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Loni, month by month
Loni has a measured daily mean on 444 days since 19 February 2025. Its worst month was November 2025, at 433 US AQI (291.9 µg/m³), 2nd of 2,715 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2026, at 98 US AQI (34.1 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
7 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). |
| Jul 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 | 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 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 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. 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.
Loni's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | 433291.9 µg/m³ | 2ndof 2,715 | – |
| December 2025 | 289214.7 µg/m³ | 12thof 3,006 | – |
| March 2025 | 246170.9 µg/m³ | 1stof 2,862 | Northern India, March and April 2025 North-western India, 26 to 28 March 2025and 1 more |
| October 2025 | 203127.9 µg/m³ | 6thof 2,614 | India and Pakistan, October 2025 |
| April 2025 | 202126.2 µg/m³ | 1stof 2,951 | Northern India, March and April 2025 North-western India, 1 to 4 April 2025 |
| April 2026 | 187106.8 µg/m³ | 4thof 2,941 | – |
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.
Loni's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2025 | 500+432.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Nov 2025 | 500+427.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Nov 2025 | 500+421.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 23 Nov 2025 | 500+419.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 22 Nov 2025 | 500+416.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Nov 2025 | 500+368.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Nov 2025 | 500+365.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 500+338.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 2 Dec 2025 | 500+329.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Mar 2025 | 500+326.0 µg/m³ | Northern India, March and April 2025 North-western India, 26 to 28 March 2025 |
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, Loni, India, 19 Feb 2025 – 7 Oct 2026. Monitor data from CPCB via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/in/loni/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Loni now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).