AQI in Pakistan today: cities ranked

Sixteen major Pakistani cities, worst air first. Open a city for its hourly trend, 5-day forecast, area pages and plain advice.

Cities ranked by US AQI, worst first
#	City	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³
1	KasurPunjab	216Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	84.5
2	MultanPunjab	211Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	95.5
3	LahorePunjab	196Unhealthy	Unhealthy	70.1
4	FaisalabadPunjab	191Unhealthy	Unhealthy	89.6
5	SheikhupuraPunjab	191Unhealthy	Unhealthy	57.2
6	BahawalpurPunjab	185Unhealthy	Unhealthy	63.1
7	GujranwalaPunjab	178Unhealthy	Unhealthy	53.6
8	SialkotPunjab	170Unhealthy	Unhealthy	48.9
9	SargodhaPunjab	162Unhealthy	Unhealthy	47.4
10	SukkurSindh	135Unhealthy for sensitive groups	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	20.7
11	IslamabadIslamabad Capital Territory	115Unhealthy for sensitive groups	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	41.1
12	RawalpindiPunjab	115Unhealthy for sensitive groups	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	41.1
13	PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa	92Moderate	Moderate	35.6
14	KarachiSindh	90Moderate	Moderate	23.6
15	HyderabadSindh	87Moderate	Moderate	19.4
16	QuettaBalochistan	72Moderate	Moderate	12.9

Last build · 4 Nov, 5:00 pm PKT · Modelled (CAMS via Open-Meteo)

By province

Punjab

Sindh

Questions people ask

Which is the most polluted city in Pakistan today?

At the last update (4 Nov, 5:00 pm PKT) it was Kasur, with a modelled US AQI of 216. The table above refreshes live.

Which Pakistani city has the cleanest air today?

At the last update it was Quetta (AQI 72).

How is this ranking made?

The CAMS model’s US AQI (based on 24-hour particle averages) at each city centre, from Open-Meteo, sorted worst first. It is a model, not station measurements, and is labelled as such.