Auckland vs Gujranwala: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Gujranwala's air was about 58.1× as polluted as Auckland's: PM2.5 averaged 116.2 µg/m³ against 2.0, on the 352 days both cities were measured. Gujranwala had the dirtier air on 352 of those days, Auckland on 0. Gujranwala was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 352 of them, Auckland on 1.

Right now

Auckland#2,736on the 24-hour board of 2,753, at 3 US AQI (0.6 µg/m³)

Gujranwala#3on the 24-hour board of 2,753, at 171 US AQI (84.6 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Auckland

Gujranwala

Each city's daily mean from 9 Oct 2025 to 8 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: Auckland. Faded: Gujranwala. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

Year	Auckland	Gujranwala	Days both measured	Days Auckland was worse
2026 so far	12	169	270	0
2025	14	209	189	0

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

Auckland

3 Jul 20266215.1 µg/m³
12 Jul 20265712.3 µg/m³
2 Jul 20265310.3 µg/m³

Gujranwala

7 Dec 2025500+369.0 µg/m³
29 Dec 2025500+365.5 µg/m³
19 Dec 2025500+338.0 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

Auckland

Side by side with Rangiora (the nearest), Kaiapoi (New Zealand'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, Auckland and Gujranwala, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/nz-auckland/pk-gujranwala (accessed 9 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 2026-10-09 12:07 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).