Air quality in Lahore
Punjab, Pakistan. PM2.5 from 59 low-cost sensors, updated hourly.
Latest hour (03:00 UTC), 7.1× the WHO 24-hour guideline.
Rank
Why it ranks here
Chronic pollution. Its typical day over the past year was 66.4 µg/m³, 4.4× 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 November, December, averaging up to 239.1 µg/m³ against 42.5 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.
Based on Lahore's own measurements; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.
Last 4 days, hour by hour
Times in UTC. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline (15 µg/m³).
Every day for a year
364 of 364 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline.
Daily world rank
Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).
2026 against 2025, month by month
Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.
This week against past years
Mean PM2.5 for 24 Sept to 30 Sept in each year. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline.
Monitors
| Station | Type |
|---|---|
| Barki, LahoreCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Civil SecretariatCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Learning Alliance Intl. DHACC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE RESEARCH CENTRECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| HBFC Society, DHA Phase 5 (Hussainy House)CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Gajju Matta (Kahna)CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Sandha RoadCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Ravi RoadCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Shalimar TownCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| IEEE, Punjab University, LHRCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Model TownCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| College RoadCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Kahna Hospital CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Gulberg IIICC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| CantonmentCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Pak ArabCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| SamanabadCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Forman Christian College & Chartered UniversityCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Thokar Niaz BaigCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| ARC, LahoreCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Bedian Thethar Rd LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| B Block, Phase 5, DHACC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Pakistan Engineering Services (Pvt) Ltd.CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Yani HomeCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Askari 10CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Scarsdale International SchoolCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Ghazi Road InterchangeCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Revenue Employees Coop Housing SocietyCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Model Town A LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Gurumangat Rd B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Shadman Market B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Ferozepur Rd A LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Honda GatewayCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| LAS LahoreCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| University of Central PunjabCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Syed Maratib Ali RoadCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Tufail Road near Rahat BakeryCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Kickstart MM AlamCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| HC - Askari 10CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Diamond Paint industries PVT LTD.CC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| NPPMCLCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Hiking & Mountaineering Club GCU LahoreCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| The University of LahoreCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| VTSCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Allama Iqbal Town B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| CERP OfficeCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Johar Town B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Model Town B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| GENERATION Pvt ltdCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| SamanabadCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Model Town, CD GroundCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| University of Management and TechnologyCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Burki Rd Paragon B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| DHA Phase 6 B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Model Town Link Rd B LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Muslim Town LHE BCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| Icchra Maqbool Rd LHECC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| TajpuraCC BY 4.0 | Low-cost |
| DHA Phase 8 LahoreCC BY 4.0 | 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
30-day averages, µg/m³. All of Pakistan →
Updated 2026-10-01 04:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.