SmogRank / Episodes / India

Northern India, March and April 2025

For 15 days, from 23 March to 6 April 2025, 45 cities in India had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Loni, Uttar Pradesh, India: 255.0 µg/m³ on 23 March, about 2.3× its usual 110.0.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached45in 1 country
Days1523 March to 6 April 2025
Worst day27 March19 cities counted
Furthest above usual8.9×Rishīkesh

Day by day

27 March 19 cities at twice their usual or more
BuxarArrahChāpraVaranasiGorakhpurPatnaMuzaffarpurGayaSingrauliBegusaraiKathmanduSaharsaBhāgalpurLucknowSatnaArāriaKanpurBarbilKishanganjBelpaharJodaBilāspurDamohAngulRaipurBareillyBhilaiByasanagarDurgKolkataRajākheriHaldiaSaugorCuttackFīrozābādGwaliorBhubaneswarMorādābādAgraDhaulpurVrindāvanKhurjaBharatpurBulandshahrDhakaNagpurHāpurGreater NoidaDādriKarauliMandideepMeerutBhopalFaridabadNoidaDera MāndiDelhiAya NagarGurugramBārānBhiwadiNarelaNajafgarhAgartalaBawānaAlwarDausaJhālāwārAmravatiKotaCharkhi DādriTonkJaipurBūndiDewasUjjainAkolaChandigarhIndoreBaddiSilcharPithampurJhunjhunūnAizawlSīkarRoparGobindgarhKhannaRatlāmChūruBhilwaraAjmerPratāpgarhChittorgarhLudhianaJalgaonBānswāraJalandharBathindaRājsamandNāgaurUdaipurDhuleDūngarpurPāliMalegaonBikanerNandriJodhpurSirohiJalorUnderaGandhinagarAhmedabadAnkleshwarSuratVapiSawai MadhopurDehradunĀsansolHājīpurKatiharJabalpurRājgīrSri GanganagarMungerKeonjhargarhSasarāmBaripādaDurgapurBāghpatNaharlagunMohaliPatiālaDera Colliery TownshipNalbāriLoniPrayagrajBhelaiPurniaMuzaffarnagarGhāziābādJhānsiShillongShrīrāmpurRānīganjMothīhāriBihār SharīfBettiahHanumāngarhSamāstipurNagaonKohimaGuwahatiGangtokRairangpurRourkelaSiliguriMaiharSiwānAurangābādRishīkesh
20 Mar2326291 Apr479
Every measured city in the area, coloured by its PM2.5 that day; a dark ring marks a city at twice its usual or more. Bars: cities counted each day, coloured by their median level. Choose a day or press play; without JavaScript, the days link to that day's world ranking.

How it spread

LoniLoni, 20 March: 161.0 µg/m³Loni, 21 March: 158.0 µg/m³Loni, 22 March: 199.0 µg/m³Loni, 23 March: 255.0 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 110.0Loni, 24 March: no readingLoni, 25 March: no readingLoni, 26 March: 287.0 µg/m³Loni, 27 March: 326.0 µg/m³Loni, 28 March: 219.0 µg/m³Loni, 29 March: 166.0 µg/m³Loni, 30 March: 159.0 µg/m³Loni, 31 March: 172.0 µg/m³Loni, 1 April: 188.0 µg/m³Loni, 2 April: 271.0 µg/m³Loni, 3 April: 263.0 µg/m³Loni, 4 April: 248.0 µg/m³Loni, 5 April: no readingLoni, 6 April: 198.0 µg/m³Loni, 7 April: 121.0 µg/m³Loni, 8 April: 115.0 µg/m³Loni, 9 April: no readingMuzaffarnagarMuzaffarnagar, 20 March: 84.1 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 21 March: 57.8 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 22 March: 78.9 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 23 March: 131.0 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 53.4Muzaffarnagar, 24 March: no readingMuzaffarnagar, 25 March: 116.0 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 53.4Muzaffarnagar, 26 March: no readingMuzaffarnagar, 27 March: 74.7 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 28 March: 66.1 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 29 March: 53.9 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 30 March: 40.7 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 31 March: 43.7 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 1 April: 48.0 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 2 April: 48.4 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 3 April: 60.3 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 4 April: 50.9 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 5 April: 38.8 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 6 April: 60.3 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 7 April: 78.5 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 8 April: 73.2 µg/m³Muzaffarnagar, 9 April: no readingBāghpatBāghpat, 20 March: no readingBāghpat, 21 March: 65.0 µg/m³Bāghpat, 22 March: 86.8 µg/m³Bāghpat, 23 March: 119.0 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 53.4Bāghpat, 24 March: no readingBāghpat, 25 March: no readingBāghpat, 26 March: 130.0 µg/m³Bāghpat, 27 March: 121.0 µg/m³Bāghpat, 28 March: no readingBāghpat, 29 March: no readingBāghpat, 30 March: 44.8 µg/m³Bāghpat, 31 March: 58.6 µg/m³Bāghpat, 1 April: 67.7 µg/m³Bāghpat, 2 April: 82.0 µg/m³Bāghpat, 3 April: 89.8 µg/m³Bāghpat, 4 April: 78.9 µg/m³Bāghpat, 5 April: 58.9 µg/m³Bāghpat, 6 April: 77.1 µg/m³Bāghpat, 7 April: 97.3 µg/m³Bāghpat, 8 April: 98.0 µg/m³Bāghpat, 9 April: no readingHanumāngarhHanumāngarh, 20 March: 48.2 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 21 March: no readingHanumāngarh, 22 March: 79.0 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 23 March: 76.5 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 26.5Hanumāngarh, 24 March: 65.7 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 26.3Hanumāngarh, 25 March: no readingHanumāngarh, 26 March: 62.4 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 27 March: 45.8 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 28 March: 53.9 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 29 March: 69.9 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 30 March: 75.3 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 31 March: 61.5 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 1 April: 74.0 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 2 April: 58.4 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 3 April: 48.8 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 4 April: 50.1 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 5 April: 68.0 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 6 April: 51.2 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 7 April: 50.4 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 8 April: 63.4 µg/m³Hanumāngarh, 9 April: no