City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Sialkot Air quality today
Air quality in Sialkot currently reads AQI 197 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 197
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 120.6
- tree cover
- 7.2%
- trees in this area
- 22.6K
- more trees needed
- 103K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rehmat Pura Sialkot, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sialkot · AQI 197 (Unhealthy)
Sialkot's tree count comes to 22,619 trees across 12.57 km², 33 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 103,044 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sialkot today: AQI 197, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · PHA, Sialkot, 1.5 km away · median of 7 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
120.6
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 · AirGradient, Hawanama, The Urban Unit, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی), FS Labs
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sialkot's daily AQI at 157 on average, from 123 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 229 on Nov 10.
Where Sialkot stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sialkot: Critically low
7.2% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
22,619
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
103,044
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,267 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sialkot lost?
There was almost no forest around Sialkot 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 92 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 172 ha
- Overall change
- +80 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sialkot grew from about 92 hectares to 172 hectares, a net gain of about 80 hectares. New forest grew on about 79 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Sialkot right now?
The latest reading for Sialkot shows an AQI of 197 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 7 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is PHA, Sialkot, 1.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sialkot today?
At AQI 197 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Sialkot been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sialkot's daily AQI at 157 on average, from 123 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 229 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sialkot lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Sialkot 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sialkot grew from about 92 hectares to 172 hectares, a net gain of about 80 hectares. New forest grew on about 79 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Sialkot?
Sialkot has an estimated 22,619 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.2% tree cover, 33 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sialkot need?
Sialkot needs roughly 103,044 more trees to close a 33-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,267 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sialkot's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Rehmat Pura Sialkot, 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 Rehmat Pura Sialkot; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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