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Most polluted cities in Pakistan, May 2026

15 cities in Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Faisalabad at 54.6 µg/m³, #133 of 2,522 cities in the world. Cleanest: Quetta at 14.5. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Faisalabad 54.6 µg/m³ 50 µg/m³0
Every city in Pakistan ranked for May 2026, 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. 1Faisalabadlow-cost sensorsPunjab
    54.6
  2. 2Gujranwalalow-cost sensorsPunjab
    49.9
  3. 3Lahorelow-cost sensorsPunjab
    47.4
  4. 4Rahim Yar Khanlow-cost sensorsPunjab
    46.2
  5. 5Sialkotlow-cost sensorsPunjab
    44.8
  6. 6Multanlow-cost sensorsPunjab
    41.8
  7. 7Kotli Loharanlow-cost sensorsPunjab
    41.3
  8. 8Peshawarlow-cost sensorsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
    41.0
  9. 9Bahawalpurlow-cost sensorsPunjab
    40.8
  10. 10Rawalpindilow-cost sensorsPunjab
    33.2
  11. 11Islamabadlow-cost sensorsIslamabad
    30.0
  12. 12Karachilow-cost sensorsSindh
    28.2
  13. 13Murreelow-cost sensorsPunjab
    25.0
  14. 14Hyderabadlow-cost sensorsSindh
    23.6
  15. 15Quettalow-cost sensorsBalochistan
    14.5
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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