AIR QUALITY • COUNTRY

Air Quality in Pakistan

Air quality can vary considerably across Pakistan because weather, local emissions, geography and regional transport can change from place to place and from day to day. AirQualityIndex.org monitors air-quality information from more than 25,000 monitoring locations worldwide. This country comparison page currently lists 45 major cities and locations across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar. Each listed location links to its own detailed air-quality page, while locations outside this comparison catalogue can be explored through Air Quality Near Me.

Use the search and filters to focus on a city type or AQI category, then sort the table by AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), data source or update time. Select any city to open its detailed air-quality page. Current values may include model-derived estimates and, where enabled, monitoring-station information; the displayed source should be considered when interpreting the results. The comparison catalogue is intentionally smaller than the wider AirQualityIndex.org monitoring-location database so the page remains fast and easy to use.

MONITORING COVERAGE

45 monitoring locations represented across Pakistan

The markers show the geographic spread of locations in this country comparison catalogue. The wider AirQualityIndex.org data system covers more than 25,000 monitoring locations globally.

Islamabad · CapitalLahore · Major cityKarachi · Major cityPeshawar · Major cityFaisalabad · Major cityRawalpindi · Major cityGujranwala · Major cityMultan · Major cityHyderabad · Major cityQuetta · Major cityBannu · Major citySargodha · Major citySialkot · Major cityBahawalpur · Major cityArifwala · Major cityDera Ismail Khan · Major cityMuzaffarābād · Major cityBattagram · Major cityChunian · Major cityJhang Sadr · Major cityShekhupura · Major cityGujrat · Major citySukkur · Major citySahiwal · Major cityOkara · Major cityRahim Yar Khan · Major cityKasur · Major cityJalalpur Pirwala · Major cityDera Ghazi Khan · Major cityPindi Bhattian · Major cityTando Bago · Major cityTando Allahyar · Major cityWah Cantt · Major cityChak Jhumra · Major cityBhawana · Major cityLarkana · Major cityNawabshah · Major cityBurewala · Major cityMingora · Major citySinjhoro · Major cityHafizabad · Major cityChiniot · Major cityMardan · Major cityMalir Cantonment · Major cityKamoke · Major city
PAST 12 MONTHS

Historical & seasonal air-quality pattern

Monthly values summarize US AQI model estimates across up to four representative locations in Pakistan. They show broad seasonal movement rather than a regulatory national average.

85Lowest month · Apr12012-month average155Highest month · Jan
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Average 120
113
Oct
136
Nov
150
Dec
155
Jan
122
Feb
97
Mar
85
Apr
103
May
115
Jun
121
Jul
122
Aug
124
Sep
Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality API / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
LATEST COVERAGE

Related air-quality news and articles

Recent external headlines are retrieved from Google News RSS and filtered for Pakistan plus AQI, air quality or air pollution. Results are cached and linked to the news result/publisher.
LIVE CITY COMPARISON

Compare air quality across Pakistan

The table below brings current AQI and major pollutant indicators together for the locations in this country comparison catalogue. Search for a city, filter by location type or AQI category, or select any column heading to rank the results. Each city name opens its detailed air-quality page for additional context, source information and related resources.

45listed locations
—with current AQI
Livecached comparison
50rows per page
Click a column heading to sort
Location ↕AQI ↕Status ↕PM2.5 ↕PM10 ↕O₃ ↕NO₂ ↕Data ↕Updated ↕
Didn’t find your city?Check air quality around your location using our location-based tool.Check Air Quality Near Me →
Data sources and methods are identified within the relevant sections of this page. AirQualityIndex.org gratefully acknowledges OpenAQ for supporting broad access to air-quality information.