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Most polluted cities in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

3 measured cities, this year; 3 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Burunday at 36.0 µg/m³, #113 in the world.

About 23.2K people in these 3 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.

Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.

KaragandaEast KazakhstanZhambylAlmaty Region: 3 measured citiesAlmaty: 1 measured city#3 Talghar: 28.6 µg/m³#2 Otegen Batyra: 35.5 µg/m³#1 Burunday: 36.0 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Talghar 11.2K 10K0
Every measured city in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan with monitors in two or more places, one column each, ranked by people breathing unhealthy air: height is people on an average day, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Talgharlow-cost sensors 11.2K
  2. 2Burundaylow-cost sensors 6.4K
  3. 3Otegen Batyralow-cost sensors 5.61K

Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.

Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Almaty Region cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Konayev≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Esik≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Shelek≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kz/region/almaty-region?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.