SmogRank / Pakistan / Islamabad

Air quality in Islamabad

Islamabad, Pakistan. PM2.5 from 5 low-cost sensors, updated hourly.

46.8 µg/m³
Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Latest hour (07:00 UTC), 3.1× the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Rank

24 h
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not enough data
7 days
#41
of 2,333 · 38.6 µg/m³
30 days
#49
of 2,331 · 37.0 µg/m³
Year
#49
of 2,173 · 41.3 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Chronic pollution. Its typical day over the past year was 40.2 µg/m³, 2.7× the WHO 24-hour guideline, so it ranks high most of the time, not only during events.

Seasonal. Over the past year its worst months were December, averaging up to 132.3 µg/m³ against 21.0 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Islamabad's own measurements; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.

Last 4 days, hour by hour

15612026-09-30 22:00 UTC: 28.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 00:00 UTC: 40.5 µg/m³2026-10-01 01:00 UTC: 35.4 µg/m³2026-10-01 02:00 UTC: 39.5 µg/m³2026-10-01 03:00 UTC: 43.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 04:00 UTC: 43.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 05:00 UTC: 60.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 06:00 UTC: 61.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 07:00 UTC: 46.8 µg/m³Sep 28Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1

Times in UTC. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline (15 µg/m³).

Every day for a year

SepNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepMonWedFri2025-09-29: 47.8 µg/m³2025-09-30: 46.3 µg/m³2025-10-01: 48.4 µg/m³2025-10-02: 47.2 µg/m³2025-10-03: 32.8 µg/m³2025-10-04: 42.8 µg/m³2025-10-05: 29.7 µg/m³2025-10-06: 15.8 µg/m³2025-10-07: 32.8 µg/m³2025-10-08: 40.4 µg/m³2025-10-09: 39.1 µg/m³2025-10-10: 47.1 µg/m³2025-10-11: 51.5 µg/m³2025-10-12: 42.5 µg/m³2025-10-13: 49.6 µg/m³2025-10-14: 58.4 µg/m³2025-10-15: 62.0 µg/m³2025-10-16: 75.1 µg/m³2025-10-17: 73.1 µg/m³2025-10-18: 67.1 µg/m³2025-10-19: 69.3 µg/m³2025-10-20: 70.9 µg/m³2025-10-21: 60.1 µg/m³2025-10-22: 55.2 µg/m³2025-10-23: 53.6 µg/m³2025-10-24: 60.3 µg/m³2025-10-25: 60.5 µg/m³2025-10-26: 60.4 µg/m³2025-10-27: 68.9 µg/m³2025-10-28: 71.4 µg/m³2025-10-29: 81.8 µg/m³2025-10-30: 77.2 µg/m³2025-10-31: 80.0 µg/m³2025-11-01: 87.7 µg/m³2025-11-02: 83.4 µg/m³2025-11-03: 77.3 µg/m³2025-11-04: 80.1 µg/m³2025-11-05: 57.4 µg/m³2025-11-06: 50.0 µg/m³2025-11-07: 64.5 µg/m³2025-11-08: 68.3 µg/m³2025-11-09: 77.0 µg/m³2025-11-10: 101.0 µg/m³2025-11-11: 93.5 µg/m³2025-11-12: 90.5 µg/m³2025-11-13: 101.0 µg/m³2025-11-14: no data2025-11-15: 107.5 µg/m³2025-11-16: 93.5 µg/m³2025-11-17: 102.0 µg/m³2025-11-18: 109.0 µg/m³2025-11-19: 118.5 µg/m³2025-11-20: 98.0 µg/m³2025-11-21: 118.0 µg/m³2025-11-22: 131.0 µg/m³2025-11-23: 131.0 µg/m³2025-11-24: 129.0 µg/m³2025-11-25: 139.0 µg/m³2025-11-26: 132.0 µg/m³2025-11-27: 155.0 µg/m³2025-11-28: 116.5 µg/m³2025-11-29: 123.0 µg/m³2025-11-30: 114.0 µg/m³2025-12-01: 126.0 µg/m³2025-12-02: 119.0 µg/m³2025-12-03: 135.0 µg/m³2025-12-04: 150.0 µg/m³2025-12-05: 159.0 µg/m³2025-12-06: 143.0 µg/m³2025-12-07: 94.3 µg/m³2025-12-08: 103.0 µg/m³2025-12-09: 122.0 µg/m³2025-12-10: 135.0 µg/m³2025-12-11: 