Jīnd vs Lucknow: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Jīnd's air was about 1.5× as polluted as Lucknow's: PM2.5 averaged 79.6 µg/m³ against 52.0, on the 288 days both cities were measured. Jīnd had the dirtier air on 237 of those days, Lucknow on 50. Jīnd was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 288 of them, Lucknow on 281.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Jīnd | Lucknow | Days Jīnd was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 159 | 123 | 181 |
| 2025 | 194 | 165 | 57 |
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
Jīnd
- 21 Oct 2025500+493.0 µg/m³
- 12 Nov 2025350250.0 µg/m³
- 11 Nov 2025336243.0 µg/m³
Lucknow
- 21 Oct 2025291216.5 µg/m³
- 11 Dec 2025189109.0 µg/m³
- 13 Dec 2025183101.5 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
Jīnd
Side by side with Rohtak (the nearest), Gurugram (India's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Lucknow
Side by side with Kanpur (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Jīnd and Lucknow, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/in-jind/in-lucknow (accessed 8 Oct 2026).
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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).