SmogRank / India / Odisha / Joda
Joda, month by month
Joda has a measured daily mean on 434 days since 19 February 2025. Its worst month was December 2025, at 182 US AQI (99.3 µg/m³), 53rd of 3,006 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 83 US AQI (26.5 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
10 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 6 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 5 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2026 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2026 | 17 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 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. |
| Oct 2025 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | 17 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 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.
Joda's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 18299.3 µg/m³ | 53rdof 3,006 | – |
| March 2026 | 16068.6 µg/m³ | 31stof 2,971 | – |
| April 2026 | 15763.9 µg/m³ | 34thof 2,941 | Eastern India, April 2026 |
| March 2025 | 15156.1 µg/m³ | 58thof 2,862 | – |
| May 2026 | 15155.6 µg/m³ | 41stof 2,874 | – |
| September 2025 | 10537.1 µg/m³ | 45thof 3,104 | Eastern India, September 2025 |
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.
Joda's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2025 | 290215.0 µg/m³ |
| 7 Mar 2025 | 262187.0 µg/m³ |
| 13 Dec 2025 | 241166.0 µg/m³ |
| 3 Dec 2025 | 236161.0 µg/m³ |
| 5 Dec 2025 | 232157.0 µg/m³ |
| 14 Dec 2025 | 232157.0 µg/m³ |
| 20 Feb 2026 | 224149.0 µg/m³ |
| 18 Jun 2026 | 223148.0 µg/m³ |
| 8 Dec 2025 | 218143.0 µg/m³ |
| 16 Dec 2025 | 210135.0 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, Joda, India, 19 Feb 2025 – 7 Oct 2026. Monitor data from CPCB via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/in/joda/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Joda now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 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).