City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Nankana Sahib Air quality today
Air quality in Nankana Sahib 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
- 12.1%
- trees in this area
- 38.0K
- more trees needed
- 103K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nankana Sahib, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nankana Sahib · AQI 461 (Hazardous)
Nankana Sahib's tree count comes to 38,013 trees across 12.57 km², 33 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 103,358 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nankana Sahib today: AQI 461, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Municipal Committee, Nankana Sahib, 300 m away
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
305.8
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, The Urban Unit
- 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 Nankana Sahib's daily AQI at 235 on average, from 136 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 442 on Nov 11.
Where Nankana Sahib stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nankana Sahib: Critically low
12.1% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
38,013
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
103,358
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,274 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nankana Sahib lost?
There was almost no forest around Nankana Sahib 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 June 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nankana Sahib right now?
The latest reading for Nankana Sahib shows an AQI of 461 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Municipal Committee, Nankana Sahib ground monitoring station, 300 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nankana Sahib 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 Nankana Sahib been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nankana Sahib's daily AQI at 235 on average, from 136 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 442 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nankana Sahib lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Nankana Sahib 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 Nankana Sahib?
Nankana Sahib has an estimated 38,013 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.1% tree cover, 33 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nankana Sahib need?
Nankana Sahib needs roughly 103,358 more trees to close a 33-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,274 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nankana Sahib's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Nankana Sahib, 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 Nankana Sahib; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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