SmogRank / Pakistan / Punjab / Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi, month by month

Rawalpindi has a measured daily mean on 499 days since 30 May 2025. Its worst month was December 2025, at 263 US AQI (188.1 µg/m³), 14th of 3,006 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2026, at 88 US AQI (28.8 µg/m³).

Every month since 2025

2026138 so far285 days measured44th of 2,793 in the world
Jan206#9Feb172#22Mar125#112Apr89#233May96#146Jun90#145Jul88#164Aug95#92Sep115#50Oct148#17
2025too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)214 days measured
JanFebMarAprMay2 daysJun114#75Jul96#72Aug96#70Sep108#39Oct156#47Nov211#33Dec263#14
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Rawalpindi's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Rawalpindi marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

1 month
MonthWhy
May 20252 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Rawalpindi's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rank
December 2025 263188.1 µg/m³31 of 3114thof 3,006
November 2025 211135.1 µg/m³29 of 3033rdof 2,715
January 2026 206130.6 µg/m³31 of 319thof 2,617
February 2026 17285.4 µg/m³28 of 2822ndof 2,866
October 2025 15662.0 µg/m³31 of 3147thof 2,614
March 2026 12545.2 µg/m³31 of 31112thof 2,971

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.

Rawalpindi's worst days

DayUS AQI
19 Dec 2025 344247.0 µg/m³
29 Dec 2025 344247.0 µg/m³
20 Dec 2025 338244.0 µg/m³
12 Dec 2025 328239.0 µg/m³
4 Dec 2025 316233.0 µg/m³
11 Dec 2025 315232.5 µg/m³
18 Dec 2025 314232.0 µg/m³
17 Dec 2025 295220.0 µg/m³
6 Dec 2025 292217.0 µg/m³
3 Dec 2025 286211.5 µg/m³

Daily means, the highest since 30 May 2025; 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 30 May 2025 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirGradient and Hawanama via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/pk/rawalpindi/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Rawalpindi now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).