Air quality in Multan today
The air in Multan (Pakistan) now and over the next 48 hours: the US AQI and the European AQI, fine particles (PM2.5, PM10), ozone and nitrogen dioxide, compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines, with what it means for outdoor sport, children, older people and open windows.
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AQI right now
Unhealthy. Main pollutant: PM2.5, 3.5× the WHO guideline.
What to do today
- Outdoor sport Move training indoors or keep it short and easy.
- Children, older people, asthma Avoid long or intense activity outdoors; children play inside.
- Windows Keep closed; an air purifier with a HEPA filter helps.
AQI in Multan hour by hour, next 48 hours
- Good
- Moderate
- Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Unhealthy
- Very unhealthy
- Hazardous
Cleanest hour in the next 24 h: Mon 04:00 (AQI 147). Worst hour: Sun 17:00 (AQI 157).
US AQI per hour, local time. Bars coloured by category.
Compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines
| Pollutant | Next 24 h | WHO guideline | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 53 µg/m³ | 15 µg/m³ | 3.5× |
| PM10 | 63 µg/m³ | 45 µg/m³ | 1.4× |
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 12 µg/m³ | 25 µg/m³ | within |
| Ozone (O₃) | 125 µg/m³ | 100 µg/m³ | 1.2× |
PM2.5, PM10 and NO₂: 24-hour mean of the forecast against the 24-hour guideline; ozone: highest 8-hour mean against the 8-hour guideline.
Forecast for Sun 05:00 local time · updated 2026-10-25 00:41 UTC
Air quality map around Multan
Live PM2.5 field (NOAA GEFS-Aerosols): a different model, so it can disagree with the numbers above by a few units.
More about Multan
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Questions
- What is the AQI in Multan right now?
- US AQI 153 (Unhealthy), European AQI 71; PM2.5 72 µg/m³ (Sun 05:00).
- Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Multan today?
- Move training indoors or keep it short and easy.
- What is the main pollutant in Multan?
- PM2.5, 3.5× the WHO guideline.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The CAMS global air-quality forecast of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, read through Open-Meteo: a model on a ~40 km grid, not a monitoring station. Where a nearby monitor disagrees, the monitor is right.
Nearby cities
Faisalabad · Lahore · Rawalpindi · Islamabad · Peshawar · Chandigarh
How it is computed
Hourly CAMS forecast (Copernicus) for the coordinates of Multan via Open-Meteo; US AQI per the US EPA breakpoints, European AQI per the EEA bands, WHO 2021 air-quality guidelines. The page is rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.