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Most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan

9 measured cities, last 7 days; 9 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Gujranwala at 78.2 µg/m³, #2 in the world.

Gilgit-BaltistanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1 measured cityBalochistan: 1 measured cityPunjab: 9 measured citiesSindh: 2 measured citiesAzad KashmirIslamabad: 2 measured cities#9 Murree: 24.1 µg/m³#8 Rawalpindi: 42.6 µg/m³#7 Bahawalpur: 53.2 µg/m³#6 Sialkot: 56.0 µg/m³#5 Multan: 59.6 µg/m³#4 Faisalabad: 62.1 µg/m³#3 Rahim Yar Khan: 66.7 µg/m³#2 Lahore: 72.1 µg/m³#1 Gujranwala: 78.2 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Gujranwala 78.2 µg/m³ 70 µg/m³15 WHO 24-hour guideline
Every measured city in Punjab, Pakistan, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Gujranwalalow-cost sensors 78.2▲3
  2. 2Lahorelow-cost sensors 72.1▲2
  3. 3Rahim Yar Khanlow-cost sensors 66.7▲2
  4. 4Faisalabadlow-cost sensors 62.1▲1
  5. 5Multanlow-cost sensors 59.6▼4
  6. 6Sialkotlow-cost sensors 56.0▼2
  7. 7Bahawalpurlow-cost sensors 53.2▼8
  8. 8Rawalpindilow-cost sensors 42.6▼1
  9. 9Murreelow-cost sensors 24.1▼25
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

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

Punjab 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.

City7-day estimateBand
Sargodha≈ 63 µg/m³Poor
Arifwala≈ 49 µg/m³Moderate
Chunian≈ 32 µg/m³Moderate
Jhang Sadr≈ 66 µg/m³Poor
Shekhupura≈ 35 µg/m³Moderate
Gujrat≈ 46 µg/m³Moderate
Sahiwal≈ 58 µg/m³Poor
Sahiwal≈ 43 µg/m³Moderate
Okara≈ 31 µg/m³Moderate
Kasur≈ 32 µg/m³Moderate
Jalalpur Pirwala≈ 48 µg/m³Moderate
Dera Ghazi Khan≈ 49 µg/m³Moderate
Pindi Bhattian≈ 61 µg/m³Poor
Chak Jhumra≈ 51 µg/m³Poor
Bhawana≈ 44 µg/m³Moderate
Burewala≈ 41 µg/m³Moderate
Hafizabad≈ 46 µg/m³Moderate
Chiniot≈ 44 µg/m³Moderate
Kamoke≈ 29 µg/m³Moderate
Saddiqabad≈ 49 µg/m³Moderate
Muridke≈ 29 µg/m³Moderate
Shahkot≈ 46 µg/m³Moderate
Bahawalnagar≈ 46 µg/m³Moderate
Bahawalnagar≈ 45 µg/m³Moderate
Muzaffargarh≈ 54 µg/m³Poor
Gojra≈ 44 µg/m³Moderate
Qadirpur Ran≈ 56 µg/m³Poor
Dajal≈ 51 µg/m³Poor
Ahmadpur East≈ 48 µg/m³Moderate
Jhelum≈ 54 µg/m³Poor
Hasilpur≈ 38 µg/m³Moderate
Kamalia≈ 39 µg/m³Moderate
Jampur≈ 51 µg/m³Poor
Wazirabad≈ 46 µg/m³Moderate
Layyah≈ 52 µg/m³Poor
Shujaabad≈ 51 µg/m³Poor
Eminabad≈ 35 µg/m³Moderate
Jaranwala≈ 44 µg/m³Moderate
Chishtian≈ 41 µg/m³Moderate
Harunabad≈ 44 µg/m³Moderate

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Punjab, Pakistan, PM2.5, last 7 days to 2 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC, smogrank.com/pk/region/punjab?w=7d.

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Updated 2026-10-02 07:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors in µg/m³.