readingMohaliMohali, 20 March: 29.6 µg/m³Mohali, 21 March: 30.0 µg/m³Mohali, 22 March: 38.0 µg/m³Mohali, 23 March: 58.2 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 27.8Mohali, 24 March: 62.3 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 27.2Mohali, 25 March: no readingMohali, 26 March: no readingMohali, 27 March: 43.6 µg/m³Mohali, 28 March: 37.7 µg/m³Mohali, 29 March: 24.5 µg/m³Mohali, 30 March: 33.6 µg/m³Mohali, 31 March: 29.3 µg/m³Mohali, 1 April: 39.9 µg/m³Mohali, 2 April: 49.0 µg/m³Mohali, 3 April: 38.6 µg/m³Mohali, 4 April: 44.6 µg/m³Mohali, 5 April: no readingMohali, 6 April: no readingMohali, 7 April: 62.2 µg/m³Mohali, 8 April: 68.1 µg/m³Mohali, 9 April: no readingRishīkeshRishīkesh, 20 March: 34.2 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 21 March: 29.6 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 22 March: 35.4 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 23 March: 44.3 µg/m³, 8.9× its usual 1.2Rishīkesh, 24 March: no readingRishīkesh, 25 March: no readingRishīkesh, 26 March: 97.6 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 27 March: 38.1 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 28 March: 33.3 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 29 March: 36.9 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 30 March: 25.4 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 31 March: 30.7 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 1 April: 29.0 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 2 April: 43.6 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 3 April: 41.0 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 4 April: 37.9 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 5 April: 42.4 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 6 April: 42.6 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 7 April: 38.5 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 8 April: 63.5 µg/m³Rishīkesh, 9 April: no readingGhāziābādGhāziābād, 20 March: 98.2 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 21 March: 54.7 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 22 March: 84.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 23 March: 106.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 24 March: 126.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 62.0Ghāziābād, 25 March: 158.0 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 62.1Ghāziābād, 26 March: 116.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 27 March: 117.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 28 March: 66.6 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 29 March: 32.2 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 30 March: 31.6 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 31 March: 39.6 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 1 April: 51.9 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 2 April: 160.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 3 April: no readingGhāziābād, 4 April: 136.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 5 April: 81.9 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 6 April: 98.8 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 7 April: 128.0 µg/m³Ghāziābād, 8 April: no readingGhāziābād, 9 April: no readingSri GanganagarSri Ganganagar, 20 March: 58.3 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 21 March: 72.2 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 22 March: 61.0 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 23 March: 55.2 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 24 March: 64.4 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 31.7Sri Ganganagar, 25 March: 65.3 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 30.8Sri Ganganagar, 26 March: 69.3 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 27 March: 43.7 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 28 March: 48.3 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 29 March: 46.3 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 30 March: 42.6 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 31 March: 53.7 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 1 April: 82.4 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 2 April: 69.8 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 3 April: 55.9 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 4 April: 40.2 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 5 April: 59.6 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 6 April: 72.0 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 7 April: 49.5 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 8 April: 64.4 µg/m³Sri Ganganagar, 9 April: no readingRourkelaRourkela, 20 March: 58.5 µg/m³Rourkela, 21 March: 48.3 µg/m³Rourkela, 22 March: 21.5 µg/m³Rourkela, 23 March: 26.4 µg/m³Rourkela, 24 March: 56.0 µg/m³Rourkela, 25 March: 165.0 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 51.4Rourkela, 26 March: 103.4 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 51.4Rourkela, 27 March: 82.3 µg/m³Rourkela, 28 March: 185.0 µg/m³, 3.6× its usual 51.0Rourkela, 29 March: 116.2 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 50.9Rourkela, 30 March: 48.7 µg/m³Rourkela, 31 March: 68.5 µg/m³Rourkela, 1 April: 113.3 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 50.5Rourkela, 2 April: 100.4 µg/m³Rourkela, 3 April: 86.2 µg/m³Rourkela, 4 April: 85.1 µg/m³Rourkela, 5 April: 103.1 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 50.5Rourkela, 6 April: 12.7 µg/m³Rourkela, 7 April: 76.1 µg/m³Rourkela, 8 April: 54.7 µg/m³Rourkela, 9 April: no readingSiwānSiwān, 20 March: no readingSiwān, 21 March: 119.0 µg/m³Siwān, 22 March: no readingSiwān, 23 March: no readingSiwān, 24 March: no readingSiwān, 25 March: 144.0 µg/m³, 4.3× its usual 33.8Siwān, 26 March: 146.0 µg/m³, 4.2× its usual 34.8Siwān, 27 March: no readingSiwān, 28 March: no readingSiwān, 29 March: 47.2 µg/m³Siwān, 30 March: 