SmogRank / Gujranwala / Oro Valley

Gujranwala vs Oro Valley: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Gujranwala's air was about 285.0× as polluted as Oro Valley's: PM2.5 averaged 142.5 µg/m³ against 0.5, on the 130 days both cities were measured. Gujranwala had the dirtier air on 130 of those days, Oro Valley on 0. Gujranwala was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 130 of them, Oro Valley on 0.

Right now

Gujranwala#3on the 24-hour board of 2,753, at 171 US AQI (84.6 µg/m³)
Oro Valley–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Gujranwala
Oro Valley
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

Gujranwala, Nov 2025: 226.0 µg/m³Oro Valley, Nov 2025: 0.5 µg/m³Nov2025Gujranwala, Dec 2025: 261.0 µg/m³Oro Valley, Dec 2025: 0.6 µg/m³DecGujranwala, Jan 2026: 169.6 µg/m³Oro Valley, Jan 2026: 1.2 µg/m³Jan2026Gujranwala, Feb 2026: 167.3 µg/m³Oro Valley, Feb 2026: 0.1 µg/m³FebMarAprMayJunJulGujranwala, Aug 2026: 59.7 µg/m³Oro Valley, Aug 2026: 0.6 µg/m³AugGujranwala, Sep 2026: 64.3 µg/m³Oro Valley, Sep 2026: 0.2 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Gujranwala. Faded: Oro Valley. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearGujranwalaOro ValleyDays both measuredDays Gujranwala was worse
2026 so far18238383
202526835959

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

Oro Valley

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).

Oro Valley

Side by side with Casas Adobes (the nearest), Mecca (United States's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Gujranwala and Oro Valley, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/pk-gujranwala/us-oro-valley (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).