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Most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan, May 2026
10 cities in Punjab, Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Faisalabad at 55.5 µg/m³, #42 of 2,852 cities in the world. Cleanest: Murree at 25.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.
- 1Faisalabadlow-cost sensors 84%
- 2Gujranwalalow-cost sensors 74%
- 3Lahorelow-cost sensors 74%
- 4Rahim Yar Khanlow-cost sensors 72%
- 5Sialkotlow-cost sensors 68%
- 6Multanlow-cost sensors 58%
- 7Kotli Loharanlow-cost sensors 52%
- 8Bahawalpurlow-cost sensors 48%
- 9Rawalpindilow-cost sensors 26%
- 10Murreelow-cost sensors 23%
Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.
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
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan, PM2.5, May 2026, smogrank.com/pk/region/punjab/history/2026-05 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).
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