City report · Chelyabinsk, Russia
Zlatoust Air quality today
Air quality in Zlatoust currently reads AQI 1 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 1
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.3
- tree cover
- 52.0%
- trees in this area
- 159K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk 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.
Zlatoust · AQI 1 (Good)
Zlatoust's tree count comes to 158,625 trees across 12.21 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zlatoust today: AQI 1, Good
Main pollutant: CO · Observed Nov 11, 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
0.3
PM10
0.3
NO₂
2.1
O₃
71.0
SO₂
1.9
CO
131.0
- 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 Zlatoust's daily AQI at 11 on average, from 1 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.
Where Zlatoust stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zlatoust: Healthy tree cover
52.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.21 km² of land.
Trees in this area
158,625
Target trees
158,625
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zlatoust lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zlatoust has lost about 847 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 231 hectares (27%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 847 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 231 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 52 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 43 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 117 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | 32 ha | 42 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 14 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 16 ha | 13 ha | 29 ha |
| 2008 | 35 ha | 36 ha | 71 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 12 ha | 23 ha |
| 2010 | 11 ha | 16 ha | 27 ha |
| 2011 | 11 ha | 38 ha | 49 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 9 ha | 10 ha | 18 ha |
| 2015 | 30 ha | 17 ha | 46 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 58 ha | 71 ha |
| 2017 | 8 ha | 31 ha | 39 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 23 ha | 23 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 41 ha | 43 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 37 ha | 40 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 13 ha | 19 ha |
| 2022 | 19 ha | 52 ha | 71 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 19 ha | 29 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 107 ha | 117 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 11 ha | 25 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Zlatoust?
- Loggingcan grow back70% · 592 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good15% · 127 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 101 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 25,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 25,300 ha
- Overall change
- +308 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zlatoust stayed about the same size, at about 25,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 553 hectares, and about 245 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 Zlatoust right now?
The latest reading for Zlatoust shows an AQI of 1 (Good), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is CO. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zlatoust today?
At AQI 1 (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 Zlatoust been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zlatoust's daily AQI at 11 on average, from 1 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Zlatoust lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zlatoust has lost about 847 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 231 hectares (27%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 52 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 43 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zlatoust stayed about the same size, at about 25,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 553 hectares, and about 245 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zlatoust?
Zlatoust has an estimated 158,625 trees across the 12.21 km² of land measured — 52.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zlatoust need?
Zlatoust has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Zlatoust'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 Zlatoust; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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