SmogRank / Pakistan / Islamabad / Islamabad
Islamabad, month by month
Islamabad, Pakistan has a measured daily mean on 1,294 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2024, at 250 US AQI (174.6 µg/m³), 6th of 2,385 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2024, at 70 US AQI (19.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 154 US AQI (59.8 µg/m³), against 155 US AQI (61.1 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Islamabad's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 250174.6 µg/m³ | 6thof 2,385 |
| December 2025 | 208132.3 µg/m³ | 31stof 3,006 |
| December 2023 | 193115.5 µg/m³ | 8thof 2,247 |
| December 2024 | 193115.4 µg/m³ | 8thof 2,616 |
| November 2025 | 183101.7 µg/m³ | 43rdof 2,715 |
| January 2025 | 18096.7 µg/m³ | 11thof 2,474 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Islamabad's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2024 | 362256.0 µg/m³ |
| 12 Jan 2024 | 350250.0 µg/m³ |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 302226.0 µg/m³ |
| 7 Jan 2023 | 291216.0 µg/m³ |
| 16 Jan 2024 | 283208.0 µg/m³ |
| 23 Jan 2024 | 280205.0 µg/m³ |
| 21 Jan 2024 | 278203.0 µg/m³ |
| 6 Jan 2024 | 276201.0 µg/m³ |
| 11 Jan 2024 | 276201.0 µg/m³ |
| 18 Jan 2024 | 276201.0 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirGradient and Hawanama via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/pk/islamabad/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Islamabad now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 01:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).