Breathing in Voronezh is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 2.3 million people across 35 districts in Voronezh. The average PM2.5 level is 8.8 µg/m³—1.8× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Voronezh

Voronezh faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 2.3 million across 35 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.8µg/m³. That's 1.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 146 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 Voronezh met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.35 years longer.

That's 794K years of life stolen from 2.3 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 Voronezh. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Novousmanskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Kashirskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 3.Khokhol'skiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Ramonskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Semilukskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Ostrogozhskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Liskinskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 8.Rep'evskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 9.Liski
    0.3 years lost
  • 10.Ol'khovatskiy 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%
2.3M
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 Voronezh

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Novousmanskiy rayon1.0M
9.4
0.4 years
Liskinskiy rayon87K
8.5
0.3 years
Gribanovskiy rayon74K
7.8
0.3 years
Rossoshanskiy rayon71K
8.2
0.3 years
Semilukskiy rayon63K
8.7
0.4 years
Pavlovskiy rayon60K
8.4
0.3 years
Ostrogozhskiy rayon60K
8.6
0.4 years
Kalacheevskiy rayon58K
7.8
0.3 years
Kashirskiy rayon56K
8.7
0.4 years
Bobrovskiy rayon55K
8.3
0.3 years
Anninskiy rayon47K
8.1
0.3 years
Buturlinovskiy rayon47K
8.1
0.3 years
Talovskiy rayon43K
8.0
0.3 years
Ol'khovatskiy rayon38K
8.5
0.3 years
Bogucharskiy rayon34K
8.0
0.3 years
Borisoglebskiy rayon34K
7.5
0.2 years
Paninskiy rayon31K
8.2
0.3 years
Novokhoperskiy rayon31K
7.9
0.3 years
Kantemirovskiy rayon30K
8.1
0.3 years
Podgorenskiy rayon28K
8.3
0.3 years
Ramonskiy rayon26K
8.7
0.4 years
Ertil'skiy rayon25K
8.0
0.3 years
Verkhnekhavskiy rayon24K
8.2
0.3 years
Khokhol'skiy rayon23K
8.7
0.4 years
Ternovskiy rayon21K
7.7
0.3 years
Povorinskiy rayon20K
7.5
0.2 years
Verkhnemamonskiy rayon19K
8.0
0.3 years
Kamenskiy rayon18K
8.4
0.3 years
Nizhnedevitskiy rayon17K
8.4
0.3 years
Rep'evskiy rayon17K
8.5
0.3 years
Petropavlovskiy rayon17K
7.8
0.3 years
Borisoglebsk16K
7.8
0.3 years
Vorob'evskiy rayon14K
7.8
0.3 years
Liski10K
8.5
0.3 years
Rossosh'7K
8.4
0.3 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.