63.3 µg/m³Siwān, 31 March: 85.2 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 33.5Siwān, 1 April: 85.8 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 33.3Siwān, 2 April: 70.0 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 33.3Siwān, 3 April: 85.4 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 33.5Siwān, 4 April: 74.2 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 33.5Siwān, 5 April: 90.6 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 33.5Siwān, 6 April: no readingSiwān, 7 April: no readingSiwān, 8 April: no readingSiwān, 9 April: no readingSamāstipurSamāstipur, 20 March: no readingSamāstipur, 21 March: no readingSamāstipur, 22 March: no readingSamāstipur, 23 March: no readingSamāstipur, 24 March: no readingSamāstipur, 25 March: 114.0 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 38.9Samāstipur, 26 March: 77.8 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 38.6Samāstipur, 27 March: 82.7 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 38.6Samāstipur, 28 March: 58.7 µg/m³Samāstipur, 29 March: 27.3 µg/m³Samāstipur, 30 March: 31.1 µg/m³Samāstipur, 31 March: 46.4 µg/m³Samāstipur, 1 April: 37.2 µg/m³Samāstipur, 2 April: 39.9 µg/m³Samāstipur, 3 April: 37.0 µg/m³Samāstipur, 4 April: 39.1 µg/m³Samāstipur, 5 April: 37.4 µg/m³Samāstipur, 6 April: 40.7 µg/m³Samāstipur, 7 April: no readingSamāstipur, 8 April: 30.5 µg/m³Samāstipur, 9 April: no readingRānīganjRānīganj, 20 March: 55.7 µg/m³Rānīganj, 21 March: 51.1 µg/m³Rānīganj, 22 March: 17.7 µg/m³Rānīganj, 23 March: 45.1 µg/m³Rānīganj, 24 March: 75.0 µg/m³Rānīganj, 25 March: 92.9 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 36.9Rānīganj, 26 March: 95.7 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 36.2Rānīganj, 27 March: 78.2 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 35.3Rānīganj, 28 March: 71.1 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 34.2Rānīganj, 29 March: 65.6 µg/m³Rānīganj, 30 March: 64.0 µg/m³Rānīganj, 31 March: 52.3 µg/m³Rānīganj, 1 April: 43.2 µg/m³Rānīganj, 2 April: 43.6 µg/m³Rānīganj, 3 April: 61.3 µg/m³Rānīganj, 4 April: 56.4 µg/m³Rānīganj, 5 April: 57.4 µg/m³Rānīganj, 6 April: 47.9 µg/m³Rānīganj, 7 April: 27.4 µg/m³Rānīganj, 8 April: 21.1 µg/m³Rānīganj, 9 April: no readingShrīrāmpurShrīrāmpur, 20 March: 28.1 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 21 March: 33.8 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 22 March: 24.8 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 23 March: 42.4 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 24 March: 61.1 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 25 March: 87.5 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 33.2Shrīrāmpur, 26 March: 44.4 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 27 March: 45.6 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 28 March: 56.5 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 29 March: 58.8 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 30 March: 52.6 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 31 March: 43.9 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 1 April: 37.2 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 2 April: 26.8 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 3 April: 35.5 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 4 April: 49.8 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 5 April: 48.4 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 6 April: 29.1 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 7 April: 15.4 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 8 April: 15.8 µg/m³Shrīrāmpur, 9 April: no readingAurangābādAurangābād, 20 March: no readingAurangābād, 21 March: 43.0 µg/m³Aurangābād, 22 March: 69.4 µg/m³Aurangābād, 23 March: 98.4 µg/m³Aurangābād, 24 March: 86.0 µg/m³Aurangābād, 25 March: 82.0 µg/m³, 4.1× its usual 19.9Aurangābād, 26 March: 78.5 µg/m³, 3.9× its usual 19.9Aurangābād, 27 March: 159.0 µg/m³, 7.8× its usual 20.5Aurangābād, 28 March: 81.2 µg/m³, 4.0× its usual 20.5Aurangābād, 29 March: 82.8 µg/m³, 4.1× its usual 20.2Aurangābād, 30 March: 93.7 µg/m³, 4.6× its usual 20.5Aurangābād, 31 March: 93.1 µg/m³, 4.6× its usual 20.3Aurangābād, 1 April: 74.1 µg/m³, 3.6× its usual 20.7Aurangābād, 2 April: 94.1 µg/m³, 4.5× its usual 20.9Aurangābād, 3 April: 88.7 µg/m³, 4.2× its usual 20.9Aurangābād, 4 April: 67.4 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 20.8Aurangābād, 5 April: 94.7 µg/m³, 4.6× its usual 20.7Aurangābād, 6 April: 88.4 µg/m³, 4.3× its usual 20.5Aurangābād, 7 April: 85.2 µg/m³Aurangābād, 8 April: 78.0 µg/m³Aurangābād, 9 April: no readingDehradunDehradun, 20 March: 18.6 µg/m³Dehradun, 21 March: 20.5 µg/m³Dehradun, 22 March: 23.8 µg/m³Dehradun, 23 March: 40.5 µg/m³Dehradun, 24 March: 54.2 µg/m³Dehradun, 25 March: 68.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 33.2Dehradun, 26 March: 62.4 µg/m³Dehradun, 27 March: 42.2 µg/m³Dehradun, 28 March: 38.5 µg/m³Dehradun, 29 March: 32.6 µg/m³Dehradun, 30 March: 30.4 µg/m³Dehradun, 31 March: 29.1 µg/m³Dehradun, 1 April: 30.8 µg/m³Dehradun, 2 April: 35.2 µg/m³Dehradun, 3 April: 35.0 µg/m³Dehradun, 4 April: 30.2 µg/m³Dehradun, 5 April: 30.9 µg/m³Dehradun, 6 April: 47.9 µg/m³Dehradun, 7 April: 51.6 µg/m³Dehradun, 8 April: 59.2 µg/m³Dehradun, 9 April: no readingPatiālaPatiāla, 20 March: 36.0 µg/m³Patiāla, 21 March: 33.7 µg/m³Patiāla, 22 March: 42.5 µg/m³Patiāla, 23 March: 57.6 µg/m³Patiāla, 24 March: 56.5 µg/m³Patiāla, 25 March: 67.4 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 29.8Patiāla, 26 March: no readingPatiāla, 27 March: 68.9 µg/m³Patiāla, 28 March: 54.8 µg/m³Patiāla, 29 March: 28.6 µg/m³Patiāla, 30 March: 25.8 µg/m³Patiāla, 31 March: 40.6 µg/m³Patiāla, 1 April: 55.7 µg/m³Patiāla, 2 April: 64.4 µg/m³Patiāla, 3 April: 49.6 µg/m³Patiāla, 4 April: 41.0 µg/m³Patiāla, 5 April: 31.7 µg/m³Patiāla, 6 April: 42.2 µg/m³Patiāla, 7 April: 58.1 µg/m³Patiāla, 8 April: 61.6 µg/m³Patiāla, 9 April: no readingPrayagrajPrayagraj, 