Almost all regional centers of Ukraine are experiencing a moderate level of pollution as of the morning of November 12. For most people it is safe, but sensitive groups may experience discomfort.
This is evidenced by data from the international monitoring platform IQAir.
On average, the air in Kyiv has a moderate level of pollution, with an air quality index of 70 US AQI. The main pollutant remains PM2.5 fine particulate matter, with a concentration of 19.2 µg/m3. For comparison, the WHO average annual standard is 5 µg/m3.
Among the locations with the highest dust concentrations are Sichovykh Striltsiv Street (31.6 µg/m3) and Konovaltsia Street (28.1 µg/m3). In Sofiivska Borshchahivka, pollution is unhealthy for sensitive groups, with a dust content of 38.5 µg/m3. An "orange" hazard level is also recorded near the capital in Irpin, where the dust concentration reaches 49 µg/m3.
Most large cities have moderate pollution:
- Ivano-Frankivsk: AQI – 96, average dust concentration – 33.2 µg/m3;
- Lviv: AQI – 74, average dust concentration – 21.3 µg/m3;
- Odesa: AQI – 73, average dust concentration – 20.8 µg/m3;
- Cherkasy: AQI – 72, average dust concentration – 20.5 µg/m3;
- Rivne: AQI – 72, average dust concentration – 20.4 µg/m3;
- Chernivtsi: AQI – 71, average dust concentration – 19.8 µg/m3;
- Poltava: AQI – 66, average dust concentration – 16.9 µg/m3;
- Khmelnytskyi: AQI – 65, average dust concentration – 16.9 µg/m3;
- Lutsk: AQI – 65, average dust concentration – 16.6 µg/m3;
- Vinnytsia: AQI – 64, average dust concentration – 16.2 µg/m3;
- Dnipro: AQI – 63, average dust concentration – 15.4 µg/m3;
- Zaporizhzhia: AQI – 59, average dust concentration – 13.3 µg/m3;
- Kharkiv: AQI – 58, average dust concentration – 12.9 µg/m3;
- Zhytomyr: AQI – 58, average dust concentration – 12.9 µg/m3;
- Mykolaiv: AQI – 57, average dust concentration – 12.3 µg/m3;
- Chernihiv: AQI – 56, average dust concentration – 12 µg/m3;
- Ternopil: AQI – 52, average dust concentration – 9.8 µg/m3.
Air quality is within the safe range in only two regional centers:
- Kherson: AQI – 24, average dust concentration – 4.3 µg/m3;
- Uzhhorod: AQI – 18, average dust concentration – 3.4 µg/m3.
As a reminder, constant exposure to polluted air can trigger or worsen existing respiratory or cardiovascular diseases. Learn more about the impact of the environment on health here.
