City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Jhang Sadr Air quality today
Air quality in Jhang Sadr currently reads AQI 322 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 322
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 236.0
- tree cover
- 7.1%
- trees in this area
- 22.3K
- more trees needed
- 119K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jhang Sadar Jhang, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jhang Sadr · AQI 322 (Hazardous)
Jhang Sadr's tree count comes to 22,305 trees across 12.57 km², 38 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 119,066 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jhang Sadr today: AQI 322, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · TCS Jhang Senior Campus, 3.3 km away
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
236.0
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama
- 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 Jhang Sadr's daily AQI at 217 on average, from 156 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 294 on Nov 10.
Where Jhang Sadr stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jhang Sadr: Critically low
7.1% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
22,305
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
119,066
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,619 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jhang Sadr lost?
There was almost no forest around Jhang Sadr 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 July 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 Jhang Sadr right now?
The latest reading for Jhang Sadr shows an AQI of 322 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by the TCS Jhang Senior Campus ground monitoring station, 3.3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jhang Sadr today?
At AQI 322 (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 Jhang Sadr been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jhang Sadr's daily AQI at 217 on average, from 156 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 294 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jhang Sadr lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Jhang Sadr 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 Jhang Sadr?
Jhang Sadr has an estimated 22,305 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.1% tree cover, 38 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jhang Sadr need?
Jhang Sadr needs roughly 119,066 more trees to close a 38-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,619 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jhang Sadr's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jhang Sadar Jhang, 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 Jhang Sadar Jhang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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