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Air quality in Tatarstan Republic today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Nizhnekamsk has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Tatarstan Republic (AQI 11, Good), and Naberezhnyye Chelny the worst (AQI 19, Good). Nizhnekamsk has the most tree cover, at 28.8% — #115 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 14
Good
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 24.1%
- Russia: 34.1%
- worst air now: Naberezhnyye Chelny
- 19
- cleanest air now: Nizhnekamsk
- 11
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Tatarstan Republic · average AQI 14
Air quality today across Tatarstan Republic, city by city
| Kazan | 13Good | 23.3% | 17.8K | #145 of 168 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naberezhnyye Chelny | 19Good | 25.4% | 14.4K | #136 of 168 |
| Nizhnekamsk | 11Good | 28.8% | 3.8K | #115 of 168 |
| Al’met’yevsk | 14Good | 19.1% | 34.2K | #153 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 Tatarstan Republic lost?
Since 2001, Tatarstan Republic has lost about 47,600 hectares of forest (about 67,000 football pitches): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 4,080 hectares (8.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 47,600 haabout 67,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4,080 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 36 ha | 948 ha | 984 ha |
| 2002 | 30 ha | 1,110 ha | 1,140 ha |
| 2003 | 21 ha | 582 ha | 603 ha |
| 2004 | 91 ha | 1,720 ha | 1,810 ha |
| 2005 | 101 ha | 1,170 ha | 1,270 ha |
| 2006 | 131 ha | 1,090 ha | 1,220 ha |
| 2007 | 301 ha | 2,030 ha | 2,330 ha |
| 2008 | 95 ha | 1,430 ha | 1,530 ha |
| 2009 | 252 ha | 2,010 ha | 2,260 ha |
| 2010 | 193 ha | 1,310 ha | 1,510 ha |
| 2011 | 178 ha | 2,270 ha | 2,450 ha |
| 2012 | 69 ha | 1,020 ha | 1,090 ha |
| 2013 | 138 ha | 1,830 ha | 1,970 ha |
| 2014 | 111 ha | 1,290 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 2015 | 89 ha | 1,450 ha | 1,540 ha |
| 2016 | 540 ha | 1,810 ha | 2,350 ha |
| 2017 | 226 ha | 2,560 ha | 2,780 ha |
| 2018 | 121 ha | 1,890 ha | 2,010 ha |
| 2019 | 120 ha | 2,390 ha | 2,510 ha |
| 2020 | 96 ha | 2,140 ha | 2,230 ha |
| 2021 | 273 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,370 ha |
| 2022 | 276 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,270 ha |
| 2023 | 210 ha | 2,680 ha | 2,890 ha |
| 2024 | 293 ha | 2,080 ha | 2,370 ha |
| 2025 | 90 ha | 1,650 ha | 1,740 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 2,530 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 2,380 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 3,270 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Tatarstan Republic?
- Loggingcan grow back86% · 41,000 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4% · 1,930 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.3% · 1,120 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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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