Breathing in Tomsk is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 1.0 million people across 20 districts in Tomsk. The average PM2.5 level is 9.3 µg/m³—1.9× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Tomsk

Tomsk faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.0 million across 20 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9.3µg/m³. That's 1.9 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 154 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 Tomsk met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.46 years longer.

That's 479K years of life stolen from 1.0 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 Tomsk. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Tegul'detskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 2.Zyryanskiy rayon
    0.5 years lost
  • 3.Kozhevnikovskiy rayon
    0.5 years lost
  • 4.Pervomayskiy rayon
    0.5 years lost
  • 5.Asino
    0.5 years lost
  • 6.Tomskiy rayon
    0.5 years lost
  • 7.Tomsk
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Asinovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Shegarskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Bakcharskiy rayon
    0.4 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
96.4%
1.0M
10-15 µg/m³
3.6%
38K
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 20 Districts in Tomsk

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Tomskiy rayon721K
9.6
0.5 years
Kolpashevskiy rayon40K
8.2
0.3 years
Asinovskiy rayon36K
9.5
0.4 years
Aleksandrovskiy rayon30K
6.6
0.2 years
Kargasokskiy rayon22K
8.2
0.3 years
Shegarskiy rayon21K
9.5
0.4 years
Pervomayskiy rayon20K
9.7
0.5 years
Kozhevnikovskiy rayon19K
10.2
0.5 years
Tomsk17K
9.5
0.4 years
Verkhneketskiy rayon17K
8.2
0.3 years
Parabel'skiy rayon17K
8.4
0.3 years
Molchanovskiy rayon14K
8.2
0.3 years
Chainskiy rayon13K
8.4
0.3 years
Bakcharskiy rayon13K
9.4
0.4 years
Krivosheinskiy rayon13K
8.6
0.4 years
Zyryanskiy rayon12K
10.6
0.5 years
Tegul'detskiy rayon7K
10.9
0.6 years
Strezhevoy6K
6.5
0.1 years
Kolpashevo2K
8.2
0.3 years
Asino806
9.6
0.5 years

Showing 20 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.