20 March: 68.8 µg/m³Prayagraj, 21 March: 46.9 µg/m³Prayagraj, 22 March: 34.0 µg/m³Prayagraj, 23 March: 24.7 µg/m³Prayagraj, 24 March: 49.6 µg/m³Prayagraj, 25 March: 59.8 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 25.1Prayagraj, 26 March: 39.7 µg/m³Prayagraj, 27 March: 35.8 µg/m³Prayagraj, 28 March: 38.5 µg/m³Prayagraj, 29 March: 25.2 µg/m³Prayagraj, 30 March: 28.2 µg/m³Prayagraj, 31 March: 27.3 µg/m³Prayagraj, 1 April: 27.6 µg/m³Prayagraj, 2 April: 42.1 µg/m³Prayagraj, 3 April: 39.8 µg/m³Prayagraj, 4 April: 40.4 µg/m³Prayagraj, 5 April: 44.2 µg/m³Prayagraj, 6 April: 39.7 µg/m³Prayagraj, 7 April: 47.8 µg/m³Prayagraj, 8 April: 40.6 µg/m³Prayagraj, 9 April: no readingSawai MadhopurSawai Madhopur, 20 March: 42.9 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 21 March: 50.9 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 22 March: 38.1 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 23 March: 39.6 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 24 March: 49.3 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 25 March: 54.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 26.4Sawai Madhopur, 26 March: 57.4 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 27 March: 51.2 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 28 March: 35.4 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 29 March: 36.4 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 30 March: 47.2 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 31 March: 50.7 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 1 April: 44.2 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 2 April: 44.9 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 3 April: 54.3 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 4 April: 63.7 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 5 April: 65.9 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 6 April: 66.2 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 7 April: 64.4 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 8 April: 63.7 µg/m³Sawai Madhopur, 9 April: no readingJhānsiJhānsi, 20 March: 30.3 µg/m³Jhānsi, 21 March: 33.7 µg/m³Jhānsi, 22 March: 29.1 µg/m³Jhānsi, 23 March: 21.2 µg/m³Jhānsi, 24 March: 31.7 µg/m³Jhānsi, 25 March: 46.9 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 17.9Jhānsi, 26 March: 45.3 µg/m³Jhānsi, 27 March: 52.2 µg/m³Jhānsi, 28 March: 36.0 µg/m³Jhānsi, 29 March: 34.8 µg/m³Jhānsi, 30 March: 34.6 µg/m³Jhānsi, 31 March: 41.9 µg/m³Jhānsi, 1 April: 38.3 µg/m³Jhānsi, 2 April: 44.2 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 20.1Jhānsi, 3 April: 51.7 µg/m³Jhānsi, 4 April: 68.0 µg/m³Jhānsi, 5 April: 92.8 µg/m³Jhānsi, 6 April: 99.3 µg/m³Jhānsi, 7 April: 74.2 µg/m³Jhānsi, 8 April: 48.5 µg/m³Jhānsi, 9 April: no readingMothīhāriMothīhāri, 20 March: 62.8 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 21 March: 38.8 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 22 March: 37.9 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 23 March: 26.5 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 24 March: 61.9 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 25 March: 82.2 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 26 March: 118.0 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 44.1Mothīhāri, 27 March: 89.4 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 43.8Mothīhāri, 28 March: 28.9 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 29 March: 17.0 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 30 March: no readingMothīhāri, 31 March: no readingMothīhāri, 1 April: no readingMothīhāri, 2 April: 27.9 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 3 April: 16.7 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 4 April: 22.1 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 5 April: 22.9 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 6 April: 28.0 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 7 April: 21.5 µg/m³Mothīhāri, 8 April: no readingMothīhāri, 9 April: no readingĀsansolĀsansol, 20 March: 62.4 µg/m³Āsansol, 21 March: 49.2 µg/m³Āsansol, 22 March: 25.5 µg/m³Āsansol, 23 March: 44.3 µg/m³Āsansol, 24 March: 67.3 µg/m³Āsansol, 25 March: 89.7 µg/m³Āsansol, 26 March: 95.4 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 47.1Āsansol, 27 March: 78.8 µg/m³Āsansol, 28 March: 85.1 µg/m³Āsansol, 29 March: 67.1 µg/m³Āsansol, 30 March: 77.3 µg/m³Āsansol, 31 March: 85.8 µg/m³Āsansol, 1 April: 59.6 µg/m³Āsansol, 2 April: 51.7 µg/m³Āsansol, 3 April: 76.2 µg/m³Āsansol, 4 April: 62.1 µg/m³Āsansol, 5 April: 69.5 µg/m³Āsansol, 6 April: 68.5 µg/m³Āsansol, 7 April: 33.4 µg/m³Āsansol, 8 April: 17.6 µg/m³Āsansol, 9 April: no readingBettiahBettiah, 20 March: 44.8 µg/m³Bettiah, 21 March: 31.9 µg/m³Bettiah, 22 March: 28.4 µg/m³Bettiah, 23 March: no readingBettiah, 24 March: no readingBettiah, 25 March: 53.7 µg/m³Bettiah, 26 March: 72.1 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 25.2Bettiah, 27 March: 67.8 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 25.0Bettiah, 28 March: 47.9 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 23.5Bettiah, 29 March: 26.9 µg/m³Bettiah, 30 March: 46.6 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 22.1Bettiah, 31 March: no readingBettiah, 1 April: 48.8 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 21.6Bettiah, 2 April: 35.3 µg/m³Bettiah, 3 April: 43.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 21.2Bettiah, 4 April: 33.3 µg/m³Bettiah, 5 April: 36.8 µg/m³Bettiah, 6 April: 58.0 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 21.2Bettiah, 7 April: no readingBettiah, 8 April: 31.8 µg/m³Bettiah, 9 April: no readingRairangpurRairangpur, 20 March: no readingRairangpur, 21 March: 38.3 µg/m³Rairangpur, 22 March: 19.9 µg/m³Rairangpur, 23 March: 27.1 µg/m³Rairangpur, 24 March: 39.4 µg/m³Rairangpur, 25 March: 48.2 µg/m³Rairangpur, 26 March: 60.1 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 29.1Rairangpur, 27 March: 58.