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Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, India, June 2026

For 1 day, on 30 June 2026, 9 cities in India had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Sonīpat, Haryana, India: 177.0 µg/m³ on 30 June, about 2.6× its usual 68.3.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached9in 1 country
Days130 June 2026
Worst day30 June9 cities counted
Furthest above usual2.6×Sonīpat

Day by day

30 June 9 cities at twice their usual or more
MānesarNajafgarhBahadurgarhGurugramDhāruheraBhiwadiAya NagarBawānaRohtakCharkhi DādriNarelaDelhiFaridabadNoidaLoniBāghpatBhiwāniGhāziābādNarnaulGreater NoidaDādriAlwarMeerutBulandshahrKhurjaHisarKarnālVrindāvanMuzaffarnagarJhunjhunūnBharatpurThānesarDausaYamuna NagarChūruSīkarJaipurAmbālaPatiālaSirsaKarauliMorādābādDhaulpurFīrozābādMohaliPanchkulaGobindgarhRishīkeshChandigarhDehradunKhannaBathindaTonkLudhianaHanumāngarhGwaliorBareillyAjmerSri GanganagarNāgaurBikanerKanpurNandriJodhpurLucknowAgraJīndHāpurKaithalPalwalDera MāndiFatehābādPanipatSonīpat
27 Jun2829301 Jul23
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

SonīpatSonīpat, 27 June: 60.1 µg/m³Sonīpat, 28 June: 149.0 µg/m³Sonīpat, 29 June: no readingSonīpat, 30 June: 177.0 µg/m³, 2.6× its usual 68.3Sonīpat, 1 July: 81.8 µg/m³Sonīpat, 2 July: no readingSonīpat, 3 July: no readingPanipatPanipat, 27 June: 106.0 µg/m³Panipat, 28 June: 232.0 µg/m³Panipat, 29 June: 126.0 µg/m³Panipat, 30 June: 156.0 µg/m³, 2.4× its usual 65.2Panipat, 1 July: 147.0 µg/m³Panipat, 2 July: 118.0 µg/m³Panipat, 3 July: 96.1 µg/m³JīndJīnd, 27 June: 78.3 µg/m³Jīnd, 28 June: 85.0 µg/m³Jīnd, 29 June: 76.3 µg/m³Jīnd, 30 June: 139.0 µg/m³, 2.1× its usual 65.9Jīnd, 1 July: 64.7 µg/m³Jīnd, 2 July: no readingJīnd, 3 July: no readingKaithalKaithal, 27 June: 58.3 µg/m³Kaithal, 28 June: 79.2 µg/m³Kaithal, 29 June: 62.0 µg/m³Kaithal, 30 June: 96.0 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 44.2Kaithal, 1 July: no readingKaithal, 2 July: no readingKaithal, 3 July: 25.3 µg/m³FatehābādFatehābād, 27 June: no readingFatehābād, 28 June: 48.4 µg/m³Fatehābād, 29 June: 58.6 µg/m³Fatehābād, 30 June: 95.6 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 41.8Fatehābād, 1 July: no readingFatehābād, 2 July: no readingFatehābād, 3 July: 111.0 µg/m³Dera MāndiDera Māndi, 27 June: 53.8 µg/m³Dera Māndi, 28 June: 51.2 µg/m³Dera Māndi, 29 June: 52.2 µg/m³Dera Māndi, 30 June: 81.9 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 36.4Dera Māndi, 1 July: 54.9 µg/m³Dera Māndi, 2 July: 54.3 µg/m³Dera Māndi, 3 July: 78.3 µg/m³PalwalPalwal, 27 June: 52.9 µg/m³Palwal, 28 June: 77.5 µg/m³Palwal, 29 June: 48.4 µg/m³Palwal, 30 June: 74.3 µg/m³, 2.3× its usual 31.9Palwal, 1 July: 19.9 µg/m³Palwal, 2 July: 31.6 µg/m³Palwal, 3 July: 28.0 µg/m³HāpurHāpur, 27 June: no readingHāpur, 28 June: no readingHāpur, 29 June: 55.3 µg/m³Hāpur, 30 June: 66.7 µg/m³, 2.2× its usual 30.3Hāpur, 1 July: 16.0 µg/m³Hāpur, 2 July: 15.2 µg/m³Hāpur, 3 July: 19.6 µg/m³AgraAgra, 27 June: 42.9 µg/m³Agra, 28 June: 36.0 µg/m³Agra, 29 June: 33.5 µg/m³Agra, 30 June: 51.0 µg/m³, 2.0× its usual 25.5Agra, 1 July: 35.3 µg/m³Agra, 2 July: 49.1 µg/m³Agra, 3 July: 54.1 µg/m³27 Jun2829301 Jul23
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
SonīpatHaryana, India1 177.030 June68.32.6×
PanipatHaryana, India1 156.030 June65.22.4×
FatehābādHaryana, India1 95.630 June41.82.3×
Dera MāndiDelhi, India1 81.930 June36.42.3×
PalwalHaryana, India1 74.330 June31.92.3×
KaithalHaryana, India1 96.030 June44.22.2×
HāpurUttar Pradesh, India1 66.730 June30.32.2×
JīndHaryana, India1 139.030 June65.92.1×
AgraUttar Pradesh, India1 51.030 June25.52.0×

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 42 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.