City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Shekhupura Air quality today
Air quality in Shekhupura currently reads AQI 274 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 274
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 199.0
- tree cover
- 9.1%
- trees in this area
- 28.6K
- more trees needed
- 113K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Old City, Sheikhupura, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shekhupura · AQI 274 (Very unhealthy)
Shekhupura's tree count comes to 28,588 trees across 12.57 km², 36 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 112,783 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shekhupura today: AQI 274, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Mahar Street Feroze Wattwan, 21.5 km away
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
199.0
PM10
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NO₂
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O₃
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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 Shekhupura's daily AQI at 217 on average, from 127 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 401 on Nov 11.
Where Shekhupura stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shekhupura: Critically low
9.1% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
28,588
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
112,783
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,481 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shekhupura lost?
There was almost no forest around Shekhupura 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Shekhupura right now?
The latest reading for Shekhupura shows an AQI of 274 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by the Mahar Street Feroze Wattwan ground monitoring station, 21.5 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 Shekhupura today?
At AQI 274 (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 Shekhupura been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shekhupura's daily AQI at 217 on average, from 127 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 401 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shekhupura lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Shekhupura 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 Shekhupura?
Shekhupura has an estimated 28,588 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.1% tree cover, 36 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shekhupura need?
Shekhupura needs roughly 112,783 more trees to close a 36-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,481 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shekhupura's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Old City, 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 Old City; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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