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 28.3Rairangpur, 28 March: no readingRairangpur, 29 March: no readingRairangpur, 30 March: 86.3 µg/m³, 3.6× its usual 23.8Rairangpur, 31 March: 68.7 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 23.8Rairangpur, 1 April: 57.7 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 24.5Rairangpur, 2 April: 50.9 µg/m³Rairangpur, 3 April: 54.3 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 25.8Rairangpur, 4 April: 60.6 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 25.8Rairangpur, 5 April: 63.9 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 23.8Rairangpur, 6 April: no readingRairangpur, 7 April: 49.6 µg/m³Rairangpur, 8 April: 23.5 µg/m³Rairangpur, 9 April: no readingHājīpurHājīpur, 20 March: 103.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 21 March: 78.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 22 March: 68.9 µg/m³Hājīpur, 23 March: 70.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 24 March: 109.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 25 March: 122.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 26 March: 149.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 27 March: 169.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 82.7Hājīpur, 28 March: 92.5 µg/m³Hājīpur, 29 March: 92.7 µg/m³Hājīpur, 30 March: 69.8 µg/m³Hājīpur, 31 March: 95.3 µg/m³Hājīpur, 1 April: 89.2 µg/m³Hājīpur, 2 April: 85.4 µg/m³Hājīpur, 3 April: 85.8 µg/m³Hājīpur, 4 April: 102.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 5 April: 108.0 µg/m³Hājīpur, 6 April: 96.5 µg/m³Hājīpur, 7 April: 72.9 µg/m³Hājīpur, 8 April: 39.4 µg/m³Hājīpur, 9 April: no readingNalbāriNalbāri, 20 March: 127.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 21 March: 130.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 22 March: 124.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 23 March: 133.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 24 March: no readingNalbāri, 25 March: 133.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 26 March: no readingNalbāri, 27 March: 115.0 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 50.5Nalbāri, 28 March: 94.5 µg/m³Nalbāri, 29 March: no readingNalbāri, 30 March: no readingNalbāri, 31 March: no readingNalbāri, 1 April: 72.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 2 April: no readingNalbāri, 3 April: no readingNalbāri, 4 April: 81.2 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 38.1Nalbāri, 5 April: 91.8 µg/m³Nalbāri, 6 April: 60.8 µg/m³Nalbāri, 7 April: 80.0 µg/m³Nalbāri, 8 April: 81.2 µg/m³Nalbāri, 9 April: no readingGuwahatiGuwahati, 20 March: 87.8 µg/m³Guwahati, 21 March: 113.2 µg/m³Guwahati, 22 March: 92.0 µg/m³Guwahati, 23 March: 122.0 µg/m³Guwahati, 24 March: 92.7 µg/m³Guwahati, 25 March: 123.0 µg/m³Guwahati, 26 March: 126.0 µg/m³Guwahati, 27 March: 112.0 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 34.8Guwahati, 28 March: 112.0 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 34.8Guwahati, 29 March: 67.9 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 33.1Guwahati, 30 March: 83.8 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 32.6Guwahati, 31 March: 86.9 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 31.4Guwahati, 1 April: 92.6 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 31.2Guwahati, 2 April: 82.8 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 31.1Guwahati, 3 April: 96.2 µg/m³, 3.1× its usual 31.2Guwahati, 4 April: 101.0 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 31.1Guwahati, 5 April: 98.6 µg/m³Guwahati, 6 April: 56.9 µg/m³Guwahati, 7 April: 52.9 µg/m³Guwahati, 8 April: 90.2 µg/m³Guwahati, 9 April: no readingSasarāmSasarām, 20 March: 61.0 µg/m³Sasarām, 21 March: 38.8 µg/m³Sasarām, 22 March: 50.1 µg/m³Sasarām, 23 March: 89.4 µg/m³Sasarām, 24 March: 75.8 µg/m³Sasarām, 25 March: 74.1 µg/m³Sasarām, 26 March: 84.5 µg/m³Sasarām, 27 March: 104.0 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 49.1Sasarām, 28 March: 83.9 µg/m³Sasarām, 29 March: 94.8 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 41.5Sasarām, 30 March: 69.7 µg/m³Sasarām, 31 March: 78.8 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 35.9Sasarām, 1 April: 84.1 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 33.6Sasarām, 2 April: 101.0 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 33.6Sasarām, 3 April: 94.3 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 37.3Sasarām, 4 April: 81.4 µg/m³Sasarām, 5 April: 84.4 µg/m³Sasarām, 6 April: 88.2 µg/m³Sasarām, 7 April: 99.0 µg/m³Sasarām, 8 April: 78.5 µg/m³Sasarām, 9 April: no readingSiliguriSiliguri, 20 March: 98.5 µg/m³Siliguri, 21 March: 89.2 µg/m³Siliguri, 22 March: 65.3 µg/m³Siliguri, 23 March: 41.1 µg/m³Siliguri, 24 March: 45.1 µg/m³Siliguri, 25 March: 73.6 µg/m³Siliguri, 26 March: no readingSiliguri, 27 March: 101.0 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 36.0Siliguri, 28 March: 88.0 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 35.1Siliguri, 29 March: 95.3 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 34.0Siliguri, 30 March: 93.8 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 32.2Siliguri, 31 March: 125.0 µg/m³, 3.9× its usual 32.1Siliguri, 1 April: no readingSiliguri, 2 April: 72.2 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 31.7Siliguri, 3 April: 99.2 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 31.4Siliguri, 4 April: 116.0 µg/m³, 3.6× its usual 31.9Siliguri, 5 April: 93.7 µg/m³Siliguri, 6 April: 81.9 µg/m³Siliguri, 7 April: 58.0 µg/m³Siliguri, 8 April: 65.2 µg/m³Siliguri, 9 April: no readingDurgapurDurgapur, 20 March: 40.3 µg/m³Durgapur, 21 March: 35.9 µg/m³Durgapur, 22 March: 20.6 µg/m³Durgapur, 23 March: 36.5 µg/m³Durgapur, 24 March: 57.1 µg/m³Durgapur, 25 March: 64.0 µg/m³Durgapur, 26 March: 61.8 µg/m³Durgapur, 27 March: 87.1 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 40.0Durgapur, 28 March: 68.8 µg/m³Durgapur, 29 March: 65.4 