SmogRank / Hayes / Gujranwala

Hayes vs Gujranwala: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Gujranwala's air was about 19.0× as polluted as Hayes's: PM2.5 averaged 169.3 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 142 days both cities were measured. Gujranwala had the dirtier air on 142 of those days, Hayes on 0. Gujranwala was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 142 of them, Hayes on 15.

Right now

Hayes#599on the 24-hour board of 738, at 16 US AQI (2.9 µg/m³)
Gujranwala–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Hayes
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

Hayes, Nov 2025: 5.7 µg/m³Gujranwala, Nov 2025: 245.7 µg/m³Nov2025Hayes, Dec 2025: 8.2 µg/m³Gujranwala, Dec 2025: 257.4 µg/m³DecHayes, Jan 2026: 8.9 µg/m³Gujranwala, Jan 2026: 179.8 µg/m³Jan2026Hayes, Feb 2026: 7.6 µg/m³Gujranwala, Feb 2026: 171.9 µg/m³FebHayes, Mar 2026: 13.7 µg/m³Gujranwala, Mar 2026: 76.9 µg/m³MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Hayes. Faded: Gujranwala. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearHayesGujranwalaDays both measuredDays Hayes was worse
2026 so far52215880
2025381951470

Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Hayes

Gujranwala

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

Hayes

Side by side with Borehamwood (the nearest), London (United Kingdom'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, Hayes and Gujranwala, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gb-hayes/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).