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Gujranwala Air quality today
Air quality in Gujranwala currently reads AQI 323 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 323
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 236.5
- tree cover
- 5.0%
- trees in this area
- 15.7K
- more trees needed
- 126K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Old Town, Gujranwala, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gujranwala · AQI 323 (Hazardous)
Gujranwala's tree count comes to 15,708 trees across 12.57 km², 40 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 125,664 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gujranwala today: AQI 323, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · MC Office Grw, 1.1 km away · median of 11 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
236.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Hawanama, The Urban Unit, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gujranwala's daily AQI at 177 on average, from 119 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 287 on Nov 10.
Where Gujranwala stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gujranwala: Critically low
5.0% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
15,708
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
125,664
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,765 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gujranwala lost?
There was very little forest around Gujranwala in 2000, about 12 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
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 Gujranwala right now?
The latest reading for Gujranwala shows an AQI of 323 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 11 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is MC Office Grw, 1.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Gujranwala today?
At AQI 323 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Gujranwala been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gujranwala's daily AQI at 177 on average, from 119 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 287 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Gujranwala lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Gujranwala in 2000, about 12 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 Gujranwala?
Gujranwala has an estimated 15,708 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.0% tree cover, 40 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gujranwala need?
Gujranwala needs roughly 125,664 more trees to close a 40-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,765 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gujranwala's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Old Town, 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 Old Town; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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