Atmospheric air monitoring was conducted in 49 settlements, of which 32 were attributed to the "low" level of pollution, ten to the class of the "elevated" level and seven were attributed to the class of the "high" level of air pollution. 

Cities with high levels of pollution: Zhezkazgan, Karatau, Karaganda, Shymkent, Temirtau, Ust-Kamenogorsk and the village of Deep. 

Cities with elevated levels of pollution: Astana, Almaty, Aktobe, Zhanatas, Semey, Ridder, Taraz, Aktau, Balkhash, Shu. 

Low level of pollution in cities: Stepnogorsk, Aksay, Arkalyk, Zhitikara, Zyryanovsk, Kentau, Lisakovsk, Ore, Saran, Kostanay, Turkestan, Uralsk, Kokshetau, Aksu, Kyzylorda, Pavlodar, Zhanaozen, Kulsary, Ekibastuz, Taldykorgan and Berezovka, Beyneu, Akay, Sarybulak, Atyrau, Petropavlovsk, Toretam, Yanvartsevo, Karabalyk, Korday, SKFM Borovoye and Schuchinsko-Borovskaya resort area.

 Monitoring of the state of atmospheric air is carried out in the largest cities and industrial centers of the republic. At present, monitoring of the state of atmospheric air is carried out at 146 observation posts, including 56 manual sampling stations and 90 automatic ones. Also, the observation is carried out with the help of 14 mobile laboratories. "Compared to 2016, the level of air pollution has a positive trend (decreased) in the cities of Almaty, Astana, Kyzylorda, Balkhash and in the villages of Beyneu and Akai. In the cities of Aktau, Karatau, Ust-Kamenogorsk and in the village of Deep air pollution has increased in comparison with 2016. In the remaining settlements, the level of pollution remained at the level of 2016, "the department explained. Specialists of Kazgidromet note that high  levels of pollution on nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, suspended particles of PM, phenol and ammonia are caused by three main factors: road congestion, dispersion of emissions from industrial plants and low ventilation settlements.