SmogRank / Episodes / India

India, July 2025

For 1 day, on 11 July 2025, 12 cities in India had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Surat, Gujarat, India: 238.0 µg/m³ on 11 July, about 17× its usual 14.4.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached12in 1 country
Days111 July 2025
Worst day11 July12 cities counted
Furthest above usual17×Surat

Day by day

11 July 12 cities at twice their usual or more
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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

SuratSurat, 8 July: no readingSurat, 9 July: 249.0 µg/m³Surat, 10 July: 269.0 µg/m³Surat, 11 July: 238.0 µg/m³, 17× its usual 14.4Surat, 12 July: no readingSurat, 13 July: no readingSurat, 14 July: no readingJodaJoda, 8 July: 16.1 µg/m³Joda, 9 July: 24.2 µg/m³Joda, 10 July: 19.7 µg/m³Joda, 11 July: 74.5 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 26.8Joda, 12 July: 58.5 µg/m³Joda, 13 July: 69.2 µg/m³Joda, 14 July: 38.5 µg/m³SaugorSaugor, 8 July: no readingSaugor, 9 July: no readingSaugor, 10 July: no readingSaugor, 11 July: 49.0 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 19.8Saugor, 12 July: 12.3 µg/m³Saugor, 13 July: 14.8 µg/m³Saugor, 14 July: 13.8 µg/m³BhelaiBhelai, 8 July: 74.1 µg/m³Bhelai, 9 July: 51.9 µg/m³Bhelai, 10 July: 43.8 µg/m³Bhelai, 11 July: 45.4 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 20.5Bhelai, 12 July: 111.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 13 July: 23.5 µg/m³Bhelai, 14 July: 28.6 µg/m³KarauliKarauli, 8 July: 67.0 µg/m³Karauli, 9 July: 92.0 µg/m³Karauli, 10 July: 24.7 µg/m³Karauli, 11 July: 40.8 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 13.8Karauli, 12 July: 5.6 µg/m³Karauli, 13 July: 4.7 µg/m³Karauli, 14 July: 2.5 µg/m³SāngliSāngli, 8 July: 18.9 µg/m³Sāngli, 9 July: 22.0 µg/m³Sāngli, 10 July: 32.3 µg/m³Sāngli, 11 July: 36.1 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 11.9Sāngli, 12 July: no readingSāngli, 13 July: no readingSāngli, 14 July: 21.0 µg/m³MaiharMaihar, 8 July: 58.7 µg/m³Maihar, 9 July: 46.3 µg/m³Maihar, 10 July: 40.1 µg/m³Maihar, 11 July: 35.2 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 15.6Maihar, 12 July: 12.9 µg/m³Maihar, 13 July: 47.2 µg/m³Maihar, 14 July: 40.6 µg/m³NandedNanded, 8 July: 15.8 µg/m³Nanded, 9 July: 19.4 µg/m³Nanded, 10 July: no readingNanded, 11 July: 34.7 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 15.0Nanded, 12 July: 36.8 µg/m³Nanded, 13 July: 20.7 µg/m³Nanded, 14 July: 19.1 µg/m³DurgDurg, 8 July: 7.6 µg/m³Durg, 9 July: 8.6 µg/m³Durg, 10 July: 21.0 µg/m³Durg, 11 July: 33.0 µg/m³, 3.6× its usual 9.1Durg, 12 July: 26.9 µg/m³Durg, 13 July: 27.6 µg/m³Durg, 14 July: 20.0 µg/m³AmravatiAmravati, 8 July: 18.4 µg/m³Amravati, 9 July: 20.7 µg/m³Amravati, 10 July: 28.0 µg/m³Amravati, 11 July: 29.9 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 14.1Amravati, 12 July: 35.0 µg/m³Amravati, 13 July: 22.9 µg/m³Amravati, 14 July: 15.0 µg/m³KalaburagiKalaburagi, 8 July: 17.8 µg/m³Kalaburagi, 9 July: 18.6 µg/m³Kalaburagi, 10 July: 15.7 µg/m³Kalaburagi, 11 July: 29.5 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 13.0Kalaburagi, 12 July: 27.9 µg/m³Kalaburagi, 13 July: 15.1 µg/m³Kalaburagi, 14 July: 23.2 µg/m³PanvelPanvel, 8 July: 21.2 µg/m³Panvel, 9 July: 23.1 µg/m³Panvel, 10 July: 26.4 µg/m³Panvel, 11 July: 28.3 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 14.0Panvel, 12 July: 25.7 µg/m³Panvel, 13 July: 23.9 µg/m³Panvel, 14 July: 14.0 µg/m³8 Jul91011121314
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
SuratGujarat, India1 238.011 July14.417×
DurgChhattisgarh, India1 33.011 July9.13.6×
KarauliRajasthan, India1 40.811 July13.83.0×
SāngliMaharashtra, India1 36.111 July11.93.0×
JodaOdisha, India1 74.511 July26.82.8×
SaugorMadhya Pradesh, India1 49.011 July19.82.5×
MaiharMadhya Pradesh, India1 35.211 July15.62.3×
NandedMaharashtra, India1 34.711 July15.02.3×
KalaburagiKarnataka, India1 29.511 July13.02.3×
BhelaiChhattisgarh, India1 45.411 July20.52.2×
AmravatiMaharashtra, India1 29.911 July14.12.1×
PanvelMaharashtra, India1 28.311 July14.02.0×

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 32 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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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.