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Most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan, August 2026

8 cities in Punjab, Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Gujranwala at 54.5 µg/m³, #14 of 2,866 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bahawalpur at 23.7. 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.

← Gujranwala 90% 90%0
Every city in Punjab, Pakistan ranked for August 2026, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Gujranwalalow-cost sensors
    90%
  2. 2Faisalabadlow-cost sensors
    87%
  3. 3Lahorelow-cost sensors
    81%
  4. 4Multanlow-cost sensors
    68%
  5. 5Sialkotlow-cost sensors
    55%
  6. 6Rawalpindilow-cost sensors
    39%
  7. 7Murreelow-cost sensors
    37%
  8. 8Bahawalpurlow-cost sensors
    6%

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.

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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan, PM2.5, August 2026, smogrank.com/pk/region/punjab/history/2026-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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