Light pollution in Kazakhstan

15 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

1 of 15 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 11 of 15 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 3 of 15 cities read Bortle 6–7. The darkest city centre on the list is Semey (Bortle 6–7).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Almaty	8–9	255	~25 km SW
2	Astana	7–8	255	~25 km NW
3	Shymkent	7–8	255	~25 km W
4	Taraz	7–8	252	~25 km ESE
5	Karagandy	7–8	255	~25 km S
6	Kyzylorda	7–8	254	~25 km WNW
7	Aktobe	7–8	253	~25 km WNW
8	Atyrau	7–8	255	~25 km SW
9	Pavlodar	7–8	255	~25 km SSE
10	Ust-Kamenogorsk	7–8	247	~25 km E
11	Petropavl	7–8	255	~25 km NE
12	Kostanay	7–8	255	~25 km W
13	Oral	6–7	253	~25 km SSW
14	Turkistan	6–7	180	~90 km SE
15	Semey	6–7	251	~25 km NE

Brightness is the NASA VIIRS Black Marble 2016 value at the city centre on a 0–255 scale; 255 is saturated. Cities are ordered by estimated sky brightness, which also counts the light within 30 km.