Breathing in Pskov is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 614 thousand people across 28 districts in Pskov. The average PM2.5 level is 8.1 µg/m³—1.6× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Pskov

Pskov faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 614 thousand across 28 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.1µg/m³. That's 1.6 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 134 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 Pskov met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.33 years longer.

That's 203K years of life stolen from 614 thousand 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 Pskov. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Sebezhskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Nevel'skiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 3.Usvyatskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Velikie Luki
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Pustoshkinskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Velikolukskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Novosokol'nicheskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Kun'inskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Pytalovskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 10.Opochetskiy 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%
614K
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 28 Districts in Pskov

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Pskovskiy rayon190K
7.7
0.3 years
Velikolukskiy rayon78K
8.7
0.4 years
Velikie Luki33K
8.8
0.4 years
Ostrovskiy rayon29K
8.1
0.3 years
Pskov28K
7.7
0.3 years
Nevel'skiy rayon23K
8.9
0.4 years
Porkhovskiy rayon23K
7.7
0.3 years
Pechorskiy rayon20K
7.9
0.3 years
Sebezhskiy rayon19K
9.0
0.4 years
Opochetskiy rayon17K
8.5
0.3 years
Novosokol'nicheskiy rayon14K
8.7
0.4 years
Strugo-Krasnenskiy rayon12K
7.4
0.2 years
Dedovichskiy rayon11K
7.8
0.3 years
Pytalovskiy rayon11K
8.5
0.3 years
Bezhanitskiy rayon11K
8.0
0.3 years
Dnovskiy rayon11K
7.7
0.3 years
Gdovskiy rayon10K
6.6
0.2 years
Pushkino-Gorskiy rayon9K
8.0
0.3 years
Novorzhevskiy rayon9K
7.9
0.3 years
Pustoshkinskiy rayon9K
8.8
0.4 years
Kun'inskiy rayon9K
8.6
0.4 years
Loknyanskiy rayon8K
8.2
0.3 years
Palkinskiy rayon8K
8.0
0.3 years
Plyusskiy rayon8K
7.2
0.2 years
Krasnogorodskiy rayon8K
8.3
0.3 years
Usvyatskiy rayon5K
8.8
0.4 years
Water body3K
5.7
0.1 years
Ostrov81
8.2
0.3 years

Showing 28 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.