On Thursday, 16 July, the average pollution level in major cities corresponds to good or moderate air quality. No critical alerts have been recorded.
EcoPolitic analysed data from the IQAir monitoring platform for this article.
On average, air quality in Kyiv is rated as good. The concentration of the main pollutant – PM2.5 particulate matter – stands at 6.2 µg/m³. It should be noted that the World Health Organisation’s recommended limit for this pollutant is 5.5 µg/m³.
However, at two locations, the indicators correspond to a moderate pollution level. Such data are shown by the equipment installed on Yevhena Konovalets Street and at the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences building. There, the level of fine dust is twice the standard and amounts to 11.1 µg/m3.
Overall, there is currently no critical air pollution observed in Ukraine. Cities are within the “green” and “yellow” sectors of the range. Regarding PM2.5 particulate content, the situation is as follows:
- Dnipro – 9 µg/m3;
- Lviv – 8.7 µg/m3;
- Odesa – 10.4 µg/m3;
- Kharkiv – 4.5 µg/m3;
- Zaporizhzhia – 7.7 µg/m3;
- Poltava – 5.9 µg/m3;
- Vinnytsia – 11.5 µg/m3;
- Rivne – 12.7 µg/m3;
- Lutsk – 7.5 µg/m3;
- Zhytomyr – 8.1 µg/m3;
- Cherkasy – 28.1 µg/m3;
- Ternopil – 12.1 µg/m3.
For Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih, there is a threat of increased industrial pollution.
EcoPolitic previously reported that Ukrainian scientists have studied the impact of the war on air conditions. You can learn more about this in the article.
