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October 22
The air is unhealthy now
Islamabad Capital Territory
17°C
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Islamabad Capital Territory, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 56 µg/m³ (7 sensors), level “High” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (23:00 local time): 84.8 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON
Right now in Islamabad Capital Territory, PM2.5 averages 84.8 µg/m³ — “unhealthy” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 7 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 22:47–22:56 local time (17:47–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 23:00 local time. Median: 80.5 µg/m³; range across sensors: 48.5–138.2 µg/m³.
In Islamabad Capital Territory the air is unhealthy right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 10:00 to 23:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 rose from 51.7 to 84.8 µg/m³. The highest hour was 21:00 with 109.0 µg/m³.
Light wind (2 m/s) in the evening or at night, as the air cools, possibly traps particles near the ground (a temperature inversion).
Weather now: clear, 17°C, wind 2 m/s, humidity 70%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 10:00 the temperature will be about 26°C.
Written automatically at 23:00 local time (18:00 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.
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56 µg/m³ High
Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 56 µg/m³ from 7 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.
Monthly means of quality-checked sensors, as in the Data Hub trend; the current month is still incomplete, “-” means no data.
26%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast
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NightMorningDayEveningForecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface
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Clear. Feels like 16°C
23°C44%29°C29%17°C70%7km/hWind from the ENE
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Wind force: 2
Gusts up to 14 km/h are expected.
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Highest current reading: 138.2 µg/m³ (SC #90109). Lowest: 48.5 µg/m³ (House # 1 Park Road F-8/1 Sector). The list shows every sensor, highest first.
Source: atmy.ai monitoring network
Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 4 sensors, AirGradient — 3 sensors.
Atmy shows the networks’ readings after the Data Hub’s quality check: test devices and sensors that fail it are left out.
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All sensors on the map, by city as the map assigns them; the city’s values count only the sensors that pass the Data Hub’s quality check.
Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³
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Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 56 µg/m³ from 7 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 2 of 4 cities in Pakistan and No. 2 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.
Right now in Islamabad Capital Territory, PM2.5 averages 84.8 µg/m³ — “unhealthy” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 7 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 22:47–22:56 local time (17:47–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 23:00 local time. Median: 80.5 µg/m³; range across sensors: 48.5–138.2 µg/m³.
The current level is “unhealthy” (US EPA scale, approximate). Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it. This is the standard guidance of the scale, not medical advice.
Highest current reading: 138.2 µg/m³ (SC #90109). Lowest: 48.5 µg/m³ (House # 1 Park Road F-8/1 Sector). The list shows every sensor, highest first.
From Atmy sensors and connected public networks (citizen, experimental and government monitors), aggregated by Atmy. Values are approximate; see the methodology.
The summary is rebuilt every 15 minutes from the latest reading of each sensor, each no older than one hour.
Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Islamabad Capital Territory was 66.1 µg/m³ — 13.2 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 50.6 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.
In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was April 2026: 28.7 µg/m³ on average.
The most polluted month of the last year was December 2025: 159.8 µg/m³ on average.
From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 106.5 µg/m³, from June to August 31.6 µg/m³ (last 365 days).
The daily value is the Data Hub’s: the mean of the city’s sensors that passed the nightly quality check, each with at least 12 valid hours, and only with sensors at four places 500 m apart; days are UTC.
“Now” uses the same sensors and rule: the mean of their latest readings, each at most 60 minutes old, shown only with sensors at four places 500 m apart reporting.
Source: public Atmy monitoring data. Methodology and data sources · Data terms
