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Air quality in St. Petersburg today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Kolpino has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in St. Petersburg (AQI 38, Good), and Saint Petersburg the worst (AQI 88, Moderate). Kolpino has the most tree cover, at 40.5% — #45 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
- 27.5%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Saint Petersburg
- 88
- cleanest air now: Kolpino
- 38
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
St. Petersburg
Air quality today across St. Petersburg, city by city
| Saint Petersburg | 88Moderate | 14.5% | 36.2K | #164 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolpino | 38Good | 40.5% | — | #45 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 St. Petersburg lost?
Since 2001, St. Petersburg has lost about 6,650 hectares of forest (about 9,300 football pitches): 8.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6,650 haabout 9,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5,000 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 | 54 ha | 39 ha | 94 ha |
| 2002 | 60 ha | 43 ha | 103 ha |
| 2003 | 23 ha | 32 ha | 55 ha |
| 2004 | 108 ha | 42 ha | 150 ha |
| 2005 | 110 ha | 20 ha | 130 ha |
| 2006 | 189 ha | 30 ha | 219 ha |
| 2007 | 470 ha | 417 ha | 887 ha |
| 2008 | 220 ha | 69 ha | 289 ha |
| 2009 | 423 ha | 108 ha | 531 ha |
| 2010 | 183 ha | 62 ha | 245 ha |
| 2011 | 280 ha | 32 ha | 312 ha |
| 2012 | 491 ha | 42 ha | 533 ha |
| 2013 | 91 ha | 10 ha | 101 ha |
| 2014 | 186 ha | 20 ha | 206 ha |
| 2015 | 81 ha | 10 ha | 91 ha |
| 2016 | 198 ha | 19 ha | 217 ha |
| 2017 | 181 ha | 20 ha | 201 ha |
| 2018 | 193 ha | 33 ha | 226 ha |
| 2019 | 246 ha | 89 ha | 335 ha |
| 2020 | 112 ha | 19 ha | 131 ha |
| 2021 | 195 ha | 29 ha | 224 ha |
| 2022 | 350 ha | 150 ha | 500 ha |
| 2023 | 194 ha | 40 ha | 234 ha |
| 2024 | 245 ha | 186 ha | 431 ha |
| 2025 | 117 ha | 89 ha | 206 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 319 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 222 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2007, when about 887 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in St. Petersburg?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 3,530 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good21% · 1,370 ha
- Loggingcan grow back15% · 999 ha
Also: wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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