# data[].attributes.headline
What is the difference between Chicago and Almaty?

# data[].attributes.subject
What is the difference between Chicago and Almaty?

# data[].attributes.body
Have you ever wondered what is the difference between Chicago and Almaty? Let's compare them. When were they built, how many people live there and how are they similar.

# data[].attributes.body
The city of Chicago is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the largest city in the Midwest. Chicago is the main city of the Chicago metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland". Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago became a city in 1837. Chicago is an international center of finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications and transportation.

# data[].attributes.body
Did you know about this? Almaty is a city of republican significance in Kazakhstan, the former capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Almaty is translated from Kazakh as “Apple Tree,” while Alma-Ata is a set of Kazakh words meaning “apple” (alma) and “grandfather” (ata).

# data[].attributes.body
Almaty is the largest city and region in Kazakhstan by population: as of October 2023, 2,211,198 people lived in the city.

Chicago, with an estimated population of 2,747,000 in 2022, is also the largest city in the Midwest. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States, with a small portion of the city in DuPage County.

# data[].attributes.body
Chicago

Founded - 1795

City since - 1837

Area - 606.424 km² (2016)

Center height - 179 m

# data[].attributes.body
Almaty

Founded - 1854

Previous names - in 1854 - Zailiyskoe

from 1854 to 1867 - Vernoe

until 1921 - Verny

Area - 683.5 km²

Center height - 785 m

# data[].attributes.body
Chicago is located in the humid continental climate zone (Dfa - according to the Köppen climate classification). Summer is long and rainy, humid and hot, winter is relatively cold, but short and changeable. The average daily temperature in July is 23.3 °C, in January - −4.6 °C. The annual precipitation rate is 940 mm.

Average annual air temperature - 9.9 °C

Average wind speed - 4.3 m/s

Relative humidity - 71%

# data[].attributes.body
The climate of Almaty is continental and is characterized by the influence of mountain-valley circulation, which is especially evident in the northern part of the city, located directly in the zone of transition of mountain slopes to the plain.

The average long-term air temperature is +10 °C, the coldest month (January) is −4.7 °C, the warmest month (July) is +23.8 °C. Frosts on average begin on October 14 and end on April 18. Stable frosts last an average of 67 days - from December 19 to February 23. Weather with temperatures above +30 °C is observed on average 36 days a year. In the center of Almaty, like any large city, there is a “heat island”.