Air quality

Air quality in Dera Ghazi Khan today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 113) People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 1:00 am (20:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
113 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
32 µg/m³ 2.1× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
36 µg/m³
Ozone
53 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 113
Best hour today
11:00 am AQI 102
European AQI
49

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Air quality in Dera Ghazi Khan right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan is 113, which falls in the "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" band (up to 150). People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 113. Fine and coarse particles come from traffic, heating, industry, dust and smoke; they build up on calm nights and clear when wind or rain arrives.

PM2.5 is 32 µg/m³, 2.1 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 36 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 53 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 18 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 1253 µg/m³.

Dera Ghazi Khan AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 102 around Mon 11:00 am to 124 around Tue 1:00 am, staying "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" throughout.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 147 against 107 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Karachi)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 1:00 am113Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups31.53653
Mon 4:00 am107Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups34.63942
Mon 7:00 am104Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups46.85131
Mon 10:00 am103Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups31.940107
Mon 1:00 pm102Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups38.958162
Mon 4:00 pm104Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups33.553148
Mon 7:00 pm115Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups54.66888
Mon 10:00 pm111Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups72.98244
Tue 1:00 am124Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups75.48227
Tue 4:00 am137Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.37920
Tue 7:00 am148Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups75.98123
Tue 10:00 am152Unhealthy4352104
Tue 1:00 pm152Unhealthy36.753154
Tue 4:00 pm152Unhealthy34.353153
Tue 7:00 pm152Unhealthy56.16999
Tue 10:00 pm152Unhealthy60.56963
Wed 1:00 am150Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups56.26254

Every third hour of the CAMS forecast via Open-Meteo. US AQI uses rolling averages (24 h for particles, 8 h for ozone), so it moves more slowly than the hourly concentrations.

Best time to be outside in Dera Ghazi Khan today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 11:00 am (AQI 102, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 7:00 pm (AQI 115). That is a swing of 13 points, so a run or walk around 11:00 am is noticeably better.

Dera Ghazi Khan vs the rest of Pakistan

Across 52 Pakistan cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 120 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Dera Ghazi Khan at 113 is 7 points cleaner than average.

It ranks 19 of 52 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Battagram (57) and the most polluted Chak Jhumra (158).

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 56.

Air quality in cities near Dera Ghazi Khan

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Jalalpur Pirwala82 km150Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups59.8
Multan82 km153Unhealthy60.5
Lodhran111 km122Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups35.5
Bahawalpur123 km122Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups35.5
Bhakkar180 km125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups67.3
Rahim Yar Khan184 km119Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups37.3
Burewala194 km137Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups49.4
Saddiqabad199 km128Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups39.8

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Dera Ghazi Khan, so the numbers on this page are model estimates. Models capture regional pollution well but can miss very local sources such as a busy road or a nearby fire.

Wildfire smoke

PM2.5 is forecast to reach 76 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 273 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 9 km away). Smoke is a likely contributor: keep windows closed, run an air purifier or HVAC filter, and check the fire map before heading out.

Advice for sensitive groups

At 113, children, older adults, pregnant people and anyone with asthma, COPD or heart disease should limit time outdoors, especially strenuous activity. A well-fitted N95/FFP2 mask cuts particle exposure; it does not filter ozone.

What the US AQI numbers mean

US AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500.

Values on this page are modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) and served by Open-Meteo; they are estimates for the area around the city centre, not readings from an official monitor.

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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), NASA FIRMS.