Breathing in Chelyabinsk is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 3.4 million people across 45 districts in Chelyabinsk. The average PM2.5 level is 9 µg/m³—1.8× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 3.4 million across 45 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9µg/m³. That's 1.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 149 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Chelyabinsk met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.39 years longer.

That's 1.3M years of life stolen from 3.4 million people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Chelyabinsk. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Chelyabinsk gorsovet
    0.5 years lost
  • 2.Kasli
    0.5 years lost
  • 3.Kyshtym gorsovet
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Kunashakskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Kopeysk gorsovet
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Verkhniy Ufaley gorsovet
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Krasnoarmeyskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Kaslinskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Karabash gorsovet
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Zlatoust gorsovet
    0.4 years lost
Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³
0%
0
5-10 µg/m³
64.9%
2.2M
10-15 µg/m³
35.1%
1.2M
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 45 Districts in Chelyabinsk

Complete air quality data for every district in Chelyabinsk, sorted by population.

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Chelyabinsk gorsovet1.2M
10.1
0.5 years
Magnitogorsk gorsovet306K
8.0
0.3 years
Zlatoust gorsovet174K
9.0
0.4 years
Miass gorsovet155K
9.0
0.4 years
Agapovskiy rayon136K
7.7
0.3 years
Kyshtym gorsovet121K
9.6
0.4 years
Satkinskiy rayon84K
8.8
0.4 years
Kaslinskiy rayon83K
9.1
0.4 years
Uvel'skiy rayon80K
8.0
0.3 years
Chebarkul'skiy rayon71K
7.7
0.3 years
Katav-Ivanovskiy rayon70K
8.3
0.3 years
Kopeysk gorsovet67K
9.1
0.4 years
Korkino gorsovet60K
8.6
0.4 years
Etkul'skiy rayon58K
8.7
0.4 years
Kartalinskiy rayon57K
6.9
0.2 years
Troitskiy rayon56K
7.8
0.3 years
Sosnovskiy rayon52K
8.7
0.4 years
Troitsk gorod49K
7.8
0.3 years
Argayashskiy rayon47K
8.1
0.3 years
Ashinskiy rayon45K
7.9
0.3 years
Verkhniy Ufaley gorsovet34K
9.1
0.4 years
Emanzhelinsk gorsovet31K
8.5
0.3 years
Verkhneural'skiy rayon31K
7.4
0.2 years
Kusinskiy rayon28K
8.4
0.3 years
Kunashakskiy rayon28K
9.4
0.4 years
Ust'-Katav gorsovet28K
8.0
0.3 years
Varnenskiy rayon27K
6.8
0.2 years
Bredinskiy rayon26K
6.3
0.1 years
Uyskiy rayon26K
7.4
0.2 years
Plast gorsovet25K
8.0
0.3 years
Kizil'skiy rayon25K
6.7
0.2 years
Oktyabr'skiy21K
7.8
0.3 years
Nagaybakskiy rayon20K
6.9
0.2 years
Nyazepetrovskiy rayon19K
8.4
0.3 years
Chesmenskiy rayon19K
7.0
0.2 years
Krasnoarmeyskiy rayon18K
9.1
0.4 years
Karabash gorsovet16K
9.1
0.4 years
Chebarkul'6K
7.0
0.2 years
Yuzhnoural'sk3K
8.2
0.3 years
Kartaly1K
7.2
0.2 years
Kasli781
9.7
0.5 years
Katav-Ivanovsk366
8.5
0.3 years
Asha365
7.9
0.3 years
Ust'-Katav252
8.0
0.3 years
Satka58
9.0
0.4 years

Showing 45 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.