SmogRank / Pakistan / Punjab

Air quality in Rawalpindi

Punjab, Pakistan. PM2.5 from 21 low-cost sensors, updated hourly.

55.9 µg/m³

Unhealthy

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

Rank

24 h

–

not enough data

7 days

#35

of 2,341 · 43.4 µg/m³

30 days

#34

of 2,337 · 41.1 µg/m³

Year

#35

of 2,166 · 50.6 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Chronic pollution. Its typical day over the past year was 41.7 µg/m³, 2.8× 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 188.1 µg/m³ against 28.8 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Rawalpindi'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 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	Operator	Type
Rawalpindi Women UniversityCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Wasa 3, OHR Office CC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Social Welfare DepartmentCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
WASA Head Office 1CC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Punjab Food AuthorityCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Public Health EngineeringCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Conservator of Forest, North zoneCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
PHA Head OfficeCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
WASA 2 (Sufaid tanki)CC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
District Health AuthorityCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Govt. Graduate College, Asghar Mall,CC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
NASTPCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
DC Office SialkotCC BY 4.0	The Urban Unit	Low-cost
Dr Abuzar - Bahria Town, Phase 5CC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Bahria Town Phase 2CC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Islamabad H11 ACC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Rawalpindi A GT RoadCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
NASTPCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
PHA Head OfficeCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
Punjab Food AuthorityCC BY 4.0	Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)	Low-cost
WASA 2 (Sufaid tanki)CC BY 4.0	Pakistan 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 68.5 Peshawar 60.4 Lahore 60.4 Multan 55.6 Faisalabad 54.6 Sialkot 50.3 Rahim Yar Khan 46.7 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.