City report · Kostanay, Kazakhstan
Kostanay Air quality today
Air quality in Kostanay currently reads AQI 9 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 9
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.5
- tree cover
- 15.2%
- trees in this area
- 47.3K
- more trees needed
- 46.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 110000 Kostanay, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kostanay · AQI 9 (Good)
Kostanay's tree count comes to 47,275 trees across 12.44 km² of land, 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 46,031 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kostanay today: AQI 9, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.5
PM10
1.6
NO₂
2.9
O₃
45.0
SO₂
6.0
CO
159.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kostanay's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 12 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 5.
Where Kostanay stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kostanay: Critically low
15.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.44 km² of land.
Trees in this area
47,275
Target trees
93,306
More trees needed
46,031
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,013 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kostanay lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kostanay has lost about 79 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 5 hectares (5.8%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 79 haabout 110 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 36 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 36 ha | 36 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kostanay?
- Wildfirescan grow back60% · 48 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back22% · 17 ha
- Loggingcan grow back9.9% · 8 ha
Also: towns and roads, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 632 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 594 ha
- Overall change
- −38 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kostanay shrank from about 632 hectares to 594 hectares, a net loss of about 38 hectares (−6%). New forest grew on about 19 hectares, but 56 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kostanay right now?
The latest reading for Kostanay shows an AQI of 9 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kostanay today?
At AQI 9 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kostanay been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kostanay's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 12 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kostanay lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kostanay has lost about 79 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 5 hectares (5.8%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kostanay shrank from about 632 hectares to 594 hectares, a net loss of about 38 hectares (−6%). New forest grew on about 19 hectares, but 56 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kostanay?
Kostanay has an estimated 47,275 trees across the 12.44 km² of land measured — 15.2% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kostanay need?
Kostanay needs roughly 46,031 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,013 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kostanay's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around 110000 Kostanay; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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