µg/m³Durgapur, 30 March: 64.6 µg/m³Durgapur, 31 March: 36.9 µg/m³Durgapur, 1 April: 32.9 µg/m³Durgapur, 2 April: 34.9 µg/m³Durgapur, 3 April: 45.6 µg/m³Durgapur, 4 April: 54.2 µg/m³Durgapur, 5 April: 49.1 µg/m³Durgapur, 6 April: 41.7 µg/m³Durgapur, 7 April: 29.5 µg/m³Durgapur, 8 April: 20.1 µg/m³Durgapur, 9 April: no readingNagaonNagaon, 20 March: 57.1 µg/m³Nagaon, 21 March: 60.0 µg/m³Nagaon, 22 March: 65.4 µg/m³Nagaon, 23 March: 46.1 µg/m³Nagaon, 24 March: 38.5 µg/m³Nagaon, 25 March: 46.3 µg/m³Nagaon, 26 March: 66.1 µg/m³Nagaon, 27 March: 86.9 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 29.2Nagaon, 28 March: 83.0 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 30.2Nagaon, 29 March: 60.9 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 27.3Nagaon, 30 March: 55.2 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 26.3Nagaon, 31 March: 53.5 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 26.3Nagaon, 1 April: 63.9 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 26.3Nagaon, 2 April: 56.5 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 26.2Nagaon, 3 April: 57.0 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 26.3Nagaon, 4 April: no readingNagaon, 5 April: 61.9 µg/m³Nagaon, 6 April: no readingNagaon, 7 April: no readingNagaon, 8 April: no readingNagaon, 9 April: no readingKohimaKohima, 20 March: 82.9 µg/m³Kohima, 21 March: 47.6 µg/m³Kohima, 22 March: 33.1 µg/m³Kohima, 23 March: 31.2 µg/m³Kohima, 24 March: 39.4 µg/m³Kohima, 25 March: 39.9 µg/m³Kohima, 26 March: 55.2 µg/m³Kohima, 27 March: 78.7 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 27.7Kohima, 28 March: 87.7 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 27.1Kohima, 29 March: 79.3 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 27.0Kohima, 30 March: 80.0 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 26.3Kohima, 31 March: 80.8 µg/m³, 3.1× its usual 26.3Kohima, 1 April: 68.4 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 25.7Kohima, 2 April: 61.9 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 26.3Kohima, 3 April: 61.2 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 27.0Kohima, 4 April: 65.5 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 27.0Kohima, 5 April: 61.7 µg/m³Kohima, 6 April: 59.4 µg/m³Kohima, 7 April: 2.5 µg/m³Kohima, 8 April: 0.1 µg/m³Kohima, 9 April: no readingMungerMunger, 20 March: no readingMunger, 21 March: no readingMunger, 22 March: 32.3 µg/m³Munger, 23 March: 39.0 µg/m³Munger, 24 March: 43.4 µg/m³Munger, 25 March: 54.1 µg/m³Munger, 26 March: 57.0 µg/m³Munger, 27 March: 65.1 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 32.5Munger, 28 March: 66.8 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 31.9Munger, 29 March: 52.8 µg/m³Munger, 30 March: 45.4 µg/m³Munger, 31 March: 52.5 µg/m³Munger, 1 April: 41.0 µg/m³Munger, 2 April: 31.4 µg/m³Munger, 3 April: 48.5 µg/m³Munger, 4 April: 47.9 µg/m³Munger, 5 April: 56.5 µg/m³Munger, 6 April: 61.9 µg/m³Munger, 7 April: 53.9 µg/m³Munger, 8 April: no readingMunger, 9 April: no readingGangtokGangtok, 20 March: 57.1 µg/m³Gangtok, 21 March: 55.6 µg/m³Gangtok, 22 March: no readingGangtok, 23 March: no readingGangtok, 24 March: no readingGangtok, 25 March: 28.0 µg/m³Gangtok, 26 March: 51.0 µg/m³Gangtok, 27 March: 63.2 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 24.8Gangtok, 28 March: 70.6 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 24.3Gangtok, 29 March: 70.9 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 23.5Gangtok, 30 March: 67.0 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 23.3Gangtok, 31 March: 61.1 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 23.3Gangtok, 1 April: 62.5 µg/m³, 2.7× its usual 23.5Gangtok, 2 April: 74.5 µg/m³, 3.1× its usual 24.0Gangtok, 3 April: 75.5 µg/m³, 3.1× its usual 24.0Gangtok, 4 April: 79.5 µg/m³, 3.3× its usual 24.0Gangtok, 5 April: 72.4 µg/m³Gangtok, 6 April: 73.8 µg/m³Gangtok, 7 April: no readingGangtok, 8 April: no readingGangtok, 9 April: no readingNaharlagunNaharlagun, 20 March: no readingNaharlagun, 21 March: 48.8 µg/m³Naharlagun, 22 March: no readingNaharlagun, 23 March: no readingNaharlagun, 24 March: no readingNaharlagun, 25 March: no readingNaharlagun, 26 March: 47.9 µg/m³Naharlagun, 27 March: 57.7 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 26.3Naharlagun, 28 March: 60.6 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 25.9Naharlagun, 29 March: 48.9 µg/m³Naharlagun, 30 March: no readingNaharlagun, 31 March: 52.1 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 25.9Naharlagun, 1 April: no readingNaharlagun, 2 April: 53.9 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 22.8Naharlagun, 3 April: 55.3 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 22.6Naharlagun, 4 April: 52.7 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 22.5Naharlagun, 5 April: 59.7 µg/m³Naharlagun, 6 April: no readingNaharlagun, 7 April: no readingNaharlagun, 8 April: no readingNaharlagun, 9 April: no readingShillongShillong, 20 March: 98.1 µg/m³Shillong, 21 March: 74.6 µg/m³Shillong, 22 March: 22.3 µg/m³Shillong, 23 March: 60.6 µg/m³Shillong, 24 March: 37.0 µg/m³Shillong, 25 March: 53.3 µg/m³Shillong, 26 March: 62.1 µg/m³Shillong, 27 March: 51.4 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 22.5Shillong, 28 March: 40.7 µg/m³Shillong, 29 March: 28.9 µg/m³Shillong, 30 March: 52.2 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 19.9Shillong, 31 March: 49.4 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 19.2Shillong, 1 April: 37.6 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 18.8Shillong, 2 April: 34.0 µg/m³Shillong, 3 April: 36.1 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 17.1Shillong, 4 April: 29.4 µg/m³Shillong, 5 April: 29.3 µg/m³Shillong, 6 April: 44.2 µg/m³Shillong, 7 April: 39.9 µg/m³Shillong, 8 April: 38.2 µg/m³Shillong, 9 April: no readingKatiharKatihar, 20 March: no readingKatihar, 21 March: no readingKatihar, 22 March: no readingKatihar, 23 March: 16.4 µg/m³Katihar, 24 March: 35.3 µg/m³Katihar, 25 March: 41.7 µg/m³Katihar, 26 March: 46.8 µg/m³Katihar, 27 March: 50.