138.0 µg/m³2025-12-12: 169.0 µg/m³2025-12-13: 152.0 µg/m³2025-12-14: 180.0 µg/m³2025-12-15: 166.0 µg/m³2025-12-16: 186.0 µg/m³2025-12-17: 145.0 µg/m³2025-12-18: 161.0 µg/m³2025-12-19: 188.0 µg/m³2025-12-20: 147.0 µg/m³2025-12-21: 103.0 µg/m³2025-12-22: 48.2 µg/m³2025-12-23: 55.3 µg/m³2025-12-24: 72.7 µg/m³2025-12-25: 96.7 µg/m³2025-12-26: 101.0 µg/m³2025-12-27: 132.0 µg/m³2025-12-28: 115.0 µg/m³2025-12-29: 179.0 µg/m³2025-12-30: 152.0 µg/m³2025-12-31: 129.0 µg/m³2026-01-01: 61.0 µg/m³2026-01-02: 94.8 µg/m³2026-01-03: 99.5 µg/m³2026-01-04: 107.0 µg/m³2026-01-05: 132.0 µg/m³2026-01-06: 106.0 µg/m³2026-01-07: 91.2 µg/m³2026-01-08: 107.0 µg/m³2026-01-09: 93.1 µg/m³2026-01-10: 114.0 µg/m³2026-01-11: 160.0 µg/m³2026-01-12: 152.0 µg/m³2026-01-13: 180.0 µg/m³2026-01-14: 178.0 µg/m³2026-01-15: 166.0 µg/m³2026-01-16: 131.0 µg/m³2026-01-17: 81.1 µg/m³2026-01-18: 81.0 µg/m³2026-01-19: 104.0 µg/m³2026-01-20: 102.0 µg/m³2026-01-21: 76.6 µg/m³2026-01-22: 66.0 µg/m³2026-01-23: 29.9 µg/m³2026-01-24: 49.9 µg/m³2026-01-25: 58.4 µg/m³2026-01-26: 68.2 µg/m³2026-01-27: 36.7 µg/m³2026-01-28: 55.2 µg/m³2026-01-29: 70.8 µg/m³2026-01-30: 68.9 µg/m³2026-01-31: 67.2 µg/m³2026-02-01: 88.5 µg/m³2026-02-02: 75.3 µg/m³2026-02-03: 70.9 µg/m³2026-02-04: 55.7 µg/m³2026-02-05: 66.0 µg/m³2026-02-06: 68.8 µg/m³2026-02-07: 49.1 µg/m³2026-02-08: 64.5 µg/m³2026-02-09: 75.9 µg/m³2026-02-10: 50.5 µg/m³2026-02-11: 59.5 µg/m³2026-02-12: 51.8 µg/m³2026-02-13: 64.3 µg/m³2026-02-14: 56.9 µg/m³2026-02-15: 57.1 µg/m³2026-02-16: 47.7 µg/m³2026-02-17: 65.2 µg/m³2026-02-18: 67.9 µg/m³2026-02-19: 61.3 µg/m³2026-02-20: 65.6 µg/m³2026-02-21: 61.4 µg/m³2026-02-22: 69.4 µg/m³2026-02-23: 73.8 µg/m³2026-02-24: 68.7 µg/m³2026-02-25: 71.0 µg/m³2026-02-26: 60.5 µg/m³2026-02-27: 52.9 µg/m³2026-02-28: 52.7 µg/m³2026-03-01: 42.8 µg/m³2026-03-02: 41.2 µg/m³2026-03-03: 45.6 µg/m³2026-03-04: 48.2 µg/m³2026-03-05: 48.7 µg/m³2026-03-06: 50.6 µg/m³2026-03-07: 85.8 µg/m³2026-03-08: 55.5 µg/m³2026-03-09: 41.2 µg/m³2026-03-10: 65.7 µg/m³2026-03-11: 68.1 µg/m³2026-03-12: 36.9 µg/m³2026-03-13: 33.0 µg/m³2026-03-14: 31.0 µg/m³2026-03-15: 19.9 µg/m³2026-03-16: 23.3 µg/m³2026-03-17: 31.5 µg/m³2026-03-18: 30.6 µg/m³2026-03-19: 32.7 µg/m³2026-03-20: 34.4 µg/m³2026-03-21: 31.0 µg/m³2026-03-22: 34.8 µg/m³2026-03-23: 27.9 µg/m³2026-03-24: 25.6 µg/m³2026-03-25: 27.6 µg/m³2026-03-26: 28.8 µg/m³2026-03-27: 27.2 µg/m³2026-03-28: 28.5 µg/m³2026-03-29: 20.6 µg/m³2026-03-30: 24.4 µg/m³2026-03-31: 23.2 µg/m³2026-04-01: 30.8 µg/m³2026-04-02: 40.1 µg/m³2026-04-03: 20.3 µg/m³2026-04-04: 13.4 µg/m³2026-04-05: 15.6 µg/m³2026-04-06: 17.3 µg/m³2026-04-07: 19.8 µg/m³2026-04-08: 13.1 µg/m³2026-04-09: 17.4 µg/m³2026-04-10: 16.6 µg/m³2026-04-11: 22.5 µg/m³2026-04-12: 16.0 µg/m³2026-04-13: 22.7 µg/m³2026-04-14: 30.3 µg/m³2026-04-15: 21.9 µg/m³2026-04-16: 18.6 µg/m³2026-04-17: 18.5 µg/m³2026-04-18: 18.4 µg/m³2026-04-19: 20.0 µg/m³2026-04-20: 25.8 µg/m³2026-04-21: 24.2 µg/m³2026-04-22: 20.3 µg/m³2026-04-23: 24.8 µg/m³2026-04-24: 21.7 µg/m³2026-04-25: 14.8 µg/m³2026-04-26: 19.2 µg/m³2026-04-27: 27.9 µg/m³2026-04-28: 19.2 µg/m³2026-04-29: 20.0 µg/m³2026-04-30: 18.0 µg/m³2026-05-01: 26.7 µg/m³2026-05-02: 24.8 µg/m³2026-05-03: 12.4 µg/m³2026-05-04: 22.5 µg/m³2026-05-05: 16.9 µg/m³2026-05-06: 22.9 µg/m³2026-05-07: 