City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Pattoki Air quality today
Air quality in Pattoki currently reads AQI 432 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 432
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 291.1
- tree cover
- 17.4%
- trees in this area
- 54.7K
- more trees needed
- 86.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Main Bazar Pattoki, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pattoki · AQI 432 (Hazardous)
Pattoki's tree count comes to 54,664 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 86,708 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pattoki today: AQI 432, 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 · MC Office Pattoki, 300 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
291.1
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 Pattoki's daily AQI at 217 on average, from 140 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 376 on Nov 11.
Where Pattoki stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pattoki: Critically low
17.4% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
54,664
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
86,708
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,908 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pattoki lost?
There was very little forest around Pattoki in 2000, about 7 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pattoki?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good69% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown25% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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 Pattoki right now?
The latest reading for Pattoki shows an AQI of 432 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is MC Office Pattoki, 300 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pattoki today?
At AQI 432 (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 Pattoki been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pattoki's daily AQI at 217 on average, from 140 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 376 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pattoki lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Pattoki in 2000, about 7 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 Pattoki?
Pattoki has an estimated 54,664 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 17.4% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pattoki need?
Pattoki needs roughly 86,708 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 1,908 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pattoki's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Main Bazar Pattoki, 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 Main Bazar Pattoki; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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