City report · Russia
Yakutsk Air quality today
Air quality in Yakutsk currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 18
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 14.5%
- trees in this area
- 44.8K
- more trees needed
- 47.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Oktyabr'skiy Rayon, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yakutsk · AQI 18 (Good)
Yakutsk's tree count comes to 44,824 trees across 12.37 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 47,916 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yakutsk today: AQI 18, Good
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
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.9
PM10
2.9
NO₂
7.6
O₃
60.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
186.0
- 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 Yakutsk's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 18 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 10.
Where Yakutsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yakutsk: Critically low
14.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.37 km² of land.
Trees in this area
44,824
Target trees
92,740
More trees needed
47,916
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,054 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yakutsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yakutsk has lost about 811 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 9.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 178 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 811 haabout 1,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 178 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 349 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 347 ha | 349 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 21 ha | 22 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 20 ha | 8 ha | 27 ha |
| 2014 | 11 ha | 12 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 71 ha | 6 ha | 77 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 58 ha | 64 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 10 ha | 71 ha | 81 ha |
| 2021 | 16 ha | 69 ha | 85 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yakutsk?
- Wildfirescan grow back75% · 610 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good17% · 141 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.6% · 37 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 7,290 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,700 ha
- Overall change
- +414 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yakutsk grew from about 7,290 hectares to 7,700 hectares, a net gain of about 414 hectares (+5.7%). New forest grew on about 706 hectares, while 291 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Yakutsk
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Daxing’anling1119.0 km
China
- Tree cover
- 36%
- Air quality
- 54
- Blagoveshchensk1314.0 km
Russia
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 121
- Heihe1317.7 km
China
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 99
- Jiagedaqi1335.9 km
China
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 93
- Aihui1347.1 km
China
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 118
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur1351.5 km
Russia
- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 42
Build your own
Compare Yakutsk with anywhere
This place
Yakutsk
Use this data
Put Yakutsk's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Yakutsk
What is the air quality (AQI) in Yakutsk right now?
The latest reading for Yakutsk shows an AQI of 18 (Good), observed Nov 10, 22:00 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 Yakutsk today?
At AQI 18 (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 Yakutsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yakutsk's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 18 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 53 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 Yakutsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yakutsk has lost about 811 hectares of forest (about 1,100 football pitches): 9.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 178 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yakutsk grew from about 7,290 hectares to 7,700 hectares, a net gain of about 414 hectares (+5.7%). New forest grew on about 706 hectares, while 291 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yakutsk?
Yakutsk has an estimated 44,824 trees across the 12.37 km² of land measured — 14.5% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yakutsk need?
Yakutsk needs roughly 47,916 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,054 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yakutsk'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 Oktyabr'skiy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address