City report · Moscow Oblast, Russia
Shchyolkovo Air quality today
Air quality in Shchyolkovo currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 24
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.3
- tree cover
- 41.9%
- trees in this area
- 131K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shchyolkovo · AQI 24 (Good)
Shchyolkovo's tree count comes to 131,369 trees across 12.54 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shchyolkovo today: AQI 24, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Moscow and Khimki
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.3
PM10
19.3
NO₂
31.6
O₃
37.0
SO₂
19.0
CO
174.0
- 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 Shchyolkovo's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 19 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 118 on Nov 10.
Where Shchyolkovo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shchyolkovo: Healthy tree cover
41.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
131,369
Target trees
131,369
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shchyolkovo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shchyolkovo has lost about 2,090 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 381 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,090 haabout 2,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 381 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 56 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 108 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 424 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | 31 ha | 37 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | 11 ha | 22 ha |
| 2005 | 15 ha | 19 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 32 ha | 37 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | 21 ha | 34 ha |
| 2008 | 17 ha | 18 ha | 35 ha |
| 2009 | 16 ha | 22 ha | 38 ha |
| 2010 | 14 ha | 13 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | 17 ha | 30 ha | 46 ha |
| 2012 | 31 ha | 206 ha | 237 ha |
| 2013 | 29 ha | 395 ha | 424 ha |
| 2014 | 29 ha | 130 ha | 159 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | 109 ha | 121 ha |
| 2016 | 25 ha | 39 ha | 64 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | 183 ha | 199 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | 129 ha | 137 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 60 ha | 67 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | 59 ha | 73 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | 72 ha | 90 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | 95 ha | 109 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | 14 ha | 28 ha |
| 2024 | 27 ha | 12 ha | 39 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Shchyolkovo?
- Loggingcan grow back81% · 1,700 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good17% · 350 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 15,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,000 ha
- Overall change
- −1,010 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shchyolkovo shrank from about 15,000 hectares to 14,000 hectares, a net loss of about 1,010 hectares (−6.7%). New forest grew on about 363 hectares, but 1,370 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Shchyolkovo
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Balashikha14.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 60%
- Air quality
- 45
- Mytishchi15.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 37%
- Air quality
- 53
- Lyubertsy28.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 33
- Moscow29.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 48
- Noginsk30.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 51%
- Air quality
- 16
- Elektrostal’34.0 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Shchyolkovo right now?
The latest reading for Shchyolkovo shows an AQI of 24 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shchyolkovo today?
At AQI 24 (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 Shchyolkovo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shchyolkovo's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 19 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 118 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shchyolkovo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shchyolkovo has lost about 2,090 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 381 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 56 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 108 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shchyolkovo shrank from about 15,000 hectares to 14,000 hectares, a net loss of about 1,010 hectares (−6.7%). New forest grew on about 363 hectares, but 1,370 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Shchyolkovo?
Shchyolkovo has an estimated 131,369 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 41.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shchyolkovo need?
Shchyolkovo has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Shchyolkovo'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 Shchyolkovo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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