SmogRank / Episodes / India

Western 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
NagpurJabalpurChāndaMandideepDamohRajākheriBhopalAkolaBhilaiRaipurBilāspurDewasIndorePithampurJalgaonJhānsiBidarJhālāwārLaturSangāreddiAurangabadQuthbullapurAmīnpurPatancheruSerilingampalleWadgaon KolhatiBārānHyderabadSingrauliRatlāmDhulePrayagrajGwaliorBelpaharMalegaonKotaPratāpgarhKanpurBānswāraAhilyanagarBūndiSholapurSawai MadhopurDhaulpurYadgirVaranasiAmaravatiRajamahendravaramVijayawadaLucknowFīrozābādChittorgarhNashikTonkAgraRasapūdipalemRourkelaBharatpurBhilwaraDūngarpurSasarāmDausaVijayapuraUnderaAngulAurangābādDera Colliery TownshipAnkleshwarPimpri-ChinchwadPuneUdaipurJaipurBuxarRājsamandBarbilVapiBadlapurKalyānKeonjhargarhBagalkotBhiwandiAjmerKhargharGandhinagarGorakhpurBoisarThāneGayaAhmedabadVirārBhayandarMahādArrahMumbaiBhubaneswarCuttackSiwānKolhāpurByasanagarSirohiRairangpurPāliRājgīrPatnaHājīpurBihār SharīfBettiahJalorNandriJodhpurMuzaffarpurNāgaurSamāstipurBegusaraiPanvelAmravatiBhelaiKalaburagiMaiharNandedSaugorJodaKarauliSāngliDurgSurat
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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

