Central Asia & Caucasus

Can you drink tap water in Kazakhstan?

Capital: Nur-SultanKazakh, RussianUpdated October 2026

Boil itFilter or boil

Can you drink the tap water in Kazakhstan?

Tap water is treated, but filter or boil it. Treated in Almaty and Astana, but most locals boil or filter it; drink bottled water in smaller towns and the countryside.

Key facts

Safely managed drinking water: 92% of people (2024, WHO/UNICEF JMP).

Tap water by place in Kazakhstan

Place	Verdict	Notes
Almaty	Filter or boil	Tap water is treated, but locals filter or buy bottled. Cafés serve bottled or filtered water.
Astana	Filter or boil	Treated but most locals filter or buy bottled water. Hotels usually offer bottled.

Tap water by place

AlmatyTap water
AstanaTap water

Sources

World Bank: safely managed drinking water
US State Department travel advisory
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Travel (national tourism board)
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
eGov Kazakhstan
World Bank open data

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