Breathing in Novosibirsk is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 2.7 million people across 36 districts in Novosibirsk. The average PM2.5 level is 10.7 µg/m³—2.1× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 2.7 million across 36 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 10.7µg/m³. That's 2.1 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 178 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 Novosibirsk met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.55 years longer.

That's 1.5M years of life stolen from 2.7 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 Novosibirsk. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Severnyy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 2.Ubinskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 3.Kargatskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 4.Chulymskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 5.Kyshtovskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 6.Novosibirskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 7.Kuybyshevskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 8.Barabinsk
    0.6 years lost
  • 9.Vengerovskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 10.Kuybyshev
    0.6 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
19.2%
527K
10-15 µg/m³
80.8%
2.2M
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 36 Districts in Novosibirsk

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Novosibirskiy rayon1.7M
11.2
0.6 years
Iskitimskiy rayon182K
10.2
0.5 years
Kuybyshevskiy rayon64K
11.2
0.6 years
Toguchinskiy rayon54K
9.7
0.5 years
Kochenevskiy rayon50K
9.9
0.5 years
Cherepanovskiy rayon47K
9.4
0.4 years
Karasukskiy rayon46K
7.6
0.3 years
Barabinskiy rayon45K
10.6
0.5 years
Tatarskiy rayon41K
9.1
0.4 years
Moshkovskiy rayon40K
10.0
0.5 years
Ordynskiy rayon39K
8.9
0.4 years
Krasnozerskiy rayon34K
8.3
0.3 years
Kolyvanovskiy rayon33K
10.8
0.6 years
Suzunskiy rayon33K
9.1
0.4 years
Kupinskiy rayon32K
7.6
0.3 years
Bolotninskiy rayon32K
9.8
0.5 years
Berdsk26K
10.1
0.5 years
Maslyaninskiy rayon25K
9.6
0.4 years
Chulymskiy rayon25K
11.8
0.7 years
Chanovskiy rayon25K
10.0
0.5 years
Vengerovskiy rayon22K
11.0
0.6 years
Chistoozernyy rayon20K
8.2
0.3 years
Kargatskiy rayon19K
12.1
0.7 years
Dovolenskiy rayon18K
10.1
0.5 years
Baganskiy rayon17K
7.4
0.2 years
Zdvinskiy rayon17K
9.7
0.5 years
Ubinskiy rayon17K
12.2
0.7 years
Kochkovskiy rayon15K
9.3
0.4 years
Kyshtovskiy rayon13K
11.6
0.6 years
Ust'-Tarkskiy rayon12K
10.3
0.5 years
Severnyy rayon11K
12.7
0.7 years
Ob'8K
10.5
0.5 years
Tatarsk499
9.5
0.4 years
Barabinsk311
11.1
0.6 years
Iskitim228
10.3
0.5 years
Kuybyshev13
11.0
0.6 years

Showing 36 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.