SmogRank / India / Haryana / Panchkula
Panchkula, month by month
Panchkula has a measured daily mean on 287 days since 11 October 2025. Its worst month was December 2025, at 189 US AQI (109.4 µg/m³), 44th of 3,006 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2026, at 79 US AQI (24.0 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
5 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). |
| 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 | 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 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 5 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Panchkula's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 189109.4 µg/m³ | 44thof 3,006 | – |
| November 2025 | 16474.7 µg/m³ | 81stof 2,715 | – |
| May 2026 | 14352.7 µg/m³ | 50thof 2,874 | – |
| April 2026 | 12344.6 µg/m³ | 94thof 2,941 | North-western India, 21 to 29 April 2026 |
| March 2026 | 8426.9 µg/m³ | 358thof 2,971 | – |
| July 2026 | 8326.3 µg/m³ | 195thof 2,784 | North-western India, 9 to 20 July 2026 |
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.
Panchkula's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 26 Dec 2025 | 416283.0 µg/m³ |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 282207.0 µg/m³ |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 259184.0 µg/m³ |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 257182.0 µg/m³ |
| 25 Dec 2025 | 248173.0 µg/m³ |
| 23 Dec 2025 | 245170.0 µg/m³ |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 242167.0 µg/m³ |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 234159.0 µg/m³ |
| 30 Dec 2025 | 227152.0 µg/m³ |
| 2 Nov 2025 | 219144.0 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 11 Oct 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, Panchkula, India, 11 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026. Monitor data from CPCB via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/in/panchkula/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Panchkula now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).