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Most polluted cities in Pakistan, October 2023

4 cities in Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Peshawar at 159.4 µg/m³, #1 of 1,686 cities in the world. Cleanest: Karachi at 38.8. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Peshawar 159.4
Every city in Pakistan ranked for October 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. 1Peshawarlow-cost sensorsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
    159.4
  2. 2Lahorelow-cost sensorsPunjab
    121.4
  3. 3Islamabadlow-cost sensorsIslamabad
    45.8
  4. 4Karachilow-cost sensorsSindh
    38.8
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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