City report · Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Yekaterinburg Air quality today
Air quality in Yekaterinburg currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.0
- tree cover
- 28.4%
- trees in this area
- 86.1K
- more trees needed
- 4.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zheleznodorozhnyy Rayon, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yekaterinburg · AQI 6 (Good)
Yekaterinburg's tree count comes to 86,098 trees across 12.13 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 4,851 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yekaterinburg today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 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
1.0
PM10
1.0
NO₂
4.6
O₃
58.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
146.0
- 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 Yekaterinburg's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 7 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 84 on Nov 4.
Where Yekaterinburg stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yekaterinburg: Below target
28.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.13 km² of land.
Trees in this area
86,098
Target trees
90,949
More trees needed
4,851
CO₂ if planted / yr
106.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yekaterinburg lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yekaterinburg has lost about 870 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 7.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 870 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 716 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 107 hectares of forest were lost.
Yekaterinburg's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | 10 ha | 15 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 23 ha | 14 ha | 37 ha |
| 2005 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2006 | 55 ha | 4 ha | 59 ha |
| 2007 | 53 ha | 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2008 | 101 ha | 6 ha | 107 ha |
| 2009 | 39 ha | 7 ha | 45 ha |
| 2010 | 42 ha | 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2011 | 48 ha | 7 ha | 55 ha |
| 2012 | 57 ha | 9 ha | 66 ha |
| 2013 | 42 ha | 3 ha | 45 ha |
| 2014 | 23 ha | 14 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | 13 ha | 31 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | 11 ha | 29 ha |
| 2020 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2021 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2022 | 11 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
| 2023 | 29 ha | 15 ha | 44 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | 4 ha | 17 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | 7 ha | 35 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yekaterinburg?
- Towns and roadscleared for good68% · 595 ha
- Loggingcan grow back14% · 125 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good14% · 121 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 11,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,700 ha
- Overall change
- −181 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yekaterinburg stayed about the same size, at about 11,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 595 hectares, and about 776 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 Yekaterinburg right now?
The latest reading for Yekaterinburg shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:00 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 Yekaterinburg today?
At AQI 6 (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 Yekaterinburg been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yekaterinburg's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 7 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 84 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 Yekaterinburg lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yekaterinburg has lost about 870 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 7.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yekaterinburg stayed about the same size, at about 11,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 595 hectares, and about 776 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg has an estimated 86,098 trees across the 12.13 km² of land measured — 28.4% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yekaterinburg need?
Yekaterinburg needs roughly 4,851 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 106.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yekaterinburg'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 Zheleznodorozhnyy Rayon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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