SmogRank / India / Bihar / Arāria
Arāria, month by month
Arāria has a measured daily mean on 468 days since 19 February 2025. Its worst month was December 2025, at 168 US AQI (80.4 µg/m³), 80th of 3,006 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2026, at 78 US AQI (23.7 µg/m³).
Every month since 2025
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
8 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 5 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 5 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Feb 2026 | 19 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 9 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 10 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | 10 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Arāria's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 16880.4 µg/m³ | 80thof 3,006 | – |
| November 2025 | 15358.1 µg/m³ | 138thof 2,715 | – |
| April 2026 | 13850.4 µg/m³ | 70thof 2,941 | – |
| March 2026 | 12947.0 µg/m³ | 98thof 2,971 | – |
| October 2025 | 11440.7 µg/m³ | 138thof 2,614 | India and Pakistan, October 2025 Eastern India, October 2025 |
| March 2025 | 11340.4 µg/m³ | 155thof 2,862 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Arāria's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 2025 | 205130.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 191112.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 22 Jul 2025 | 187107.0 µg/m³ | Northern India, July 2025 |
| 18 Aug 2025 | 187107.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Dec 2025 | 186105.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Oct 2025 | 184102.0 µg/m³ | India and Pakistan, October 2025 |
| 1 Dec 2025 | 183101.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 Dec 2025 | 183101.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Dec 2025 | 182100.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 30 Jul 2025 | 18299.6 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 19 Feb 2025; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Arāria, India, 19 Feb 2025 – 7 Oct 2026. Monitor data from CPCB via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/in/araria/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Arāria now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).