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Kyzylorda Air quality today

Air quality in Kyzylorda currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 13

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
2.6
tree cover
5.7%
trees in this area
17.9K
more trees needed
76.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Kyzylorda · AQI 13 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 23, 2026

Kyzylorda's tree count comes to 17,907 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 76,341 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Kyzylorda today: AQI 13, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 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

2.6

PM10

3.5

NO₂

1.5

O₃

46.0

SO₂

2.5

CO

124.0

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 Kyzylorda's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 9 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 6.

Last 7 daysavg 35 · peak 87
Nov 5: AQI 42 (peak 68)Nov 6: AQI 53 (peak 87)Nov 7: AQI 41 (peak 79)Nov 8: AQI 34 (peak 80)Nov 9: AQI 48 (peak 79)Nov 10: AQI 19 (peak 31)Nov 11: AQI 9 (peak 13)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Kyzylorda stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Kyzylorda: Critically low

5.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

24 points below target

Trees in this area

17,907

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

76,341

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,680 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Kyzylorda lost?

There was almost no forest around Kyzylorda in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Kyzylorda, August 2018

2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kyzylorda right now?

The latest reading for Kyzylorda shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 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 Kyzylorda today?

At AQI 13 (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 Kyzylorda been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kyzylorda's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 9 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Kyzylorda lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Kyzylorda in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Kyzylorda?

Kyzylorda has an estimated 17,907 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.7% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Kyzylorda need?

Kyzylorda needs roughly 76,341 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,680 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Kyzylorda'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 Kyzylorda; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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