Air quality

Air quality in Sialkot today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 140) 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, 5:00 am (00:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
140 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
71 µg/m³ 4.7× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
77 µg/m³
Ozone
26 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 140
Best hour today
6:00 am AQI 142
European AQI
71

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Air quality in Sialkot right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan is 140, 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 140. 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 71 µg/m³, 4.7 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 77 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 26 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 30 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 588 µg/m³.

Sialkot AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 125 around Tue 5:00 am to 149 around Mon 11:00 am, staying "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" throughout.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 132 against 142 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Karachi)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 5:00 am140Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups717726
Mon 8:00 am145Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups82.78633
Mon 11:00 am149Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups29.136147
Mon 2:00 pm148Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups20.827160
Mon 5:00 pm146Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups31.835108
Mon 8:00 pm145Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups394176
Mon 11:00 pm136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups41.74468
Tue 2:00 am129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.95553
Tue 5:00 am125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups63.36733
Tue 8:00 am123Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups74.57935
Tue 11:00 am124Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups33.838159
Tue 2:00 pm125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups20.325166
Tue 5:00 pm125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups37.541109
Tue 8:00 pm130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups80.38444
Tue 11:00 pm143Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups76.48130
Wed 2:00 am151Unhealthy69.27427
Wed 5:00 am152Unhealthy68.57413

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 Sialkot today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 142, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 11:00 am (AQI 149). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Sialkot vs the rest of Pakistan

Across 52 Pakistan cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 119 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Sialkot at 140 is 21 points worse than average.

It ranks 35 of 52 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Battagram (56) and the most polluted Chak Jhumra (158).

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.

Air quality in cities near Sialkot

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Wazirabad39 km112Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups64
Jammu41 km96Moderate30.5
Gujrat44 km112Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups64
Gujranwala50 km133Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups56.8
Eminabad56 km129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups52.7
Kamoke64 km129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups52.7
Hafizabad92 km138Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups64.5
Shekhupura101 km139Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups54.5

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Sialkot, 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 85 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 316 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 14 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 140, 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.