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 24.6Katihar, 28 March: 46.7 µg/m³Katihar, 29 March: 37.4 µg/m³Katihar, 30 March: 39.0 µg/m³Katihar, 31 March: 50.3 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 24.1Katihar, 1 April: no readingKatihar, 2 April: no readingKatihar, 3 April: no readingKatihar, 4 April: 35.7 µg/m³Katihar, 5 April: 42.7 µg/m³Katihar, 6 April: no readingKatihar, 7 April: no readingKatihar, 8 April: no readingKatihar, 9 April: no readingPurniaPurnia, 20 March: 64.0 µg/m³Purnia, 21 March: 54.3 µg/m³Purnia, 22 March: 51.7 µg/m³Purnia, 23 March: no readingPurnia, 24 March: 60.3 µg/m³Purnia, 25 March: 86.5 µg/m³Purnia, 26 March: 90.3 µg/m³Purnia, 27 March: no readingPurnia, 28 March: 107.0 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 44.4Purnia, 29 March: 60.6 µg/m³Purnia, 30 March: 59.8 µg/m³Purnia, 31 March: 87.5 µg/m³Purnia, 1 April: 79.0 µg/m³Purnia, 2 April: 80.9 µg/m³Purnia, 3 April: 73.3 µg/m³Purnia, 4 April: 58.4 µg/m³Purnia, 5 April: 80.3 µg/m³Purnia, 6 April: 77.3 µg/m³Purnia, 7 April: no readingPurnia, 8 April: no readingPurnia, 9 April: no readingDera Colliery Towns…Dera Colliery Township, 20 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 21 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 22 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 23 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 24 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 25 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 26 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 27 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 28 March: no readingDera Colliery Township, 29 March: 82.4 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 39.3Dera Colliery Township, 30 March: 40.2 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 31 March: 47.3 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 1 April: 46.5 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 2 April: 41.8 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 3 April: 51.7 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 4 April: 65.5 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 5 April: 84.4 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 37.0Dera Colliery Township, 6 April: 60.7 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 7 April: 34.2 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 8 April: 20.5 µg/m³Dera Colliery Township, 9 April: no readingKeonjhargarhKeonjhargarh, 20 March: 69.1 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 21 March: 36.7 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 22 March: 17.1 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 23 March: 29.6 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 24 March: 37.0 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 25 March: 52.6 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 26 March: 52.0 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 27 March: 60.6 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 28 March: 54.2 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 29 March: 77.6 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 37.8Keonjhargarh, 30 March: 73.8 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 36.7Keonjhargarh, 31 March: 37.2 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 1 April: no readingKeonjhargarh, 2 April: no readingKeonjhargarh, 3 April: no readingKeonjhargarh, 4 April: 9.5 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 5 April: 47.4 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 6 April: 46.1 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 7 April: 35.5 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 8 April: 28.5 µg/m³Keonjhargarh, 9 April: no readingBaripādaBaripāda, 20 March: 36.8 µg/m³Baripāda, 21 March: 39.5 µg/m³Baripāda, 22 March: 12.4 µg/m³Baripāda, 23 March: 19.7 µg/m³Baripāda, 24 March: 25.1 µg/m³Baripāda, 25 March: 35.4 µg/m³Baripāda, 26 March: 45.1 µg/m³Baripāda, 27 March: 43.3 µg/m³Baripāda, 28 March: 43.9 µg/m³Baripāda, 29 March: 64.1 µg/m³Baripāda, 30 March: 80.4 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 36.6Baripāda, 31 March: 52.8 µg/m³Baripāda, 1 April: 51.4 µg/m³Baripāda, 2 April: no readingBaripāda, 3 April: 40.8 µg/m³Baripāda, 4 April: 46.6 µg/m³Baripāda, 5 April: 56.4 µg/m³Baripāda, 6 April: 45.5 µg/m³Baripāda, 7 April: 17.2 µg/m³Baripāda, 8 April: 8.4 µg/m³Baripāda, 9 April: no readingJabalpurJabalpur, 20 March: 21.6 µg/m³Jabalpur, 21 March: 25.0 µg/m³Jabalpur, 22 March: 23.2 µg/m³Jabalpur, 23 March: 21.4 µg/m³Jabalpur, 24 March: 23.1 µg/m³Jabalpur, 25 March: 25.4 µg/m³Jabalpur, 26 March: 31.7 µg/m³Jabalpur, 27 March: 40.4 µg/m³Jabalpur, 28 March: 40.5 µg/m³Jabalpur, 29 March: 30.5 µg/m³Jabalpur, 30 March: 36.4 µg/m³Jabalpur, 31 March: 41.8 µg/m³Jabalpur, 1 April: 68.7 µg/m³Jabalpur, 2 April: 57.5 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 28.0Jabalpur, 3 April: 43.7 µg/m³Jabalpur, 4 April: 33.9 µg/m³Jabalpur, 5 April: 38.8 µg/m³Jabalpur, 6 April: 33.9 µg/m³Jabalpur, 7 April: 40.0 µg/m³Jabalpur, 8 April: 41.3 µg/m³Jabalpur, 9 April: no readingMaiharMaihar, 20 March: 14.9 µg/m³Maihar, 21 March: 14.1 µg/m³Maihar, 22 March: 11.0 µg/m³Maihar, 23 March: 15.0 µg/m³Maihar, 24 March: 14.5 µg/m³Maihar, 25 March: 15.8 µg/m³Maihar, 26 March: 13.5 µg/m³Maihar, 27 March: 3.9 µg/m³Maihar, 28 March: 16.9 µg/m³Maihar, 29 March: 11.2 µg/m³Maihar, 30 March: 13.8 µg/m³Maihar, 31 March: 11.3 µg/m³Maihar, 1 April: 11.4 µg/m³Maihar, 2 April: 55.1 µg/m³, 4.0× its usual 13.8Maihar, 3 April: 16.6 µg/m³Maihar, 4 April: 15.4 µg/m³Maihar, 5 April: 23.3 µg/m³Maihar, 6 April: 18.6 µg/m³Maihar, 7 April: 21.3 µg/m³Maihar, 8 April: 27.0 µg/m³Maihar, 9 April: no readingBihār SharīfBihār Sharīf, 20 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 21 