Almaty vs Astana AQI Comparison

Side-by-side OpenAQ-derived air quality comparison for Almaty and Astana. Values use mapped daily PM2.5 and PM10 observations normalized to US EPA AQI.

Lower average AQI: Astana (15-pt gap)PM2.5: Almaty 26.3 ug/m3 · Astana 19.0 ug/m3

Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2024-01-01–2024-12-31 and 2024-01-01–2024-12-31.

Compare two cities

City A

City B

Almaty vs Astana

Almaty

Almaty, Kazakhstan

PM2.5: 26.3 ug/m3
PM10: 61.0 ug/m3
Worst month: January
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Astana

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

PM2.5: 19.0 ug/m3
PM10: n/a ug/m3
Worst month: September
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Lower average AQI in this selected period: Astana. Values are historical OpenAQ-derived city summaries, not live readings.

Yearly EPA AQI trend

Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Almaty

131

128

114

Astana

What this comparison measures

Average EPA AQI — city-level daily AQI values averaged across the OpenAQ coverage window.
PM2.5 and PM10 — mapped monitor concentrations aggregated to daily city averages.
Seasonality — worst and cleanest months from the monthly city rollups.
Trend — difference between the earliest and latest yearly AQI average in this build.