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Most polluted cities in Pakistan, May 2023

4 cities in Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Lahore at 72.8 µg/m³, #2 of 1,267 cities in the world. Cleanest: Karachi at 20.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Lahore 72.8
Every city in Pakistan ranked for May 2023, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Lahorelow-cost sensorsPunjab
    72.8
  2. 2Peshawarlow-cost sensorsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
    44.8
  3. 3Islamabadlow-cost sensorsIslamabad
    27.2
  4. 4Karachilow-cost sensorsSindh
    20.6
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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