City report · Tula Oblast, Russia
Tula Air quality today
Air quality in Tula currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 17
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.5
- tree cover
- 31.0%
- trees in this area
- 97.2K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tsentral'nyy Rayon, Tula, Tula 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.
Tula · AQI 17 (Good)
Tula's tree count comes to 97,195 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 Tula today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Moscow and Odintsovo
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.5
PM10
10.0
NO₂
6.8
O₃
50.0
SO₂
3.4
CO
240.0
- 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 Tula's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 10.
Where Tula stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tula: Healthy tree cover
31.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
97,195
Target trees
97,195
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tula lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tula has lost about 167 hectares of forest (about 230 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 167 haabout 230 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 114 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 23 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | 8 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 14 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tula?
- Towns and roadscleared for good59% · 98 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 28 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.2% · 12 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 4,750 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,690 ha
- Overall change
- −55 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tula stayed about the same size, at about 4,690 hectares: new forest grew on about 253 hectares, and about 309 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 Tula right now?
The latest reading for Tula shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tula today?
At AQI 17 (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 Tula been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tula's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 56 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 Tula lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tula has lost about 167 hectares of forest (about 230 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tula stayed about the same size, at about 4,690 hectares: new forest grew on about 253 hectares, and about 309 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tula?
Tula has an estimated 97,195 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 31.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tula need?
Tula has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tula'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 Tsentral'nyy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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