BhelaiBhelai, 8 July: 74.1 µg/m³, 3.6× usualBhelai, 9 July: 51.9 µg/m³, 2.5× usualBhelai, 10 July: 43.8 µg/m³, 2.1× usualBhelai, 11 July: 45.4 µg/m³, 2.2× usualBhelai, 12 July: 111.0 µg/m³, 5.4× usualBhelai, 13 July: 23.5 µg/m³, 1.1× usualBhelai, 14 July: 28.6 µg/m³, 1.4× usualKarauliKarauli, 8 July: 67.0 µg/m³, 4.9× usualKarauli, 9 July: 92.0 µg/m³, 6.7× usualKarauli, 10 July: 24.7 µg/m³, 1.8× usualKarauli, 11 July: 40.8 µg/m³, 3.0× usualKarauli, 12 July: 5.6 µg/m³, 0.4× usualKarauli, 13 July: 4.7 µg/m³, 0.3× usualKarauli, 14 July: 2.5 µg/m³, 0.2× usualMaiharMaihar, 8 July: 58.7 µg/m³, 3.8× usualMaihar, 9 July: 46.3 µg/m³, 3.0× usualMaihar, 10 July: 40.1 µg/m³, 2.6× usualMaihar, 11 July: 35.2 µg/m³, 2.3× usualMaihar, 12 July: 12.9 µg/m³, 0.8× usualMaihar, 13 July: 47.2 µg/m³, 3.0× usualMaihar, 14 July: 40.6 µg/m³, 2.6× usualSuratSurat, 8 July: no readingSurat, 9 July: 249.0 µg/m³, 17× usualSurat, 10 July: 269.0 µg/m³, 19× usualSurat, 11 July: 238.0 µg/m³, 17× usualSurat, 12 July: 341.0 µg/m³, 24× usualSurat, 13 July: 348.0 µg/m³, 24× usualSurat, 14 July: 274.0 µg/m³, 19× usualSāngliSāngli, 8 July: 18.9 µg/m³, 1.6× usualSāngli, 9 July: 22.0 µg/m³, 1.8× usualSāngli, 10 July: 32.3 µg/m³, 2.7× usualSāngli, 11 July: 36.1 µg/m³, 3.0× usualSāngli, 12 July: no readingSāngli, 13 July: no readingSāngli, 14 July: 21.0 µg/m³, 1.8× usualJodaJoda, 8 July: 16.1 µg/m³, 0.6× usualJoda, 9 July: 24.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualJoda, 10 July: 19.7 µg/m³, 0.7× usualJoda, 11 July: 74.5 µg/m³, 2.8× usualJoda, 12 July: 58.5 µg/m³, 2.2× usualJoda, 13 July: 69.2 µg/m³, 2.6× usualJoda, 14 July: 38.5 µg/m³, 1.4× usualSaugorSaugor, 8 July: no readingSaugor, 9 July: no readingSaugor, 10 July: no readingSaugor, 11 July: 49.0 µg/m³, 2.5× usualSaugor, 12 July: 12.3 µg/m³, 0.6× usualSaugor, 13 July: 14.8 µg/m³, 0.7× usualSaugor, 14 July: 13.8 µg/m³, 0.7× usualNandedNanded, 8 July: 15.8 µg/m³, 1.1× usualNanded, 9 July: 19.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualNanded, 10 July: no readingNanded, 11 July: 34.7 µg/m³, 2.3× usualNanded, 12 July: 36.8 µg/m³, 2.5× usualNanded, 13 July: 20.7 µg/m³, 1.4× usualNanded, 14 July: 19.1 µg/m³, 1.3× usualDurgDurg, 8 July: 7.6 µg/m³, 0.8× usualDurg, 9 July: 8.6 µg/m³, 0.9× usualDurg, 10 July: 21.0 µg/m³, 2.3× usualDurg, 11 July: 33.0 µg/m³, 3.6× usualDurg, 12 July: 26.9 µg/m³, 3.0× usualDurg, 13 July: 27.6 µg/m³, 3.0× usualDurg, 14 July: 20.0 µg/m³, 2.2× usualAmravatiAmravati, 8 July: 18.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualAmravati, 9 July: 20.7 µg/m³, 1.5× usualAmravati, 10 July: 28.0 µg/m³, 2.0× usualAmravati, 11 July: 29.9 µg/m³, 2.1× usualAmravati, 12 July: 35.0 µg/m³, 2.5× usualAmravati, 13 July: 22.9 µg/m³, 1.6× usualAmravati, 14 July: 15.0 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKalaburagiKalaburagi, 8 July: 17.8 µg/m³, 1.4× usualKalaburagi, 9 July: 18.6 µg/m³, 1.4× usualKalaburagi, 10 July: 15.7 µg/m³, 1.2× usualKalaburagi, 11 July: 29.5 µg/m³, 2.3× usualKalaburagi, 12 July: 27.9 µg/m³, 2.1× usualKalaburagi, 13 July: 15.1 µg/m³, 1.2× usualKalaburagi, 14 July: 23.2 µg/m³, 1.8× usualPanvelPanvel, 8 July: 21.2 µg/m³, 1.5× usualPanvel, 9 July: 23.1 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPanvel, 10 July: 26.4 µg/m³, 1.9× usualPanvel, 11 July: 28.3 µg/m³, 2.0× usualPanvel, 12 July: 25.7 µg/m³, 1.8× usualPanvel, 13 July: 23.9 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPanvel, 14 July: 14.0 µg/m³, 1.0× usual8 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 348.013 July14.424×
KarauliRajasthan, India1 92.09 July13.86.7×
BhelaiChhattisgarh, India1 111.012 July20.55.4×
MaiharMadhya Pradesh, India1 58.78 July15.63.8×
DurgChhattisgarh, India1 33.011 July9.13.6×
SāngliMaharashtra, India1 36.111 July11.93.0×
JodaOdisha, India1 74.511 July26.82.8×
AmravatiMaharashtra, India1 35.012 July14.12.5×
SaugorMadhya Pradesh, India1 49.011 July19.82.5×
NandedMaharashtra, India1 36.812 July15.02.5×
KalaburagiKarnataka, India1 29.511 July13.02.3×
PanvelMaharashtra, India1 28.311 July14.02.0×

Daily means in µg/m³. Usual: the city's median for this time of year (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that.

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.