Average right now

Good

US EPA index, across 4 cities
cities tracked
4
average tree cover
26.9%
Russia: 34.1%
worst air now: Krasnoyarsk
11
cleanest air now: Norilsk
1

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

Krasnoyarsk Krai · average AQI 5

Air quality today across Krasnoyarsk Krai, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Krasnoyarsk11Good31.2%—#99 of 168
Norilsk1Good0.9%69.2K#168 of 168
Achinsk7Good46.6%—#21 of 168
Kansk2Good29.0%2.9K#112 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 Krasnoyarsk Krai lost?

Since 2001, Krasnoyarsk Krai has lost about 11.8 million hectares of forest (about 120,000 km²): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 76,400 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001
11.8 million haabout 120,000 km²
Share of its forest
12%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
76,400 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.1.51M

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Forest lost each year in Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001964 ha78,500 ha79,500 ha
2002706 ha65,000 ha65,700 ha
2003488 ha63,100 ha63,600 ha
2004966 ha167,000 ha168,000 ha
20051,150 ha118,000 ha119,000 ha
20061,080 ha305,000 ha306,000 ha
20071,370 ha407,000 ha409,000 ha
20081,890 ha229,000 ha231,000 ha
20093,650 ha123,000 ha127,000 ha
20103,710 ha126,000 ha130,000 ha
20111,610 ha120,000 ha121,000 ha
20123,800 ha733,000 ha737,000 ha
20132,240 ha1.35 million ha1.35 million ha
20146,030 ha917,000 ha923,000 ha
20154,560 ha168,000 ha173,000 ha
20166,210 ha1.51 million ha1.51 million ha
20174,760 ha1.39 million ha1.39 million ha
20186,250 ha990,000 ha996,000 ha
20193,910 ha894,000 ha897,000 ha
20203,880 ha1.26 million ha1.27 million ha
20214,040 ha248,000 ha252,000 ha
20223,590 ha168,000 ha172,000 ha
20233,630 ha107,000 ha111,000 ha
20242,980 ha122,000 ha125,000 ha
20252,960 ha112,000 ha115,000 ha

Forest loss is slowing down: about 155,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 1.21 million hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 1.51 million hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.

What is causing deforestation in Krasnoyarsk Krai?

  • Wildfirescan grow back78% · 9.18 million ha
  • Loggingcan grow back15% · 1.82 million ha
  • Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back5.8% · 683,000 ha

Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, towns and roads, 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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