SmogRank / Delhi / Jīnd

Delhi vs Jīnd: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Delhi's air was 17% more polluted than Jīnd's: PM2.5 averaged 93.4 µg/m³ against 79.6, on the 288 days both cities were measured. Delhi had the dirtier air on 158 of those days, Jīnd on 130. Delhi was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 286 of them, Jīnd on 288.

Right now

Delhi–not on the 24-hour board right now
Jīnd–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Delhi
Jīnd
Each city's daily mean from 9 Oct 2025 to 8 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Delhi, Nov 2025: 218.8 µg/m³Jīnd, Nov 2025: 148.7 µg/m³Nov2025Delhi, Dec 2025: 215.3 µg/m³Jīnd, Dec 2025: 108.8 µg/m³DecDelhi, Jan 2026: 147.9 µg/m³Jīnd, Jan 2026: 67.7 µg/m³Jan2026Delhi, Feb 2026: 108.6 µg/m³Jīnd, Feb 2026: 74.4 µg/m³FebDelhi, Mar 2026: 75.0 µg/m³Jīnd, Mar 2026: 57.5 µg/m³MarDelhi, Apr 2026: 65.1 µg/m³Jīnd, Apr 2026: 71.9 µg/m³AprDelhi, May 2026: 56.0 µg/m³Jīnd, May 2026: 87.7 µg/m³MayDelhi, Jun 2026: 43.2 µg/m³Jīnd, Jun 2026: 76.9 µg/m³JunDelhi, Jul 2026: 39.5 µg/m³Jīnd, Jul 2026: 59.3 µg/m³JulDelhi, Aug 2026: 33.2 µg/m³Jīnd, Aug 2026: 38.5 µg/m³AugDelhi, Sep 2026: 39.8 µg/m³Jīnd, Sep 2026: 66.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Delhi. Faded: Jīnd. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearDelhiJīndDays both measuredDays Delhi was worse
2026 so far15615922196
20252611947166

Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Delhi

Jīnd

Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Delhi

Side by side with Loni (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Jīnd

Side by side with Rohtak (the nearest), Gurugram (India's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Delhi and Jīnd, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/in-delhi/in-jind (accessed 8 Oct 2026).

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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-08 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).