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Most polluted cities in Pakistan, January 2025

4 cities in Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Lahore at 234.2 µg/m³, #1 of 2,121 cities in the world. Cleanest: Islamabad at 96.7. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Lahore 234.2 µg/m³ 200 µg/m³0
Every city in Pakistan ranked for January 2025, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Lahorelow-cost sensorsPunjab
    285
  2. 2Peshawarlow-cost sensorsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
    142
  3. 3Karachilow-cost sensorsSindh
    128
  4. 4Islamabadlow-cost sensorsIslamabad
    128
Excellent0–50
Good51–100
Lightly polluted101–150
Moderately polluted151–200
Heavily polluted201–300
Severely polluted301+

China's Air Quality Index (HJ 633-2012), PM2.5 individual index. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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