34.8 µg/m³2026-05-08: 72.2 µg/m³2026-05-09: 79.9 µg/m³2026-05-10: 97.7 µg/m³2026-05-11: 28.2 µg/m³2026-05-12: 26.4 µg/m³2026-05-13: 32.8 µg/m³2026-05-14: 26.7 µg/m³2026-05-15: 20.7 µg/m³2026-05-16: 27.7 µg/m³2026-05-17: 27.1 µg/m³2026-05-18: 31.5 µg/m³2026-05-19: 25.4 µg/m³2026-05-20: 27.3 µg/m³2026-05-21: 13.1 µg/m³2026-05-22: 14.1 µg/m³2026-05-23: 15.6 µg/m³2026-05-24: 20.9 µg/m³2026-05-25: 14.9 µg/m³2026-05-26: 15.4 µg/m³2026-05-27: 17.5 µg/m³2026-05-28: 21.6 µg/m³2026-05-29: 47.3 µg/m³2026-05-30: 39.0 µg/m³2026-05-31: 25.9 µg/m³2026-06-01: 33.8 µg/m³2026-06-02: 35.8 µg/m³2026-06-03: 20.0 µg/m³2026-06-04: 13.2 µg/m³2026-06-05: 16.9 µg/m³2026-06-06: 19.7 µg/m³2026-06-07: 21.9 µg/m³2026-06-08: no data2026-06-09: 20.5 µg/m³2026-06-10: 25.8 µg/m³2026-06-11: 18.8 µg/m³2026-06-12: 20.2 µg/m³2026-06-13: 13.9 µg/m³2026-06-14: 19.9 µg/m³2026-06-15: 30.0 µg/m³2026-06-16: 30.2 µg/m³2026-06-17: 21.5 µg/m³2026-06-18: 18.3 µg/m³2026-06-19: 22.8 µg/m³2026-06-20: 23.0 µg/m³2026-06-21: 21.8 µg/m³2026-06-22: 18.0 µg/m³2026-06-23: 22.9 µg/m³2026-06-24: 28.2 µg/m³2026-06-25: 22.1 µg/m³2026-06-26: 23.3 µg/m³2026-06-27: 30.9 µg/m³2026-06-28: 33.3 µg/m³2026-06-29: 38.6 µg/m³2026-06-30: 46.7 µg/m³2026-07-01: 49.3 µg/m³2026-07-02: 25.8 µg/m³2026-07-03: 36.5 µg/m³2026-07-04: 29.3 µg/m³2026-07-05: 44.5 µg/m³2026-07-06: 59.6 µg/m³2026-07-07: 34.0 µg/m³2026-07-08: 42.1 µg/m³2026-07-09: 28.9 µg/m³2026-07-10: 41.4 µg/m³2026-07-11: 26.9 µg/m³2026-07-12: 14.6 µg/m³2026-07-13: 28.0 µg/m³2026-07-14: 21.5 µg/m³2026-07-15: 26.1 µg/m³2026-07-16: 31.5 µg/m³2026-07-17: 35.8 µg/m³2026-07-18: 38.7 µg/m³2026-07-19: 39.3 µg/m³2026-07-20: 31.2 µg/m³2026-07-21: 8.2 µg/m³2026-07-22: 6.6 µg/m³2026-07-23: 9.5 µg/m³2026-07-24: 12.5 µg/m³2026-07-25: 23.1 µg/m³2026-07-26: 20.6 µg/m³2026-07-27: 27.4 µg/m³2026-07-28: 30.9 µg/m³2026-07-29: 28.3 µg/m³2026-07-30: 37.2 µg/m³2026-07-31: 37.8 µg/m³2026-08-01: 24.4 µg/m³2026-08-02: 27.7 µg/m³2026-08-03: 33.7 µg/m³2026-08-04: 43.3 µg/m³2026-08-05: 33.4 µg/m³2026-08-06: 25.6 µg/m³2026-08-07: 27.3 µg/m³2026-08-08: 27.2 µg/m³2026-08-09: 25.5 µg/m³2026-08-10: 29.9 µg/m³2026-08-11: 61.5 µg/m³2026-08-12: 37.1 µg/m³2026-08-13: 41.3 µg/m³2026-08-14: 38.0 µg/m³2026-08-15: 40.3 µg/m³2026-08-16: 31.0 µg/m³2026-08-17: 23.8 µg/m³2026-08-18: 32.3 µg/m³2026-08-19: 22.1 µg/m³2026-08-20: 21.1 µg/m³2026-08-21: 27.0 µg/m³2026-08-22: 30.1 µg/m³2026-08-23: 21.4 µg/m³2026-08-24: 27.7 µg/m³2026-08-25: 32.4 µg/m³2026-08-26: 34.6 µg/m³2026-08-27: 37.9 µg/m³2026-08-28: 39.9 µg/m³2026-08-29: 45.2 µg/m³2026-08-30: 35.1 µg/m³2026-08-31: 33.8 µg/m³2026-09-01: 28.1 µg/m³2026-09-02: 27.5 µg/m³2026-09-03: 38.5 µg/m³2026-09-04: 22.0 µg/m³2026-09-05: 22.5 µg/m³2026-09-06: 35.1 µg/m³2026-09-07: 37.5 µg/m³2026-09-08: 35.5 µg/m³2026-09-09: 48.5 µg/m³2026-09-10: 42.1 µg/m³2026-09-11: 43.4 µg/m³2026-09-12: 32.2 µg/m³2026-09-13: 44.3 µg/m³2026-09-14: 51.3 µg/m³2026-09-15: 37.0 µg/m³2026-09-16: 42.5 µg/m³2026-09-17: 15.9 µg/m³2026-09-18: 24.7 µg/m³2026-09-19: 30.7 µg/m³2026-09-20: 37.2 µg/m³2026-09-21: 40.5 µg/m³2026-09-22: 49.2 µg/m³2026-09-23: 52.9 µg/m³2026-09-24: 49.6 µg/m³2026-09-25: 31.0 µg/m³2026-09-26: 38.7 µg/m³2026-09-27: 40.2 µg/m³2026-09-28: 33.3 µg/m³2026-09-29: 36.4 µg/m³2026-09-30: 41.0 µg/m³
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

