SmogRank / Episodes / India

Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, India, March 2026

For 1 day, on 11 March 2026, 8 cities in India had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Gurugram, Haryana, India: 215.0 µg/m³ on 11 March, about 2.5× its usual 84.4.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached8in 1 country
Days111 March 2026
Worst day11 March8 cities counted
Furthest above usual3.0×Agra

Day by day

11 March 8 cities at twice their usual or more
DhāruheraBhiwadiMānesarNajafgarhBahadurgarhAya NagarDera MāndiCharkhi DādriBawānaRohtakFaridabadDelhiNarelaPalwalNoidaLoniNarnaulSonīpatBhiwāniBāghpatGhāziābādAlwarGreater NoidaJīndPanipatBulandshahrHisarJhunjhunūnBharatpurKarnālMuzaffarnagarKaithalDausaThānesarJaipurSīkarChūruYamuna NagarKarauliAmbālaDhaulpurPatiālaFīrozābādMorādābādMohaliPanchkulaRishīkeshSawai MadhopurGobindgarhDehradunTonkChandigarhKhannaGwaliorBathindaBareillyHanumāngarhAjmerNāgaurSri GanganagarBikanerKanpurNandriJodhpurLucknowDādriFatehābādVrindāvanKhurjaMeerutGurugramHāpurAgra
8 Mar91011121314
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

GurugramGurugram, 8 March: 233.5 µg/m³Gurugram, 9 March: 180.0 µg/m³Gurugram, 10 March: no readingGurugram, 11 March: 215.0 µg/m³, 2.5× its usual 84.4Gurugram, 12 March: 196.5 µg/m³Gurugram, 13 March: 128.0 µg/m³Gurugram, 14 March: 142.0 µg/m³DādriDādri, 8 March: 160.0 µg/m³Dādri, 9 March: 134.0 µg/m³Dādri, 10 March: no readingDādri, 11 March: 136.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 67.3Dādri, 12 March: 95.1 µg/m³Dādri, 13 March: 69.5 µg/m³Dādri, 14 March: 96.6 µg/m³HāpurHāpur, 8 March: 109.0 µg/m³Hāpur, 9 March: 97.8 µg/m³Hāpur, 10 March: no readingHāpur, 11 March: 131.0 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 50.4Hāpur, 12 March: 93.4 µg/m³Hāpur, 13 March: 64.9 µg/m³Hāpur, 14 March: 63.6 µg/m³AgraAgra, 8 March: 40.6 µg/m³Agra, 9 March: 56.5 µg/m³Agra, 10 March: no readingAgra, 11 March: 103.0 µg/m³, 3.0× its usual 34.8Agra, 12 March: 59.5 µg/m³Agra, 13 March: 38.3 µg/m³Agra, 14 March: 37.0 µg/m³MeerutMeerut, 8 March: 99.0 µg/m³Meerut, 9 March: 86.4 µg/m³Meerut, 10 March: no readingMeerut, 11 March: 97.1 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 44.6Meerut, 12 March: 74.4 µg/m³Meerut, 13 March: 47.7 µg/m³Meerut, 14 March: 48.0 µg/m³KhurjaKhurja, 8 March: 82.8 µg/m³Khurja, 9 March: 63.5 µg/m³Khurja, 10 March: no readingKhurja, 11 March: 75.6 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 34.1Khurja, 12 March: 50.0 µg/m³Khurja, 13 March: 41.2 µg/m³Khurja, 14 March: 38.7 µg/m³VrindāvanVrindāvan, 8 March: 34.1 µg/m³Vrindāvan, 9 March: 34.1 µg/m³Vrindāvan, 10 March: no readingVrindāvan, 11 March: 33.4 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 15.5Vrindāvan, 12 March: 26.0 µg/m³Vrindāvan, 13 March: 31.9 µg/m³Vrindāvan, 14 March: 27.1 µg/m³FatehābādFatehābād, 8 March: 29.4 µg/m³Fatehābād, 9 March: 50.0 µg/m³Fatehābād, 10 March: no readingFatehābād, 11 March: 30.0 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 13.7Fatehābād, 12 March: 43.2 µg/m³Fatehābād, 13 March: 52.7 µg/m³Fatehābād, 14 March: 26.3 µg/m³8 Mar91011121314
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
AgraUttar Pradesh, India1 103.011 March34.83.0×
HāpurUttar Pradesh, India1 131.011 March50.42.6×
GurugramHaryana, India1 215.011 March84.42.5×
MeerutUttar Pradesh, India1 97.111 March44.62.2×
KhurjaUttar Pradesh, India1 75.611 March34.12.2×
VrindāvanUttar Pradesh, India1 33.411 March15.52.2×
FatehābādHaryana, India1 30.011 March13.72.2×
DādriUttar Pradesh, India1 136.011 March67.32.0×

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 51 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.

Use this page

SmogRank, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, India, March 2026: 8 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 11 March 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-03-uttar-pradesh-and-haryana-india (accessed 4 October 2026).

Download top 10 (PNG)

You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms.

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.