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Yoshkar-Ola Air quality today
Air quality in Yoshkar-Ola currently reads AQI 11 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 11
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.8
- tree cover
- 29.3%
- trees in this area
- 88.5K
- more trees needed
- 2.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yoshkar-Ola · AQI 11 (Good)
Yoshkar-Ola's tree count comes to 88,459 trees across 12.08 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 2,113 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yoshkar-Ola today: AQI 11, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 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
1.8
PM10
1.9
NO₂
2.2
O₃
67.0
SO₂
2.4
CO
144.0
- 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 Yoshkar-Ola's daily AQI at 10 on average, from 4 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 36 on Nov 5.
Where Yoshkar-Ola stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yoshkar-Ola: Below target
29.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.08 km² of land.
Trees in this area
88,459
Target trees
90,572
More trees needed
2,113
CO₂ if planted / yr
46.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yoshkar-Ola lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yoshkar-Ola has lost about 135 hectares of forest (about 190 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (48%), after which forest can grow back. About 62 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 135 haabout 190 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 62 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 19 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | 6 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 19 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yoshkar-Ola?
- Loggingcan grow back48% · 64 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 56 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.9% · 7 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
- 7,560 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,160 ha
- Overall change
- +597 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yoshkar-Ola grew from about 7,560 hectares to 8,160 hectares, a net gain of about 597 hectares (+7.9%). New forest grew on about 784 hectares, while 188 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 Yoshkar-Ola right now?
The latest reading for Yoshkar-Ola shows an AQI of 11 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:00 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 Yoshkar-Ola today?
At AQI 11 (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 Yoshkar-Ola been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yoshkar-Ola's daily AQI at 10 on average, from 4 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 36 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Yoshkar-Ola lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yoshkar-Ola has lost about 135 hectares of forest (about 190 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (48%), after which forest can grow back. About 62 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yoshkar-Ola grew from about 7,560 hectares to 8,160 hectares, a net gain of about 597 hectares (+7.9%). New forest grew on about 784 hectares, while 188 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yoshkar-Ola?
Yoshkar-Ola has an estimated 88,459 trees across the 12.08 km² of land measured — 29.3% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yoshkar-Ola need?
Yoshkar-Ola needs roughly 2,113 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 46.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yoshkar-Ola'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 Yoshkar-Ola; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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