Breathing in Samara is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 3.1 million people across 35 districts in Samara. The average PM2.5 level is 8.3 µg/m³—1.7× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Samara

Samara faces significant air pollution challenges. 97% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 3.1 million across 35 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.3µg/m³. That's 1.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 138 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 Samara met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.32 years longer.

That's 998K 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 Samara. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Samara
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Volzhskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 3.Novokuybyshevsk
    0.3 years lost
  • 4.Stavropol'skiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 5.Syzran'
    0.3 years lost
  • 6.Tol'yatti
    0.3 years lost
  • 7.Chapaevsk
    0.3 years lost
  • 8.Syzranskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 9.Kinel'
    0.3 years lost
  • 10.Shigonskiy 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 35 Districts in Samara

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Samara783K
9.0
0.4 years
Stavropol'skiy rayon721K
8.2
0.3 years
Volzhskiy rayon585K
8.4
0.3 years
Syzranskiy rayon176K
8.0
0.3 years
Kinel'-Cherkasskiy rayon90K
7.9
0.3 years
Kinel'skiy rayon90K
8.0
0.3 years
Water body67K
8.0
0.3 years
Privolzhskiy rayon56K
7.7
0.3 years
Pokhvistnevskiy rayon54K
7.7
0.3 years
Sergievskiy rayon45K
7.9
0.3 years
Bezenchukskiy rayon42K
7.7
0.3 years
Krasnoyarskiy rayon42K
7.8
0.3 years
Isaklinskiy rayon36K
7.7
0.3 years
Koshkinskiy rayon34K
7.8
0.3 years
Neftegorskiy rayon33K
7.5
0.2 years
Tol'yatti28K
8.1
0.3 years
Borskiy rayon24K
7.5
0.2 years
Bol'sheglushitskiy rayon20K
7.4
0.2 years
Bol'shechernigovskiy rayon18K
7.3
0.2 years
Novokuybyshevsk18K
8.2
0.3 years
Pestravskiy rayon18K
7.5
0.2 years
Chelno-Vershinskiy rayon18K
7.7
0.3 years
Krasnoarmeyskiy rayon17K
7.5
0.2 years
Khvorostyanskiy rayon17K
7.3
0.2 years
Syzran'16K
8.1
0.3 years
Shentalinskiy rayon16K
7.8
0.3 years
Shigonskiy rayon15K
8.0
0.3 years
Bogatovskiy rayon13K
7.5
0.2 years
Alekseevskiy rayon13K
7.3
0.2 years
Elkhovskiy rayon9K
7.7
0.3 years
Kinel'5K
8.0
0.3 years
Oktyabr'sk1K
7.8
0.3 years
Chapaevsk854
8.0
0.3 years
Otradnyy46
7.8
0.3 years
Zhigulevsk0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 35 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.