PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Russia's Khanty-Mansiy Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Khanty-Mansiy

Khanty-Mansiy faces significant air pollution challenges. 68% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.6 million across 22 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 6.3µg/m³. That's 1.3 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 105 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 Khanty-Mansiy met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.11 years longer.

That's 181K years of life stolen from 1.6 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 Khanty-Mansiy. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Kondinskiy rayon
0.2 years lost
2.Uray
0.2 years lost
3.Khanty-Mansiyskiy rayon
0.2 years lost
4.Nizhnevartovski
0.2 years lost
5.Nizhnevartovskiy rayon
0.1 years lost
6.Surgutskiy rayon
0.1 years lost
7.Sovetskiy rayon
0.1 years lost
8.Pyt'-Yakh
0.1 years lost
9.Raduga
0.1 years lost
10.Megion
0.1 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

3.6%

60K

5-10 µg/m³

96.4%

1.6M

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 22 Districts in Khanty-Mansiy

Complete air quality data for every district in Khanty-Mansiy, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Surgutskiy rayon	513K	6.4	0.1 years
Nizhnevartovskiy rayon	435K	6.4	0.1 years
Nefteyuganskiy rayon	224K	6.1	0.1 years
Khanty-Mansiyskiy rayon	106K	6.8	0.2 years
Oktyabr'skiy	95K	5.8	0.1 years
Sovetskiy rayon	88K	6.3	0.1 years
Kondinskiy rayon	74K	6.9	0.2 years
Raduga	48K	6.2	0.1 years
Beloyarskiy rayon	32K	4.5	0.0 years
Berezovskiy rayon	28K	4.8	0.0 years
Uray	4K	6.8	0.2 years
Langepas	2K	5.9	0.1 years
Surgut	473	6.1	0.1 years
Nizhnevartovski	423	6.7	0.2 years
Pokachi	241	5.6	0.1 years
Beloyarsky	217	4.5	0.0 years
Pyt'-Yakh	88	6.2	0.1 years
Megion	1	6.1	0.1 years
Khanty-Mansiysk	0	0.0	0.0 years
Kogalym	0	0.0	0.0 years
Nefteyugansk	0	0.0	0.0 years
Nyagan'	0	0.0	0.0 years

Showing 22 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Khanty-Mansiy is Injurious to Health.