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India, 2 August 2025

For 1 day, on 2 August 2025, 12 cities in India had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Ranoli, Gujarat, India: 67.8 µg/m³ on 2 August, about 2.0× its usual 33.2. Ended 2 August.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached12in 1 country
Days12 August 2025
Worst day2 August12 cities counted
Furthest above usual3.2×Bhelai

Day by day

2 August 12 cities at twice their usual or more
NagpurChāndaAmravatiBhilaiAkolaRaipurSiltaraJabalpurMandideepBilāspurLaturJalgaonDewasIndoreMānpurPithampurAurangabadWadgaon KolhatiMalegaonNashikRourkelaPuneDera Colliery TownshipPimpri-ChinchwadBarbilBadlapurJodaKalyānAnkleshwarKeonjhargarhVapiBhiwandiTalojePanvelKhargharSuratThāneBhubaneswarCuttackBhayandarBoisarVirārMumbaiByasanagarGandhinagarRairangpurAhmedabadJājangUnderaRanoliNandedDhuleAngulBelpaharPadoliKoīraDurgDurenaBhelai
30 Jul311 Aug2345
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

RanoliRanoli, 30 July: 62.1 µg/m³Ranoli, 31 July: 62.7 µg/m³Ranoli, 1 August: 70.1 µg/m³Ranoli, 2 August: 67.8 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 33.2Ranoli, 3 August: 59.9 µg/m³Ranoli, 4 August: 59.5 µg/m³Ranoli, 5 August: no readingUnderaUndera, 30 July: 62.1 µg/m³Undera, 31 July: 62.7 µg/m³Undera, 1 August: 70.1 µg/m³Undera, 2 August: 67.8 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 33.2Undera, 3 August: 59.9 µg/m³Undera, 4 August: 59.5 µg/m³Undera, 5 August: no readingAngulAngul, 30 July: 6.4 µg/m³Angul, 31 July: 13.7 µg/m³Angul, 1 August: no readingAngul, 2 August: 37.2 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 17.9Angul, 3 August: 22.5 µg/m³Angul, 4 August: 24.4 µg/m³Angul, 5 August: 35.5 µg/m³DhuleDhule, 30 July: 22.9 µg/m³Dhule, 31 July: 37.8 µg/m³Dhule, 1 August: no readingDhule, 2 August: 36.8 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 17.6Dhule, 3 August: 34.0 µg/m³Dhule, 4 August: 33.5 µg/m³Dhule, 5 August: 30.3 µg/m³NandedNanded, 30 July: no readingNanded, 31 July: 34.4 µg/m³Nanded, 1 August: no readingNanded, 2 August: 36.2 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 17.4Nanded, 3 August: 34.0 µg/m³Nanded, 4 August: 39.6 µg/m³Nanded, 5 August: 37.6 µg/m³PadoliPadoli, 30 July: 24.7 µg/m³Padoli, 31 July: 28.2 µg/m³Padoli, 1 August: no readingPadoli, 2 August: 33.7 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 13.6Padoli, 3 August: 40.1 µg/m³Padoli, 4 August: 46.5 µg/m³Padoli, 5 August: 52.1 µg/m³BhelaiBhelai, 30 July: 32.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 31 July: 32.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 1 August: 32.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 2 August: 32.0 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 10.0Bhelai, 3 August: 31.9 µg/m³Bhelai, 4 August: 28.0 µg/m³Bhelai, 5 August: 25.0 µg/m³DurenaDurena, 30 July: 32.0 µg/m³Durena, 31 July: 32.0 µg/m³Durena, 1 August: 32.0 µg/m³Durena, 2 August: 32.0 µg/m³, 3.2× its usual 10.0Durena, 3 August: 31.9 µg/m³Durena, 4 August: 28.0 µg/m³Durena, 5 August: 25.0 µg/m³JājangJājang, 30 July: no readingJājang, 31 July: no readingJājang, 1 August: 25.9 µg/m³Jājang, 2 August: 29.4 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 14.6Jājang, 3 August: 18.6 µg/m³Jājang, 4 August: 30.1 µg/m³Jājang, 5 August: 25.6 µg/m³DurgDurg, 30 July: 13.0 µg/m³Durg, 31 July: 19.3 µg/m³Durg, 1 August: no readingDurg, 2 August: 29.1 µg/m³, 2.9× its usual 10.1Durg, 3 August: 23.1 µg/m³Durg, 4 August: 21.0 µg/m³Durg, 5 August: 17.0 µg/m³BelpaharBelpahar, 30 July: 11.6 µg/m³Belpahar, 31 July: 20.1 µg/m³Belpahar, 1 August: no readingBelpahar, 2 August: 28.7 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 12.5Belpahar, 3 August: 21.0 µg/m³Belpahar, 4 August: 30.7 µg/m³Belpahar, 5 August: 36.4 µg/m³KoīraKoīra, 30 July: 10.0 µg/m³Koīra, 31 July: 14.0 µg/m³Koīra, 1 August: no readingKoīra, 2 August: 27.0 µg/m³, 2.8× its usual 9.5Koīra, 3 August: 16.2 µg/m³Koīra, 4 August: 23.5 µg/m³Koīra, 5 August: 29.2 µg/m³30 Jul311 Aug2345
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
BhelaiChhattisgarh, India1 32.02 August10.03.2×
DurenaChhattisgarh, India1 32.02 August10.03.2×
DurgChhattisgarh, India1 29.12 August10.12.9×
KoīraOdisha, India1 27.02 August9.52.8×
PadoliMaharashtra, India1 33.72 August13.62.5×
BelpaharOdisha, India1 28.72 August12.52.3×
AngulOdisha, India1 37.22 August17.92.1×
DhuleMaharashtra, India1 36.82 August17.62.1×
NandedMaharashtra, India1 36.22 August17.42.1×
RanoliGujarat, India1 67.82 August33.22.0×
UnderaGujarat, India1 67.82 August33.22.0×
JājangOdisha, India1 29.42 August14.62.0×

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 35 of 61 episodes in India since our records began, by cities reached.

Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 61.

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SmogRank, India, 2 August 2025: 12 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 2 August 2025, smogrank.com/episodes/2025-08-02-india (accessed 5 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.