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Most polluted cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
1 measured city, last 24 hours; 1 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Peshawar at 77.1 µg/m³, #3 in the world.
- 1Peshawarlow-cost sensors 1035.1×
China's Air Quality Index (HJ 633-2012), PM2.5 individual index. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Bannu | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
| Dera Ismail Khan | ≈ 51 µg/m³ |
| Battagram | ≈ 14 µg/m³ |
| Mingora | ≈ 25 µg/m³ |
| Mardan | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Abbottabad | ≈ 29 µg/m³ |
| Kohat | ≈ 25 µg/m³ |
| Tordher | ≈ 50 µg/m³ |
| Charsadda | ≈ 38 µg/m³ |
| Shabqadar | ≈ 37 µg/m³ |
| Swabi | ≈ 50 µg/m³ |
| Nowshera Kalan | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Paharpur | ≈ 51 µg/m³ |
| Topi | ≈ 32 µg/m³ |
| Bat Khela | ≈ 25 µg/m³ |
| Shorkot | ≈ 51 µg/m³ |
| Mansehra | ≈ 24 µg/m³ |
| Chitral | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Jahangira | ≈ 50 µg/m³ |
| Haripur | ≈ 32 µg/m³ |
| Jamrud | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Pabbi | ≈ 38 µg/m³ |
| Buni | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Amangarh | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Tank | ≈ 31 µg/m³ |
| Havelian | ≈ 29 µg/m³ |
| Lakki | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
| Hangu | ≈ 19 µg/m³ |
| Risalpur Cantonment | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Tangi | ≈ 37 µg/m³ |
| Utmanzai | ≈ 38 µg/m³ |
| Zaida | ≈ 50 µg/m³ |
| Dursh Khela | ≈ 15 µg/m³ |
| Nowshera Cantonment | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Upper Dir | ≈ 15 µg/m³ |
| Akora Khattak | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Thal | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Kulachi | ≈ 39 µg/m³ |
| Oghi | ≈ 24 µg/m³ |
| Sarai Naurang | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, PM2.5, last 24 hours to 2 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC, smogrank.com/pk/region/khyber-pakhtunkhwa.
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Updated 2026-10-02 04:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the China AQI PM2.5 sub-index.