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

Right now, Vladivostok has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Primorye (AQI 55, Moderate), and Ussuriysk the worst (AQI 97, Moderate). Artëm has the most tree cover, at 36.6% — #68 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 72

Average right now

Moderate

US EPA index, across 4 cities

cities tracked: 4
average tree cover: 25.0%; Russia: 34.1%
worst air now: Ussuriysk: 97
cleanest air now: Vladivostok: 55

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

Primorye · average AQI 72

Air quality today across Primorye, city by city

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

Vladivostok	55Moderate	19.0%	14.2K	#154 of 168
Ussuriysk	97Moderate	22.3%	24.2K	#147 of 168
Nakhodka	66Moderate	22.0%	19.1K	#148 of 168
Artëm	68Moderate	36.6%	—	#68 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 Primorye lost?

Since 2001, Primorye has lost about 540,000 hectares of forest (about 5,400 km²): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 8,360 hectares (1.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001: 540,000 haabout 5,400 km²
Share of its forest: 4.1%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good: 8,360 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year in Primorye, 2001–2025
Year	Cleared for good	Can grow back	Total
2001	598 ha	5,570 ha	6,170 ha
2002	265 ha	4,580 ha	4,840 ha
2003	26 ha	42,600 ha	42,600 ha
2004	189 ha	33,800 ha	34,000 ha
2005	357 ha	22,600 ha	22,900 ha
2006	121 ha	8,880 ha	9,000 ha
2007	192 ha	23,500 ha	23,700 ha
2008	242 ha	26,600 ha	26,900 ha
2009	248 ha	10,200 ha	10,500 ha
2010	1,590 ha	13,700 ha	15,300 ha
2011	1,080 ha	16,500 ha	17,600 ha
2012	240 ha	15,400 ha	15,600 ha
2013	49 ha	8,830 ha	8,880 ha
2014	58 ha	10,700 ha	10,700 ha
2015	54 ha	14,400 ha	14,500 ha
2016	190 ha	39,200 ha	39,400 ha
2017	285 ha	61,700 ha	62,000 ha
2018	148 ha	34,000 ha	34,100 ha
2019	146 ha	28,700 ha	28,800 ha
2020	154 ha	24,100 ha	24,300 ha
2021	172 ha	26,500 ha	26,600 ha
2022	181 ha	16,000 ha	16,200 ha
2023	705 ha	16,200 ha	16,900 ha
2024	340 ha	14,700 ha	15,100 ha
2025	726 ha	12,700 ha	13,500 ha

Forest loss is slowing down: about 17,700 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 37,700 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 62,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Primorye?

Loggingcan grow back70% · 380,000 ha
Wildfirescan grow back21% · 114,000 ha
Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back5.2% · 28,300 ha

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