City report · Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Volgograd Air quality today
Air quality in Volgograd 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)
- 11.6
- tree cover
- 26.6%
- trees in this area
- 83.6K
- more trees needed
- 10.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Dzerzhinskiy Rayon, Volgograd, Volgograd 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.
Volgograd · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Volgograd's tree count comes to 83,566 trees across 12.57 km², 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,681 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Volgograd today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 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
11.6
PM10
13.1
NO₂
11.8
O₃
30.0
SO₂
7.9
CO
186.0
- 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 Volgograd's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 33 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 4.
Where Volgograd stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Volgograd: Below target
26.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
83,566
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
10,681
CO₂ if planted / yr
235.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Volgograd lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Volgograd has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 44 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 31 haabout 44 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 27 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 15 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Volgograd?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 20 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 6 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.5% · 1 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 659 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 851 ha
- Overall change
- +192 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Volgograd grew from about 659 hectares to 851 hectares, a net gain of about 192 hectares (+29%). New forest grew on about 261 hectares, while 68 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 Volgograd right now?
The latest reading for Volgograd shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:00 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 Volgograd 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 Volgograd been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Volgograd's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 33 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Volgograd lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Volgograd has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 44 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Volgograd grew from about 659 hectares to 851 hectares, a net gain of about 192 hectares (+29%). New forest grew on about 261 hectares, while 68 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Volgograd?
Volgograd has an estimated 83,566 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 26.6% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Volgograd need?
Volgograd needs roughly 10,681 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 235.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Volgograd'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 Dzerzhinskiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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