Central Saanich vs Gujranwala: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Gujranwala's air was about 13.1× as polluted as Central Saanich's: PM2.5 averaged 66.6 µg/m³ against 5.1, on the 52 days both cities were measured. Gujranwala had the dirtier air on 52 of those days, Central Saanich on 0. Gujranwala was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 52 of them, Central Saanich on 5.

Right now

Central Saanich–not on the 24-hour board right now

Gujranwala–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Central Saanich

Gujranwala

Each city's daily mean from 8 Oct 2025 to 7 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Central Saanich. Faded: Gujranwala. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Each city's worst days

Central Saanich

22 Sept 202613448.8 µg/m³
23 Sept 202610336.5 µg/m³
5 Aug 202610035.2 µg/m³

Gujranwala

21 Sept 2026213138.0 µg/m³
22 Sept 2026193115.0 µg/m³
3 Oct 2026192114.0 µg/m³

Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Central Saanich

Side by side with Langford (the nearest), Castlegar (Canada's worst on 30 days).

Gujranwala

Side by side with Sialkot (the nearest), Peshawar (Pakistan's 2nd worst on 30 days), Kinshasa (the world's 2nd worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Central Saanich and Gujranwala, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/ca-central-saanich/pk-gujranwala (accessed 8 Oct 2026).

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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-08 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).