City report · Pskov Oblast, Russia
Velikiye Luki Air quality today
Air quality in Velikiye Luki currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 38
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.6
- tree cover
- 37.2%
- trees in this area
- 115K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Velikiye Luki, Pskov Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Velikiye Luki · AQI 38 (Good)
Velikiye Luki's tree count comes to 115,465 trees across 12.42 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Velikiye Luki today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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
6.6
PM10
7.9
NO₂
9.3
O₃
35.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
172.0
- 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 Velikiye Luki's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 13 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 11.
Where Velikiye Luki stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Velikiye Luki: Healthy tree cover
37.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
115,465
Target trees
115,465
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Velikiye Luki lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Velikiye Luki has lost about 87 hectares of forest (about 120 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 87 haabout 120 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 48 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 18 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | 4 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Velikiye Luki?
- Mining and energycleared for good39% · 34 ha
- Loggingcan grow back30% · 26 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 13 ha
Also: 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
- 5,110 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,970 ha
- Overall change
- +859 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Velikiye Luki grew from about 5,110 hectares to 5,970 hectares, a net gain of about 859 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 1,070 hectares, while 210 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 Velikiye Luki right now?
The latest reading for Velikiye Luki shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Velikiye Luki today?
At AQI 38 (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 Velikiye Luki been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Velikiye Luki's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 13 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Velikiye Luki lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Velikiye Luki has lost about 87 hectares of forest (about 120 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Velikiye Luki grew from about 5,110 hectares to 5,970 hectares, a net gain of about 859 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 1,070 hectares, while 210 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Velikiye Luki?
Velikiye Luki has an estimated 115,465 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 37.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Velikiye Luki need?
Velikiye Luki has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Velikiye Luki'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 Velikiye Luki; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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