City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Faisalabad Air quality today
Air quality in Faisalabad currently reads AQI 187 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 187
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 107.2
- tree cover
- 13.3%
- trees in this area
- 41.8K
- more trees needed
- 83.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Faisalabad, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Faisalabad · AQI 187 (Unhealthy)
Faisalabad's tree count comes to 41,783 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,881 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Faisalabad today: AQI 187, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · WWF-10 PU EpicAir, 600 m away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
107.2
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, The Urban Unit
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Faisalabad's daily AQI at 251 on average, from 144 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 409 on Nov 10.
Where Faisalabad stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Faisalabad: Critically low
13.3% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
41,783
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
83,881
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,845 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Faisalabad lost?
There was almost no forest around Faisalabad in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Faisalabad right now?
The latest reading for Faisalabad shows an AQI of 187 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is WWF-10 PU EpicAir, 600 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Faisalabad today?
At AQI 187 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Faisalabad been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Faisalabad's daily AQI at 251 on average, from 144 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 409 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Faisalabad lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Faisalabad in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Faisalabad?
Faisalabad has an estimated 41,783 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.3% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Faisalabad need?
Faisalabad needs roughly 83,881 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,845 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Faisalabad's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Faisalabad, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Faisalabad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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