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Voronezh Air quality today
Air quality in Voronezh currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 59
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.8
- tree cover
- 27.5%
- trees in this area
- 86.1K
- more trees needed
- 7.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Leninskiy Rayon, Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Voronezh · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Voronezh's tree count comes to 86,135 trees across 12.53 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 7,830 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Voronezh today: AQI 59, Moderate
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
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.8
PM10
16.0
NO₂
12.7
O₃
48.0
SO₂
12.4
CO
214.0
- 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 Voronezh's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 24 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 11.
Where Voronezh stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Voronezh: Below target
27.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
86,135
Target trees
93,965
More trees needed
7,830
CO₂ if planted / yr
172.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Voronezh lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Voronezh has lost about 601 hectares of forest (about 840 football pitches): 9.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 601 haabout 840 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 309 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 93 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 28 ha | 31 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 31 ha | 39 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha |
| 2008 | 37 ha | 31 ha | 67 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | 23 ha | 32 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 48 ha | 45 ha | 93 ha |
| 2012 | 28 ha | 16 ha | 44 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 20 ha | 18 ha | 38 ha |
| 2016 | 39 ha | 16 ha | 55 ha |
| 2017 | 27 ha | 13 ha | 41 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | 4 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 9 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Voronezh?
- Loggingcan grow back42% · 250 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good33% · 201 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good18% · 107 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 9,960 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,400 ha
- Overall change
- +393 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Voronezh grew from about 9,960 hectares to 10,400 hectares, a net gain of about 393 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 912 hectares, while 520 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 Voronezh right now?
The latest reading for Voronezh shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Voronezh today?
At AQI 59 (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 Voronezh been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Voronezh's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 24 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 60 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 Voronezh lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Voronezh has lost about 601 hectares of forest (about 840 football pitches): 9.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Voronezh grew from about 9,960 hectares to 10,400 hectares, a net gain of about 393 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 912 hectares, while 520 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Voronezh?
Voronezh has an estimated 86,135 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 27.5% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Voronezh need?
Voronezh needs roughly 7,830 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 172.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Voronezh'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 Leninskiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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