City report · Bashkortostan Republic, Russia

Ufa Air quality today

Air quality in Ufa currently reads AQI 8 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 8

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5

PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³): 1.3
tree cover: 32.4%
trees in this area: 94.8K
more trees needed: 0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ufa · AQI 8 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 26, 2026

Ufa's tree count comes to 94,764 trees across 11.7 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Ufa today: AQI 8, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 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

1.3

PM10

1.3

NO₂

5.5

O₃

39.0

SO₂

4.6

162.0

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 Ufa's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 9 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 21 · peak 70

Nov 5Nov 11

Where Ufa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ufa: Healthy tree cover

32.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.7 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

94,764

Target trees

94,764

More trees needed

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ufa lost?

Satellite image of the area around Ufa, August 2017

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2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001: 397 haabout 560 football pitches
Share of its forest: 2.8%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good: 247 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2006, when about 74 hectares of forest were lost.

Ufa's full deforestation report

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year around Ufa, 2001–2025
Year	Cleared for good	Can grow back	Total
2001	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	under 1 ha
2002	2 ha	6 ha	8 ha
2003	3 ha	3 ha	6 ha
2004	5 ha	1 ha	6 ha
2005	2 ha	under 1 ha	3 ha
2006	61 ha	14 ha	74 ha
2007	29 ha	4 ha	33 ha
2008	1 ha	under 1 ha	1 ha
2009	10 ha	17 ha	26 ha
2010	5 ha	18 ha	23 ha
2011	6 ha	6 ha	12 ha
2012	6 ha	2 ha	8 ha
2013	5 ha	1 ha	6 ha
2014	3 ha	under 1 ha	3 ha
2015	2 ha	under 1 ha	2 ha
2016	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	under 1 ha
2017	6 ha	under 1 ha	6 ha
2018	4 ha	under 1 ha	4 ha
2019	9 ha	37 ha	46 ha
2020	38 ha	1 ha	39 ha
2021	7 ha	under 1 ha	7 ha
2022	20 ha	6 ha	26 ha
2023	11 ha	32 ha	43 ha
2024	6 ha	under 1 ha	7 ha
2025	3 ha	2 ha	5 ha

What is causing deforestation around Ufa?

Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 202 ha
Loggingcan grow back29% · 117 ha
Mining and energycleared for good11% · 43 ha

Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, 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: 11,400 ha
Forest in 2020: 11,500 ha
Overall change: +115 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ufa stayed about the same size, at about 11,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 492 hectares, and about 378 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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Questions about Ufa

What is the air quality (AQI) in Ufa right now?

The latest reading for Ufa shows an AQI of 8 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 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 Ufa today?

At AQI 8 (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 Ufa been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ufa's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 9 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Ufa lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ufa has lost about 397 hectares of forest (about 560 football pitches): 2.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ufa stayed about the same size, at about 11,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 492 hectares, and about 378 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Ufa?

Ufa has an estimated 94,764 trees across the 11.7 km² of land measured — 32.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ufa need?

Ufa has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Ufa'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 Ufa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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