Almaty - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the air quality like at post (good/moderate/bad)? Are there seasonal air quality issues? Does the air quality have an impact on health?
In summer is moderately clean but in winter coal burning and more people using cars creates high air pollution. All offices and residences are equipped with air purifiers. More viral respiratory infections and allergies during cold months. - Sep 2023
Air quality is unhealthy to very unhealthy, especially in the winter. The smog from coal burning and pollution settles over the city over the course of the day. - Aug 2015
Bad, but we have not ever had problems. - Jul 2013
In winter, smog blankets the city from coal-fired power plants. The smog can also be bad at other times of the year, but spring and fall tend to be nice. Many people get a hacking cough before they leave that never goes away...until they do! - Feb 2013
The air quality is quite bad. In the winter you get a classic temperature inversion while people are burning coal to heat their homes. There are lots of old cars that spew fumes into the air year 'round. - May 2012
Summer-fine. Winter-bad, due to coal dust always in the air (city is heated by coal). - Mar 2010
