Jharia vs Jīnd: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Jīnd's air was about 1.9× as polluted as Jharia's: PM2.5 averaged 65.7 µg/m³ against 35.4, on the 139 days both cities were measured. Jīnd had the dirtier air on 110 of those days, Jharia on 29. Jīnd was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 139 of them, Jharia on 135.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Each city's worst days
Jharia
- 26 May 2026193115.0 µg/m³
- 5 Jun 2026191113.0 µg/m³
- 4 Apr 2026184103.0 µg/m³
Jīnd
- 12 Jul 2026278203.0 µg/m³
- 3 May 2026243168.0 µg/m³
- 3 Apr 2026216141.0 µg/m³
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
Jharia
Side by side with Āsansol (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).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Jharia and Jīnd, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/in-jharia/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).