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

Right now, Berezniki has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Perm Krai (AQI 1, Good), and Perm the worst (AQI 5, Good). Solikamsk has the most tree cover, at 73.3% — #1 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.

Average right now

AQI 2

Good

US EPA index, across 3 cities

cities tracked: 3
average tree cover: 49.7%; Russia: 34.1%
worst air now: Perm: 5
cleanest air now: Berezniki: 1

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

Perm Krai · average AQI 2

Air quality today across Perm Krai, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Perm Krai, Russia

Perm	5Good	32.4%	—	#92 of 168
Berezniki	1Good	43.3%	—	#31 of 168
Solikamsk	1Good	73.3%	—	#1 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 Perm Krai lost?

Since 2001, Perm Krai has lost about 911,000 hectares of forest (about 9,100 km²): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 14,500 hectares (1.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001: 911,000 haabout 9,100 km²
Share of its forest: 7.3%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good: 14,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year in Perm Krai, 2001–2025
Year	Cleared for good	Can grow back	Total
2001	298 ha	28,000 ha	28,300 ha
2002	375 ha	35,400 ha	35,800 ha
2003	154 ha	12,800 ha	12,900 ha
2004	215 ha	26,800 ha	27,000 ha
2005	351 ha	30,300 ha	30,700 ha
2006	228 ha	23,600 ha	23,800 ha
2007	325 ha	20,600 ha	20,900 ha
2008	626 ha	30,800 ha	31,500 ha
2009	536 ha	30,700 ha	31,300 ha
2010	1,040 ha	32,600 ha	33,600 ha
2011	867 ha	49,800 ha	50,700 ha
2012	587 ha	49,100 ha	49,700 ha
2013	584 ha	47,300 ha	47,800 ha
2014	474 ha	31,300 ha	31,800 ha
2015	543 ha	34,800 ha	35,400 ha
2016	1,040 ha	43,700 ha	44,700 ha
2017	748 ha	39,100 ha	39,900 ha
2018	717 ha	39,700 ha	40,400 ha
2019	538 ha	40,800 ha	41,400 ha
2020	961 ha	37,500 ha	38,500 ha
2021	580 ha	42,200 ha	42,800 ha
2022	1,020 ha	43,300 ha	44,300 ha
2023	598 ha	43,100 ha	43,700 ha
2024	602 ha	43,100 ha	43,700 ha
2025	519 ha	39,600 ha	40,100 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 42,900 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 41,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 50,700 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Perm Krai?

Loggingcan grow back92% · 841,000 ha
Wildfirescan grow back3.8% · 34,500 ha
Mining and energycleared for good1.3% · 11,500 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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