City report · Rostov, Russia
Rostov-on-Don Air quality today
Air quality in Rostov-on-Don currently reads AQI 63 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 63
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.8
- tree cover
- 23.7%
- trees in this area
- 71.3K
- more trees needed
- 18.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Center, Ростов-на-Дону, Ростовская обл., Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rostov-on-Don · AQI 63 (Moderate)
Rostov-on-Don's tree count comes to 71,254 trees across 12.03 km² of land, 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,941 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rostov-on-Don today: AQI 63, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.8
PM10
17.5
NO₂
36.2
O₃
18.0
SO₂
18.7
CO
252.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rostov-on-Don's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 36 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 4.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rostov-on-Don: Below target
23.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.03 km² of land.
Trees in this area
71,254
Target trees
90,195
More trees needed
18,941
CO₂ if planted / yr
416.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rostov-on-Don lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rostov-on-Don has lost about 109 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 109 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 84 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 16 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 7 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rostov-on-Don?
- Towns and roadscleared for good71% · 77 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back5.4% · 6 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5.1% · 6 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 3,940 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,300 ha
- Overall change
- +361 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rostov-on-Don grew from about 3,940 hectares to 4,300 hectares, a net gain of about 361 hectares (+9.2%). New forest grew on about 481 hectares, while 120 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Rostov-on-Don right now?
The latest reading for Rostov-on-Don shows an AQI of 63 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rostov-on-Don today?
At AQI 63 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rostov-on-Don been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rostov-on-Don's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 36 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rostov-on-Don lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rostov-on-Don has lost about 109 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rostov-on-Don grew from about 3,940 hectares to 4,300 hectares, a net gain of about 361 hectares (+9.2%). New forest grew on about 481 hectares, while 120 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rostov-on-Don?
Rostov-on-Don has an estimated 71,254 trees across the 12.03 km² of land measured — 23.7% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rostov-on-Don need?
Rostov-on-Don needs roughly 18,941 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 416.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rostov-on-Don's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Center; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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