SmogRank / Gujranwala / Middleton
Gujranwala vs Middleton: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Gujranwala's air was about 17.3× as polluted as Middleton's: PM2.5 averaged 114.4 µg/m³ against 6.6, on the 320 days both cities were measured. Gujranwala had the dirtier air on 317 of those days, Middleton on 3. Gujranwala was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 320 of them, Middleton on 33.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Gujranwala | Middleton | Days Gujranwala was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 169 | 38 | 246 |
| 2025 | 274 | 28 | 91 |
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
Gujranwala
- 7 Dec 2025500+369.0 µg/m³
- 29 Dec 2025500+365.5 µg/m³
- 18 Jan 2026500+338.0 µg/m³
Middleton
- 16 Jul 2026233158.0 µg/m³
- 17 Jul 2026189110.0 µg/m³
- 19 Jul 2026185104.0 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
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).
Middleton
Side by side with Madison (the nearest), Mecca (United States's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Gujranwala and Middleton, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/pk-gujranwala/us-middleton (accessed 9 Oct 2026).
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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).