Air quality in Tomsk Oblast today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Seversk has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Tomsk Oblast (AQI 3, Good), and Tomsk the worst (AQI 16, Good). Seversk has the most tree cover, at 49.2% — #15 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: 43.7%; Russia: 34.1%
worst air now: Tomsk: 16
cleanest air now: Seversk: 3

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

Tomsk Oblast

Air quality today across Tomsk Oblast, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Tomsk Oblast, Russia

Tomsk	16Good	38.2%	—	#56 of 168
Seversk	3Good	49.2%	—	#15 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 Tomsk Oblast lost?

Since 2001, Tomsk Oblast has lost about 2.26 million hectares of forest (about 23,000 km²): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was wildfires (39%), after which forest can grow back. About 12,700 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001: 2.26 million haabout 23,000 km²
Share of its forest: 10%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good: 12,700 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year in Tomsk Oblast, 2001–2025
Year	Cleared for good	Can grow back	Total
2001	107 ha	16,100 ha	16,200 ha
2002	296 ha	13,600 ha	13,900 ha
2003	116 ha	10,500 ha	10,600 ha
2004	287 ha	91,800 ha	92,100 ha
2005	176 ha	35,700 ha	35,900 ha
2006	620 ha	28,400 ha	29,000 ha
2007	739 ha	38,400 ha	39,200 ha
2008	627 ha	17,100 ha	17,700 ha
2009	539 ha	17,500 ha	18,000 ha
2010	396 ha	20,300 ha	20,700 ha
2011	587 ha	16,100 ha	16,700 ha
2012	758 ha	115,000 ha	116,000 ha
2013	348 ha	460,000 ha	461,000 ha
2014	645 ha	102,000 ha	103,000 ha
2015	519 ha	31,500 ha	32,000 ha
2016	818 ha	38,700 ha	39,500 ha
2017	1,120 ha	266,000 ha	268,000 ha
2018	1,250 ha	690,000 ha	691,000 ha
2019	519 ha	23,200 ha	23,800 ha
2020	510 ha	25,300 ha	25,900 ha
2021	380 ha	28,700 ha	29,100 ha
2022	277 ha	41,300 ha	41,600 ha
2023	377 ha	47,200 ha	47,600 ha
2024	372 ha	40,700 ha	41,100 ha
2025	356 ha	29,300 ha	29,600 ha

Forest loss is slowing down: about 37,800 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 210,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2018, when about 691,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Tomsk Oblast?

Wildfirescan grow back39% · 876,000 ha
Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back34% · 767,000 ha
Loggingcan grow back26% · 584,000 ha

Also: mining and energy, 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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