City report · Altai Krai, Russia
Rubtsovsk Air quality today
Air quality in Rubtsovsk currently reads AQI 5 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 5
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.9
- tree cover
- 24.5%
- trees in this area
- 76.7K
- more trees needed
- 17.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rubtsovsk · AQI 5 (Good)
Rubtsovsk's tree count comes to 76,738 trees across 12.53 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 17,227 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rubtsovsk today: AQI 5, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.9
PM10
1.0
NO₂
1.3
O₃
42.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
136.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rubtsovsk's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 6 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 5.
Where Rubtsovsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rubtsovsk: Below target
24.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
76,738
Target trees
93,965
More trees needed
17,227
CO₂ if planted / yr
379.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rubtsovsk lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Rubtsovsk since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 565 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 920 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 950 ha
- Overall change
- +30 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rubtsovsk grew from about 920 hectares to 950 hectares, a net gain of about 30 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 32 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Rubtsovsk right now?
The latest reading for Rubtsovsk shows an AQI of 5 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rubtsovsk today?
At AQI 5 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rubtsovsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rubtsovsk's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 6 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rubtsovsk lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Rubtsovsk since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 565 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rubtsovsk grew from about 920 hectares to 950 hectares, a net gain of about 30 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 32 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Rubtsovsk?
Rubtsovsk has an estimated 76,738 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 24.5% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rubtsovsk need?
Rubtsovsk needs roughly 17,227 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 379.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rubtsovsk'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 Rubtsovsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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