SmogRank / Pakistan / Punjab

Air quality in Multan

Punjab, Pakistan. PM2.5 from 15 low-cost sensors, updated hourly.

56.2 µg/m³

Unhealthy

Latest hour (03:00 UTC), 3.7× the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Rank

24 h

–

not enough data

7 days

#10

of 2,341 · 65.7 µg/m³

30 days

#14

of 2,337 · 55.6 µg/m³

Year

#10

of 2,166 · 67.3 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Chronic pollution. Its typical day over the past year was 59.9 µg/m³, 4.0× 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 259.5 µg/m³ against 26.7 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Multan'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

Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

361 of 363 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	Operator	Type
Walled cities Authority office CC BY 4.0	AirGradient	Low-cost
Metropolitan corporation office CC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
NFC IET MultanCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
women universityCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of AgricultureCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Cantt Public School & CollegeCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
District officer Industries / Registrar of FirmsCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
WASA office, Chungi #09CC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Multan CantonmentCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Khanewal Road near Shamsabad ColonyCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
WWF-Pakistan Multan OfficeCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of AgricultureCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Walled cities Authority officeCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Multan Northern Bypass BCC BY 4.0	OpenAQ admin	Low-cost
Multan Industrial Estate ACC BY 4.0	OpenAQ admin	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 68.5 Peshawar 60.4 Lahore 60.4 Faisalabad 54.6 Sialkot 50.3 Rahim Yar Khan 46.7 Rawalpindi 41.1 Bahawalpur 40.9 Alipur 39.7 Islamabad 37.0 Murree 32.4 Karachi 26.9

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.