City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Lodhran Air quality today
Air quality in Lodhran currently reads AQI 461 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 461
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 305.8
- tree cover
- 6.5%
- trees in this area
- 20.4K
- more trees needed
- 121K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Korray Wala Lodhrān, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lodhran · AQI 461 (Hazardous)
Lodhran's tree count comes to 20,420 trees across 12.57 km², 39 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 120,951 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lodhran today: AQI 461, 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 · Punjab Small Industries Corporation, 12.3 km away · median of 8 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
305.8
PM10
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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 Lodhran's daily AQI at 187 on average, from 153 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 254 on Nov 5.
Where Lodhran stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lodhran: Critically low
6.5% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
20,420
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
120,951
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,661 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lodhran lost?
There was almost no forest around Lodhran 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 October 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 Lodhran right now?
The latest reading for Lodhran shows an AQI of 461 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 8 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Punjab Small Industries Corporation, 12.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lodhran today?
At AQI 461 (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 Lodhran been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lodhran's daily AQI at 187 on average, from 153 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 254 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lodhran lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Lodhran 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 Lodhran?
Lodhran has an estimated 20,420 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.5% tree cover, 39 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lodhran need?
Lodhran needs roughly 120,951 more trees to close a 39-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,661 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lodhran's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Korray Wala Lodhrān, 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 Korray Wala Lodhrān; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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