Air quality
Air quality in Model Town today
Updated
Unhealthy (US AQI 151) Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 11:30 pm (18:30 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Model Town, Punjab, Pakistan, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 151 Unhealthy
- PM2.5
- 63 µg/m³ 4.2× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 67 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 40 µg/m³
Air quality in Model Town right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Model Town, Punjab, Pakistan is 151, which falls in the "Unhealthy" band (up to 200). Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
PM2.5 is 63 µg/m³, 4.2 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 67 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 40 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 56 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Model Town vs the rest of Pakistan
Across 52 Pakistan cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 121 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Model Town at 151 is 30 points worse than average.
It ranks 43 of 52 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Quetta (56) and the most polluted Chak Jhumra (158).
For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.
Air quality in cities near Model Town
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore | 9 km | 151 | Unhealthy | 62.6 |
| Shekhupura | 41 km | 150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 61.5 |
| Kasur | 42 km | 155 | Unhealthy | 76.4 |
| Amritsar | 54 km | 150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 78 |
| Kamoke | 56 km | 139 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 51.2 |
| Eminabad | 63 km | 139 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 51.2 |
| Chunian | 66 km | 154 | Unhealthy | 65.4 |
| Firozpur | 68 km | 155 | Unhealthy | 76.4 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 40 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 3 sensors), centred about 9 km from the city centre. That is 23 µg/m³ below the model estimate of 63 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Wildfire smoke
PM2.5 is forecast to reach 63 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 411 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 21 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 151, 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 AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency 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), Sensor.Community, NASA FIRMS.