Air quality by country
Air quality in Ukraine today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 65 across 15 cities Worst now: Kryvyy Rih (111); cleanest: Cheremushky (47).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Ukraine, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 65 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Kryvyy Rih AQI 111
- Cleanest now
- Cheremushky AQI 47
- Cities above 100
- 2 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Ukraine today
Right now the modelled air quality in Ukraine averages a US AQI of 65 (Moderate) across the 15 cities we track. By category: 2 Good, 11 Moderate, 2 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (of 15).
That is close to the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.
Kryvyy Rih has the worst air at 111 with PM2.5 at 35 µg/m³, while Cheremushky is cleanest at 47. 2 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.
Ukraine cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryvyy Rih | Dnipropetrovsk | 111 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 35.3 | 40 |
| Zaporizhzhya | Zaporizhzhia | 102 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 42.2 | 41 |
| Donetsk | Donetsk | 83 | Moderate | 28.5 | 50 |
| Makiyivka | Donetsk | 72 | Moderate | 21.4 | 51 |
| Dnipro | Dnipropetrovsk | 70 | Moderate | 24.3 | 48 |
| Kyiv | Kyiv City | 69 | Moderate | 23.5 | 46 |
| Mykolayiv | Mykolaiv | 60 | Moderate | 22.5 | 43 |
| Luhansk | Luhansk | 55 | Moderate | 7.3 | 51 |
| Vinnytsya | Vinnytsia | 54 | Moderate | 8.7 | 50 |
| Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 53 | Moderate | 16.1 | 49 |
| Lviv | Lviv | 52 | Moderate | 9.1 | 61 |
| Sevastopol | Sevastopol City | 52 | Moderate | 13.4 | 50 |
| Simferopol | Crimea | 52 | Moderate | 11.1 | 52 |
| Odesa | Odesa | 47 | Good | 9.3 | 63 |
| Cheremushky | Odesa | 47 | Good | 9.3 | 63 |
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).