City report · Samara Oblast, Russia
Samara Air quality today
Air quality in Samara currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 23
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.7
- tree cover
- 32.8%
- trees in this area
- 82.1K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Oktyabr'skiy Rayon, Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Samara · AQI 23 (Good)
Samara's tree count comes to 82,126 trees across 10.02 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Samara today: AQI 23, 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
3.7
PM10
3.8
NO₂
7.0
O₃
42.0
SO₂
4.9
CO
170.0
- 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 Samara's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 13 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 7.
Where Samara stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Samara: Healthy tree cover
32.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.02 km² of land.
Trees in this area
82,126
Target trees
82,126
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Samara lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Samara has lost about 217 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 2.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 217 haabout 300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 154 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 40 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | 11 ha | 22 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 36 ha | 4 ha | 40 ha |
| 2008 | 18 ha | 15 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | 10 ha | 23 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Samara?
- Towns and roadscleared for good69% · 150 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back17% · 37 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.7% · 12 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, wildfires, 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
- 4,190 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,770 ha
- Overall change
- +583 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Samara grew from about 4,190 hectares to 4,770 hectares, a net gain of about 583 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 819 hectares, while 235 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 Samara right now?
The latest reading for Samara shows an AQI of 23 (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 Samara today?
At AQI 23 (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 Samara been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Samara's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 13 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Samara lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Samara has lost about 217 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 2.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Samara grew from about 4,190 hectares to 4,770 hectares, a net gain of about 583 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 819 hectares, while 235 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Samara?
Samara has an estimated 82,126 trees across the 10.02 km² of land measured — 32.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Samara need?
Samara has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Samara'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 Oktyabr'skiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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