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Taldykorgan Air quality today
Air quality in Taldykorgan currently reads AQI 28 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 28
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.3
- tree cover
- 17.3%
- trees in this area
- 54.3K
- more trees needed
- 39.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Taldykorgan · AQI 28 (Good)
Taldykorgan's tree count comes to 54,295 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 39,858 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Taldykorgan today: AQI 28, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 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
4.3
PM10
5.8
NO₂
3.1
O₃
52.0
SO₂
4.7
CO
186.0
- 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 Taldykorgan's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 26 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5.
Where Taldykorgan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Taldykorgan: Critically low
17.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
54,295
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
39,858
CO₂ if planted / yr
876.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Taldykorgan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taldykorgan has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 5 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Taldykorgan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown44% · 1 ha
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
- 113 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 118 ha
- Overall change
- +5 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taldykorgan stayed about the same size, at about 118 hectares: new forest grew on about 16 hectares, and about 11 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 Taldykorgan right now?
The latest reading for Taldykorgan shows an AQI of 28 (Good), observed Nov 11, 00:00 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 Taldykorgan today?
At AQI 28 (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 Taldykorgan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Taldykorgan's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 26 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Taldykorgan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Taldykorgan has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taldykorgan stayed about the same size, at about 118 hectares: new forest grew on about 16 hectares, and about 11 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Taldykorgan?
Taldykorgan has an estimated 54,295 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 17.3% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Taldykorgan need?
Taldykorgan needs roughly 39,858 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 876.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Taldykorgan'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 Taldykorgan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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