Breathing in Nizhegorod is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 3.1 million people across 54 districts in Nizhegorod. The average PM2.5 level is 8.5 µg/m³—1.7× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Nizhegorod

Nizhegorod faces significant air pollution challenges. 98% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 3.1 million across 54 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.5µg/m³. That's 1.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 141 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 Nizhegorod met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.34 years longer.

That's 1.1M years of life stolen from 3.1 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 Nizhegorod. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Bogorodskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Kstovo
    0.4 years lost
  • 3.Nizhniy Novgorod gorsovet
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Kstovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Pavlovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Dal'nekonstantinovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Vyksa
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Sosnovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Kulebaki
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Kulebakskiy rayon
    0.3 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
100%
3.1M
10-15 µg/m³
0%
0
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 54 Districts in Nizhegorod

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Nizhniy Novgorod gorsovet968K
8.8
0.4 years
Volodarskiy rayon319K
8.5
0.3 years
Kstovskiy rayon287K
8.8
0.4 years
Borskiy rayon168K
8.5
0.3 years
Arzamasskiy rayon143K
8.3
0.3 years
Pavlovskiy rayon102K
8.7
0.4 years
Gorodetskiy rayon98K
7.5
0.2 years
Diveevskiy rayon76K
8.4
0.3 years
Vyksunskiy rayon64K
8.6
0.3 years
Bogorodskiy rayon55K
8.9
0.4 years
Semenovskiy rayon47K
7.9
0.3 years
Balakhninskiy rayon46K
8.0
0.3 years
Kulebakskiy rayon45K
8.6
0.3 years
Lyskovskiy rayon41K
8.1
0.3 years
Shakhunskiy rayon38K
7.3
0.2 years
Navashinskiy rayon31K
8.6
0.3 years
Ardatovskiy rayon30K
8.3
0.3 years
Urenskiy rayon28K
7.2
0.2 years
Lukoyanovskiy rayon28K
8.2
0.3 years
Shatkovskiy rayon28K
8.3
0.3 years
Sergachskiy rayon28K
8.0
0.3 years
Pochinkovskiy rayon26K
8.2
0.3 years
Krasnobakovskiy rayon24K
7.5
0.2 years
Pil'ninskiy rayon23K
7.8
0.3 years
Dal'nekonstantinovskiy rayon22K
8.7
0.4 years
Voskresenskiy rayon20K
7.7
0.3 years
Tonshaevskiy rayon19K
7.3
0.2 years
Chkalovskiy rayon19K
7.3
0.2 years
Koverninskiy rayon19K
7.0
0.2 years
Vorotynskiy rayon18K
7.8
0.3 years
Perevozskiy rayon18K
8.0
0.3 years
Pervomayskiy rayon18K
8.3
0.3 years
Buturlinskiy rayon17K
8.0
0.3 years
Vachskiy rayon17K
8.5
0.3 years
Sosnovskiy rayon17K
8.7
0.4 years
Voznesenskiy rayon16K
8.2
0.3 years
Vetluzhskiy rayon15K
7.1
0.2 years
Vadskiy rayon15K
8.3
0.3 years
Gaginskiy rayon13K
8.0
0.3 years
Varnavinskiy rayon13K
7.3
0.2 years
Spasskiy rayon12K
7.6
0.3 years
Sharangskiy rayon12K
7.3
0.2 years
Sechenovskiy rayon11K
7.9
0.3 years
Krasnooktyabr'skiy rayon11K
7.9
0.3 years
Knyagininskiy rayon10K
7.9
0.3 years
Bol'sheboldinskiy rayon10K
8.2
0.3 years
Tonkinskiy rayon8K
7.4
0.2 years
Bol'shemurashkinskiy rayon8K
8.0
0.3 years
Kulebaki3K
8.6
0.4 years
Vyksa926
8.7
0.4 years
Balakhna862
7.9
0.3 years
Arzamas64
8.3
0.3 years
Kstovo45
8.8
0.4 years
Bogorodsk0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 54 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.