City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Hafizabad Air quality today
Air quality in Hafizabad currently reads AQI 508 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 508
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 307.3
- tree cover
- 8.0%
- trees in this area
- 25.1K
- more trees needed
- 116K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Hafizabad, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hafizabad · AQI 508 (Hazardous)
Hafizabad's tree count comes to 25,133 trees across 12.57 km², 37 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 116,239 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hafizabad today: AQI 508, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Gujranwala and Sheikhupura
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
307.3
PM10
149.9
NO₂
5.4
O₃
166.0
SO₂
14.6
CO
552.0
- 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 Hafizabad's daily AQI at 191 on average, from 129 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 322 on Nov 10.
Where Hafizabad stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Hafizabad: Critically low
8.0% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
25,133
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
116,239
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,557 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hafizabad lost?
There was almost no forest around Hafizabad 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Hafizabad
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Pindi Bhattian43.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 487
- Gujranwala47.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 323
- Shekhupura48.7 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 274
- Sangla Hill48.8 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 196
- Kamoke51.5 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 329
- Eminabad54.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 470
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Hafizabad right now?
The latest reading for Hafizabad shows an AQI of 508 (Hazardous), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Hafizabad today?
At AQI 508 (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 Hafizabad been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hafizabad's daily AQI at 191 on average, from 129 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 322 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Hafizabad lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Hafizabad 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 Hafizabad?
Hafizabad has an estimated 25,133 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 8.0% tree cover, 37 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hafizabad need?
Hafizabad needs roughly 116,239 more trees to close a 37-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,557 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Hafizabad's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Hafizabad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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