SmogRank / Gujranwala / Encinitas
Gujranwala vs Encinitas: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Gujranwala's air was about 11.3× as polluted as Encinitas's: PM2.5 averaged 55.2 µg/m³ against 4.9, on the 198 days both cities were measured. Gujranwala had the dirtier air on 198 of those days, Encinitas on 0. Gujranwala was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 198 of them, Encinitas on 11.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Each city's worst days
Gujranwala
- 10 May 2026257182.0 µg/m³
- 21 Sept 2026213138.0 µg/m³
- 6 Mar 2026208133.0 µg/m³
Encinitas
- 17 May 20268024.7 µg/m³
- 20 May 20267622.4 µg/m³
- 28 Mar 20267019.4 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
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).
Encinitas
Side by side with Oceanside (the nearest), Mecca (United States's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Gujranwala and Encinitas, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/pk-gujranwala/us-encinitas (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).