349 of 363 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Daily world rank

#1#1380OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).

2026 against 2025, month by month

15Jan 2025: 96.7 µg/m³Jan 2026: 96.4 µg/m³JanFeb 2025: 62.0 µg/m³Feb 2026: 63.3 µg/m³FebMar 2025: 38.0 µg/m³Mar 2026: 37.6 µg/m³MarApr 2025: 49.2 µg/m³Apr 2026: 21.0 µg/m³AprMay 2025: 43.6 µg/m³May 2026: 30.0 µg/m³MayJun 2025: 45.6 µg/m³Jun 2026: 24.6 µg/m³JunJul 2025: 26.6 µg/m³Jul 2026: 29.9 µg/m³JulAug 2025: 28.6 µg/m³Aug 2026: 32.6 µg/m³AugSep 2025: 34.7 µg/m³Sep 2026: 37.0 µg/m³SepOct 2025: 55.6 µg/m³OctNov 2025: 101.7 µg/m³NovDec 2025: 132.3 µg/m³Dec

Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.

This week against past years

This weekThis week: 38.6 µg/m³38.620252025: 46.6 µg/m³46.6

Mean PM2.5 for 24 Sept to 30 Sept in each year. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline.

Monitors

StationOperatorType
F-7, IslamabadCC BY 4.0Homer SimpsonLow-cost
E11/4 Sector IslamabadCC BY 4.0The Urban UnitLow-cost
Park Road F-8/1 Sector IslamabadCC BY 4.0The Urban UnitLow-cost
Street 8, Sector F-7/3, IslamabadCC BY 4.0Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)Low-cost
Street # 1, F-6/3CC BY 4.0Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)Low-cost

No reference monitor here, so the value is the median of low-cost sensors (at least two reporting each hour). Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air. Data via OpenAQ; licences as listed. How we rank. Embed this on your site.

Other cities in Pakistan

Gujranwala 68.5Peshawar 60.4Lahore 60.4Multan 55.6Faisalabad 54.6Sialkot 50.3Rahim Yar Khan 46.7Rawalpindi 41.1Bahawalpur 40.9Alipur 39.7Murree 32.4Karachi 26.9

30-day averages, µg/m³. All of Pakistan →

Updated 2026-10-01 08:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.