City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Mian Channun Air quality today
Air quality in Mian Channun currently reads AQI 269 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 269
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 194.0
- tree cover
- 6.7%
- trees in this area
- 21.0K
- more trees needed
- 120K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mian Channu, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mian Channun · AQI 269 (Very unhealthy)
Mian Channun's tree count comes to 21,049 trees across 12.57 km², 38 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 120,323 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mian Channun today: AQI 269, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Chak No. 108/15-L, 15.7 km away
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
194.0
PM10
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NO₂
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O₃
—
SO₂
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CO
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Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- 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 Mian Channun's daily AQI at 225 on average, from 190 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 321 on Nov 5.
Where Mian Channun stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mian Channun: Critically low
6.7% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
21,049
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
120,323
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,647 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mian Channun lost?
There was almost no forest around Mian Channun 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
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Mian Channun right now?
The latest reading for Mian Channun shows an AQI of 269 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Chak No. 108/15-L ground monitoring station, 15.7 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mian Channun today?
At AQI 269 (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 Mian Channun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mian Channun's daily AQI at 225 on average, from 190 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 321 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Mian Channun lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Mian Channun 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 Mian Channun?
Mian Channun has an estimated 21,049 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.7% tree cover, 38 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mian Channun need?
Mian Channun needs roughly 120,323 more trees to close a 38-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,647 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mian Channun's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Mian Channu, 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 Mian Channu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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