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 22 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 23 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 24 March: 43.0 µg/m³Bihār Sharīf, 25 March: 43.5 µg/m³Bihār Sharīf, 26 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 27 March: 34.5 µg/m³Bihār Sharīf, 28 March: 30.3 µg/m³Bihār Sharīf, 29 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 30 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 31 March: no readingBihār Sharīf, 1 April: no readingBihār Sharīf, 2 April: no readingBihār Sharīf, 3 April: 65.9 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 27.4Bihār Sharīf, 4 April: 80.6 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 29.2Bihār Sharīf, 5 April: no readingBihār Sharīf, 6 April: no readingBihār Sharīf, 7 April: no readingBihār Sharīf, 8 April: no readingBihār Sharīf, 9 April: no readingBhelaiBhelai, 20 March: 48.6 µg/m³Bhelai, 21 March: 36.9 µg/m³Bhelai, 22 March: 30.9 µg/m³Bhelai, 23 March: 38.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 24 March: 41.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 25 March: 39.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 26 March: 45.7 µg/m³Bhelai, 27 March: 53.4 µg/m³Bhelai, 28 March: 54.1 µg/m³Bhelai, 29 March: 39.2 µg/m³Bhelai, 30 March: 42.3 µg/m³Bhelai, 31 March: 53.7 µg/m³Bhelai, 1 April: 49.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 2 April: 48.1 µg/m³Bhelai, 3 April: 46.9 µg/m³Bhelai, 4 April: 43.3 µg/m³Bhelai, 5 April: 83.4 µg/m³Bhelai, 6 April: 98.0 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 40.9Bhelai, 7 April: 95.1 µg/m³Bhelai, 8 April: 65.5 µg/m³Bhelai, 9 April: no readingRājgīrRājgīr, 20 March: no readingRājgīr, 21 March: no readingRājgīr, 22 March: no readingRājgīr, 23 March: no readingRājgīr, 24 March: 44.4 µg/m³Rājgīr, 25 March: 33.6 µg/m³Rājgīr, 26 March: 29.6 µg/m³Rājgīr, 27 March: 23.3 µg/m³Rājgīr, 28 March: 25.3 µg/m³Rājgīr, 29 March: no readingRājgīr, 30 March: no readingRājgīr, 31 March: 22.7 µg/m³Rājgīr, 1 April: no readingRājgīr, 2 April: 21.3 µg/m³Rājgīr, 3 April: 41.0 µg/m³Rājgīr, 4 April: 56.6 µg/m³Rājgīr, 5 April: 50.0 µg/m³Rājgīr, 6 April: 62.1 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 29.9Rājgīr, 7 April: no readingRājgīr, 8 April: 128.0 µg/m³Rājgīr, 9 April: no reading20 Mar2326291 Apr47
Every counted city, in the order the episode reached them, 3 days before to 3 after. Each square is a day, coloured by that day's PM2.5; outlined: at twice the city's usual or more.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

Every city it reached

CityDaysHighestUsualAbove usual
RishīkeshUttarakhand, India1 44.323 March1.28.9×
AurangābādBihar, India13 159.027 March20.57.8×
SiwānBihar, India8 146.026 March34.84.2×
MaiharMadhya Pradesh, India1 55.12 April13.84.0×
SiliguriWest Bengal, India8 125.031 March32.13.9×
RourkelaOdisha, India6 185.028 March51.03.6×
RairangpurOdisha, India8 86.330 March23.83.6×
GangtokSikkim, India9 79.54 April24.03.3×
GuwahatiAssam, India9 112.027 March34.83.2×
KohimaNagaland, India9 87.728 March27.13.2×
NagaonAssam, India8 86.927 March29.23.0×
SamāstipurBihar, India3 114.025 March38.92.9×
HanumāngarhRajasthan, India2 76.523 March26.52.9×
BettiahBihar, India7 72.126 March25.22.9×
Bihār SharīfBihar, India2 80.64 April29.22.8×
MothīhāriBihar, India2 118.026 March44.12.7×
RānīganjWest Bengal, India4 95.726 March36.22.6×
ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal, India1 87.525 March33.22.6×
ShillongMeghalaya, India5 52.230 March19.92.6×
JhānsiUttar Pradesh, India2 46.925 March17.92.6×
GhāziābādUttar Pradesh, India2 158.025 March62.12.5×
MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh, India2 131.023 March53.42.5×
PurniaBihar, India1 107.028 March44.42.4×
BhelaiChhattisgarh, India1 98.06 April40.92.4×
PrayagrajUttar Pradesh, India1 59.825 March25.12.4×
LoniUttar Pradesh, India1 255.023 March110.02.3×
NalbāriAssam, India2 115.027 March50.52.3×
Dera Colliery TownshipOdisha, India2 84.45 April37.02.3×
PatiālaPunjab, India1 67.425 March29.82.3×
MohaliPunjab, India2 62.324 March27.22.3×
NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh, India6 60.628 March25.92.3×
BāghpatUttar Pradesh, India1 119.023 March53.42.2×
DurgapurWest Bengal, India1 87.127 March40.02.2×
BaripādaOdisha, India1 80.430 March36.62.2×
SasarāmBihar, India6 104.027 March49.12.1×
KeonjhargarhOdisha, India2 77.629 March37.82.1×
MungerBihar, India2 66.828 March31.92.1×
Sri GanganagarRajasthan, India2 65.325 March30.82.1×
RājgīrBihar, India1 62.16 April29.92.1×
JabalpurMadhya Pradesh, India1 57.52 April28.02.1×
KatiharBihar, India2 50.331 March24.12.1×
HājīpurBihar, India1 169.027 March82.72.0×
ĀsansolWest Bengal, India1 95.426 March47.12.0×
DehradunUttarakhand, India1 68.025 March33.22.0×
Sawai MadhopurRajasthan, India1 54.025 March26.42.0×

Daily means in µg/m³, over the days each city counted in this episode. Highest: its highest of those days. Usual: the city's median for the time of year of that day (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that, with a usual under 5 µg/m³ taken as 5.

Against other episodes in India

Number 5 of 54 episodes in India since our records began, by cities reached.

Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 54.

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SmogRank, Northern India, March and April 2025: 45 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 23 March to 6 April 2025, smogrank.com/episodes/2025-03-northern-india (accessed 4 October 2026).

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An episode is a run of days when many cities close to each other (four or more within 350 km on a day, 8 or more in all) each had a daily PM2.5 mean of at least 25 µg/m³ and at least 2 times their usual for that time of year. Found in our own measurements, not picked by hand. How we find episodes. Values are each city's daily mean of its own monitors; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.