City report · Primorye, Russia
Vladivostok Air quality today
Air quality in Vladivostok currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 55
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.4
- tree cover
- 19.0%
- trees in this area
- 24.5K
- more trees needed
- 14.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Frunzenskiy Rayon, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vladivostok · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Vladivostok's tree count comes to 24,533 trees across 5.17 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 14,203 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Vladivostok today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.4
PM10
15.3
NO₂
14.4
O₃
58.0
SO₂
12.7
CO
228.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vladivostok's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 27 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 5.
Where Vladivostok stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vladivostok: Below target
19.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 5.17 km² of land.
Trees in this area
24,533
Target trees
38,736
More trees needed
14,203
CO₂ if planted / yr
312.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vladivostok lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vladivostok has lost about 333 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 8.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 333 haabout 470 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 326 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 147 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2010 | 146 ha | 1 ha | 147 ha |
| 2011 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2012 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Vladivostok?
- Towns and roadscleared for good98% · 327 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.8% · 6 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
- 3,980 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,510 ha
- Overall change
- −472 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vladivostok shrank from about 3,980 hectares to 3,510 hectares, a net loss of about 472 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 159 hectares, but 630 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 Vladivostok right now?
The latest reading for Vladivostok shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Vladivostok today?
At AQI 55 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Vladivostok been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vladivostok's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 27 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 97 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 Vladivostok lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vladivostok has lost about 333 hectares of forest (about 470 football pitches): 8.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vladivostok shrank from about 3,980 hectares to 3,510 hectares, a net loss of about 472 hectares (−12%). New forest grew on about 159 hectares, but 630 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Vladivostok?
Vladivostok has an estimated 24,533 trees across the 5.17 km² of land measured — 19.0% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vladivostok need?
Vladivostok needs roughly 14,203 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 312.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Vladivostok'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 Frunzenskiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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