City report · Punjab, Pakistan

Jaranwala Air quality today

Air quality in Jaranwala currently reads AQI 224 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 224

Very unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5

PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³): 154.1
tree cover: 14.6%
trees in this area: 45.9K
more trees needed: 95.5K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Waryam Nagar, Jaranwala, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Jaranwala · AQI 224 (Very unhealthy)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 11, 2026

Jaranwala's tree count comes to 45,867 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 95,504 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Jaranwala today: AQI 224, Very unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Nankana Sahib and Faisalabad

Health signal

Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

154.1

PM10

297.1

NO₂

46.2

O₃

29.0

SO₂

21.3

1167.0

Outdoor exercise: Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
Windows: Keep them closed
Mask: Wear an N95 if you go out
Air purifier: Run one on high

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jaranwala's daily AQI at 225 on average, from 148 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 353 on Nov 11.

Last 7 daysavg 225 · peak 353

Nov 5Nov 11

Where Jaranwala stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Jaranwala: Critically low

14.6% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

30 points below target

Trees in this area

45,867

Target trees

141,371

More trees needed

95,504

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,101 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Jaranwala lost?

There was very little forest around Jaranwala in 2000, about 5 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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.

Satellite image of the area around Jaranwala, September 2017

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2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year around Jaranwala, 2001–2025
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

What is causing deforestation around Jaranwala?

Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 1 ha
Unknown causescause unknown7.1% · under 1 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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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Shahkot
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Nankana Sahib
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12%
Air quality
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Faisalabad
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32.5 km
Tree cover
13%
Air quality
193
Chak Jhumra
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Air quality
193
Sangla Hill
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42.8 km
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Phool Nagar
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Questions about Jaranwala

What is the air quality (AQI) in Jaranwala right now?

The latest reading for Jaranwala shows an AQI of 224 (Very unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Jaranwala today?

At AQI 224 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Jaranwala been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jaranwala's daily AQI at 225 on average, from 148 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 353 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Jaranwala lost since 2001?

What is the tree count in Jaranwala?

Jaranwala has an estimated 45,867 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.6% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Jaranwala need?

Jaranwala needs roughly 95,504 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,101 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Jaranwala'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 Waryam Nagar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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