City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Layyah Air quality today
Air quality in Layyah currently reads AQI 719 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 719
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 381.7
- tree cover
- 12.6%
- trees in this area
- 39.6K
- more trees needed
- 102K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Layyah, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Layyah · AQI 719 (Hazardous)
Layyah's tree count comes to 39,584 trees across 12.57 km², 32 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 101,788 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Layyah today: AQI 719, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Multan and Muzaffargarh
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
381.7
PM10
175.1
NO₂
4.3
O₃
87.0
SO₂
7.2
CO
712.0
- 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 Layyah's daily AQI at 196 on average, from 121 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 295 on Nov 10.
Where Layyah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Layyah: Critically low
12.6% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
39,584
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
101,788
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,239 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Layyah lost?
There was almost no forest around Layyah 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.
2018: satellite photo from June 2018 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 Layyah
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Taunsa39.7 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 564
- Kot Addu54.8 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 457
- Bhakkar75.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 499
- Dera Ismail Khan96.8 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 436
- Multan99.5 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 643
- Muzaffargarh101.8 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 443
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Layyah right now?
The latest reading for Layyah shows an AQI of 719 (Hazardous), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Layyah today?
At AQI 719 (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 Layyah been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Layyah's daily AQI at 196 on average, from 121 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 295 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Layyah lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Layyah 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 Layyah?
Layyah has an estimated 39,584 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.6% tree cover, 32 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Layyah need?
Layyah needs roughly 101,788 more trees to close a 32-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,239 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Layyah'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 Layyah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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