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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.

The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. 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	Band
Bannu	≈ 41 µg/m³	Moderate
Dera Ismail Khan	≈ 51 µg/m³	Poor
Battagram	≈ 14 µg/m³	Fair
Mingora	≈ 25 µg/m³	Moderate
Mardan	≈ 47 µg/m³	Moderate
Abbottabad	≈ 29 µg/m³	Moderate
Kohat	≈ 25 µg/m³	Moderate
Tordher	≈ 50 µg/m³	Moderate
Charsadda	≈ 38 µg/m³	Moderate
Shabqadar	≈ 37 µg/m³	Moderate
Swabi	≈ 50 µg/m³	Moderate
Nowshera Kalan	≈ 47 µg/m³	Moderate
Paharpur	≈ 51 µg/m³	Poor
Topi	≈ 32 µg/m³	Moderate
Bat Khela	≈ 25 µg/m³	Moderate
Shorkot	≈ 51 µg/m³	Poor
Mansehra	≈ 24 µg/m³	Moderate
Chitral	≈ 4 µg/m³	Good
Jahangira	≈ 50 µg/m³	Moderate
Haripur	≈ 32 µg/m³	Moderate
Jamrud	≈ 16 µg/m³	Moderate
Pabbi	≈ 38 µg/m³	Moderate
Buni	≈ 4 µg/m³	Good
Amangarh	≈ 47 µg/m³	Moderate
Tank	≈ 31 µg/m³	Moderate
Havelian	≈ 29 µg/m³	Moderate
Lakki	≈ 41 µg/m³	Moderate
Hangu	≈ 19 µg/m³	Moderate
Risalpur Cantonment	≈ 47 µg/m³	Moderate
Tangi	≈ 37 µg/m³	Moderate
Utmanzai	≈ 38 µg/m³	Moderate
Zaida	≈ 50 µg/m³	Moderate
Dursh Khela	≈ 15 µg/m³	Fair
Nowshera Cantonment	≈ 47 µg/m³	Moderate
Upper Dir	≈ 15 µg/m³	Fair
Akora Khattak	≈ 47 µg/m³	Moderate
Thal	≈ 7 µg/m³	Fair
Kulachi	≈ 39 µg/m³	Moderate
Oghi	≈ 24 µg/m³	Moderate
Sarai Naurang	≈ 41 µg/m³	Moderate

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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 in µg/m³.