City report · Rostov, Russia
Volgodonsk Air quality today
Air quality in Volgodonsk currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 29
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.9
- tree cover
- 22.5%
- trees in this area
- 66.2K
- more trees needed
- 22.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Volgodonsk · AQI 29 (Good)
Volgodonsk's tree count comes to 66,162 trees across 11.77 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 22,054 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Volgodonsk today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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
4.9
PM10
5.5
NO₂
3.7
O₃
51.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
165.0
- 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 Volgodonsk's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 18 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10.
Where Volgodonsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Volgodonsk: Below target
22.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.77 km² of land.
Trees in this area
66,162
Target trees
88,216
More trees needed
22,054
CO₂ if planted / yr
485.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Volgodonsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Volgodonsk has lost about 10 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) 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
- 10 haabout 13 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Volgodonsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good56% · 5 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back9.4% · under 1 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back5.2% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 514 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 596 ha
- Overall change
- +82 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Volgodonsk grew from about 514 hectares to 596 hectares, a net gain of about 82 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 115 hectares, while 32 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 Volgodonsk right now?
The latest reading for Volgodonsk shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Volgodonsk today?
At AQI 29 (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 Volgodonsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Volgodonsk's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 18 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 60 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 Volgodonsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Volgodonsk has lost about 10 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Volgodonsk grew from about 514 hectares to 596 hectares, a net gain of about 82 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 115 hectares, while 32 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Volgodonsk?
Volgodonsk has an estimated 66,162 trees across the 11.77 km² of land measured — 22.5% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Volgodonsk need?
Volgodonsk needs roughly 22,054 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 485.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Volgodonsk'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 Volgodonsk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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