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Most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan, September 2026
9 cities in Punjab, Pakistan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Gujranwala at 71.1 µg/m³, #3 of 2,949 cities in the world. Cleanest: Murree at 32.4. 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.
- 1Multanlow-cost sensors 100%
- 2Gujranwalalow-cost sensors 97%
- 3Lahorelow-cost sensors 93%
- 4Faisalabadlow-cost sensors 90%
- 5Sialkotlow-cost sensors 87%
- 6Rawalpindilow-cost sensors 73%
- 7Rahim Yar Khanlow-cost sensors 62%
- 8Bahawalpurlow-cost sensors 57%
- 9Murreelow-cost sensors 36%
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, September 2026, smogrank.com/pk/region/punjab/history/2026-09 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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