Russia · Moscow · 3 cities
Air quality in Moscow today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Cherëmushki has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Moscow (AQI 40, Good), and Moscow the worst (AQI 48, Good). Zelenograd has the most tree cover, at 51.1% — #12 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 32
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 37.8%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Moscow
- 48
- cleanest air now: Cherëmushki
- 40
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Moscow · average AQI 32
Air quality today across Moscow, city by city
| Moscow | 48Good | 15.4% | 42.5K | #161 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zelenograd | 9Good | 51.1% | — | #12 of 168 |
| Cherëmushki | 40Good | 47.0% | — | #18 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 Moscow lost?
Since 2001, Moscow has lost about 6,610 hectares of forest (about 9,300 football pitches): 5.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (54%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6,610 haabout 9,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,570 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 102 ha | 67 ha | 169 ha |
| 2002 | 57 ha | 135 ha | 192 ha |
| 2003 | 62 ha | 125 ha | 187 ha |
| 2004 | 123 ha | 119 ha | 242 ha |
| 2005 | 147 ha | 133 ha | 280 ha |
| 2006 | 100 ha | 83 ha | 183 ha |
| 2007 | 162 ha | 87 ha | 249 ha |
| 2008 | 65 ha | 26 ha | 90 ha |
| 2009 | 122 ha | 55 ha | 177 ha |
| 2010 | 133 ha | 32 ha | 165 ha |
| 2011 | 118 ha | 101 ha | 219 ha |
| 2012 | 162 ha | 308 ha | 470 ha |
| 2013 | 131 ha | 626 ha | 757 ha |
| 2014 | 164 ha | 234 ha | 398 ha |
| 2015 | 142 ha | 158 ha | 300 ha |
| 2016 | 347 ha | 196 ha | 543 ha |
| 2017 | 228 ha | 67 ha | 295 ha |
| 2018 | 174 ha | 78 ha | 252 ha |
| 2019 | 234 ha | 62 ha | 296 ha |
| 2020 | 122 ha | 65 ha | 187 ha |
| 2021 | 167 ha | 85 ha | 252 ha |
| 2022 | 137 ha | 86 ha | 223 ha |
| 2023 | 166 ha | 49 ha | 215 ha |
| 2024 | 125 ha | 23 ha | 148 ha |
| 2025 | 77 ha | 39 ha | 116 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 191 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 315 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 757 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Moscow?
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 3,050 ha
- Loggingcan grow back44% · 2,900 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.9% · 456 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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