While most regional centers have low pollution levels, a number of cities, mostly in western Ukraine, are showing moderate concentrations of pollutants.
This is evidenced by data from the international monitoring platform IQAir as of the morning of November 11.
On average, the air in Kyiv is of good quality, with an index of 41 US AQI. The main pollutant remains PM2.5 fine particulate matter, with a concentration of 7.5 µg/m3. According to the World Health Organization, the average annual standard is 5 µg/m3.
Nevertheless, some monitoring stations are recording moderate pollution. In particular, the dust concentration on Sichovykh Striltsiv Street reaches 13.9 µg/m3, and on Reheneratorna Street – 9.4 µg/m3.
Moderate pollution levels are also observed in the following cities:
- Rivne – 27.1 µg/m3;
- Chernivtsi – 19.1 µg/m3;
- Uzhhorod – 15 µg/m3;
- Ivano-Frankivsk – 14.9 µg/m3;
- Ternopil – 13.6 µg/m3;
- Vinnytsia – 13.5 µg/m3;
- Kharkiv – 11.5 µg/m3.
In the remaining regional centers, the air is of good quality:
- Lutsk – 8.8 µg/m3;
- Dnipro – 8.3 µg/m3;
- Lviv – 8.2 µg/m3;
- Zaporizhzhia – 7.2 µg/m3;
- Zhytomyr – 7.2 µg/m3;
- Mykolaiv – 7 µg/m3;
- Chernihiv – 7 µg/m3;
- Odesa – 5.9 µg/m3;
- Khmelnytskyi – 5.1 µg/m3;
- Kherson – 4.9 µg/m3;
- Cherkasy – 4.4 µg/m3;
- Poltava – 3.8 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.
