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Air quality now: AQI6Good, Turkistan

City report · Kazakhstan

Turkistan Air quality today

Air quality in Turkistan currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 6

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
1.2
tree cover
6.0%
trees in this area
18.8K
more trees needed
75.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Turkistan, Kazakhstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Turkistan · AQI 6 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 25, 2026

Turkistan's tree count comes to 18,831 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 75,323 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Turkistan today: AQI 6, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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

1.2

PM10

1.6

NO₂

0.8

O₃

76.0

SO₂

1.9

CO

132.0

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 Turkistan's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 7 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 37 · peak 72
Nov 5: AQI 61 (peak 72)Nov 6: AQI 52 (peak 59)Nov 7: AQI 42 (peak 61)Nov 8: AQI 24 (peak 39)Nov 9: AQI 46 (peak 62)Nov 10: AQI 26 (peak 56)Nov 11: AQI 7 (peak 13)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Turkistan: Critically low

6.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.

24 points below target

Trees in this area

18,831

Target trees

94,154

More trees needed

75,323

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,657 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Turkistan lost?

There was very little forest around Turkistan in 2000, about 26 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost 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 Turkistan, September 2017

2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost each year around Turkistan, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Turkistan, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.8

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Forest lost each year around Turkistan, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Turkistan?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good37% · 1 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good17% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown40% · 1 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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

In the same region

Measured cities near Turkistan

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

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    Air quality
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  • Chirchiq

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    Air quality
    42
  • Tashkent

    Uzbekistan

    239.1 km
    Tree cover
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    Air quality
    33
  • Taraz

    Kazakhstan

    256.8 km
    Tree cover
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    Air quality
    46
  • Kyzylorda

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    279.6 km
    Tree cover
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    Air quality
    13
  • Olmaliq

    Uzbekistan

    294.0 km
    Tree cover
    13%
    Air quality
    51

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

The latest reading for Turkistan shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Turkistan today?

At AQI 6 (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 Turkistan been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Turkistan's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 7 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 72 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 Turkistan lost since 2001?

There was very little forest around Turkistan in 2000, about 26 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost 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 Turkistan?

Turkistan has an estimated 18,831 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 6.0% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Turkistan need?

Turkistan needs roughly 75,323 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,657 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

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

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