SmogRank / India / Chhattisgarh

Air quality in Raipur

Chhattisgarh, India. PM2.5 from 2 reference monitors, updated hourly.

23.6µg/m³
Moderate

Mean for 29 Sept, the most recent day with readings, 1.6× the WHO 24-hour guideline. No hourly readings have reached us since; some networks publish days late.

Rank, worst first

24 hours–not enough data
7 days#220of 2,315, at 15.0 µg/m³
30 days#176of 2,323, at 18.7 µg/m³
This year#206of 2,174, at 22.7 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Seasonal. Over the past year its worst months were January, February, December, averaging up to 43.7 µg/m³ against 9.3 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Raipur's own measurements; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.

The last 12 months, day by day

1102031Nov 2025DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct2025-11-01: 16.0 µg/m³2025-11-02: 24.2 µg/m³2025-11-03: 24.2 µg/m³2025-11-04: no data2025-11-05: 26.3 µg/m³2025-11-06: 23.0 µg/m³2025-11-07: 27.8 µg/m³2025-11-08: 28.8 µg/m³2025-11-09: 41.5 µg/m³2025-11-10: no data2025-11-11: 37.6 µg/m³2025-11-12: 38.6 µg/m³2025-11-13: 50.0 µg/m³2025-11-14: 29.6 µg/m³2025-11-15: 7.5 µg/m³2025-11-16: 7.3 µg/m³2025-11-17: 10.7 µg/m³2025-11-18: 27.0 µg/m³2025-11-19: 18.2 µg/m³2025-11-20: 17.2 µg/m³2025-11-21: 17.1 µg/m³2025-11-22: 15.7 µg/m³2025-11-23: 15.7 µg/m³2025-11-24: 23.3 µg/m³2025-11-25: 50.0 µg/m³2025-11-26: 40.2 µg/m³2025-11-27: 39.9 µg/m³2025-11-28: 46.9 µg/m³2025-11-29: 54.1 µg/m³2025-11-30: 54.7 µg/m³2025-12-01: 45.7 µg/m³2025-12-02: 43.6 µg/m³2025-12-03: 54.3 µg/m³2025-12-04: 44.1 µg/m³2025-12-05: 49.6 µg/m³2025-12-06: 38.7 µg/m³2025-12-07: 52.7 µg/m³2025-12-08: 36.6 µg/m³2025-12-09: 51.2 µg/m³2025-12-10: 44.4 µg/m³2025-12-11: 46.1 µg/m³2025-12-12: 46.8 µg/m³2025-12-13: 48.3 µg/m³2025-12-14: 49.7 µg/m³2025-12-15: 58.7 µg/m³2025-12-16: 45.7 µg/m³2025-12-17: 29.9 µg/m³2025-12-18: 21.9 µg/m³2025-12-19: 16.7 µg/m³2025-12-20: 23.2 µg/m³2025-12-21: 24.8 µg/m³2025-12-22: 26.8 µg/m³2025-12-23: 56.5 µg/m³2025-12-24: 34.6 µg/m³2025-12-25: 35.8 µg/m³2025-12-26: 38.4 µg/m³2025-12-27: 36.1 µg/m³2025-12-28: 42.0 µg/m³2025-12-29: 42.1 µg/m³2025-12-30: 38.1 µg/m³2025-12-31: 33.0 µg/m³2026-01-01: 41.8 µg/m³2026-01-02: 50.9 µg/m³2026-01-03: 51.2 µg/m³2026-01-04: 47.3 µg/m³2026-01-05: 40.0 µg/m³2026-01-06: 34.2 µg/m³2026-01-07: 43.0 µg/m³2026-01-08: 42.8 µg/m³2026-01-09: 38.3 µg/m³2026-01-10: 49.4 µg/m³2026-01-11: no data2026-01-12: no data2026-01-13: no data2026-01-14: no data2026-01-15: no data2026-01-16: no data2026-01-17: no data2026-01-18: no data2026-01-19: no data2026-01-20: no data2026-01-21: 43.8 µg/m³2026-01-22: 38.7 µg/m³2026-01-23: 42.2 µg/m³2026-01-24: 44.2 µg/m³2026-01-25: 48.1 µg/m³2026-01-26: 50.7 µg/m³2026-01-27: 48.5 µg/m³2026-01-28: 45.8 µg/m³2026-01-29: 46.0 µg/m³2026-01-30: 36.6 µg/m³2026-01-31: 33.5 µg/m³2026-02-01: 37.1 µg/m³2026-02-02: 34.0 µg/m³2026-02-03: no data2026-02-04: no data2026-02-05: 45.4 µg/m³2026-02-06: 37.7 µg/m³2026-02-07: 27.9 µg/m³2026-02-08: no data2026-02-09: 31.1 µg/m³2026-02-10: 36.2 µg/m³2026-02-11: no data2026-02-12: 40.2 µg/m³2026-02-13: 38.1 µg/m³2026-02-14: 43.8 µg/m³2026-02-15: 34.6 µg/m³2026-02-16: no data2026-02-17: no data2026-02-18: no data2026-02-19: no data2026-02-20: 46.4 µg/m³2026-02-21: 45.6 µg/m³2026-02-22: 42.4 µg/m³2026-02-23: 30.5 µg/m³2026-02-24: 26.5 µg/m³2026-02-25: 27.7 µg/m³2026-02-26: 28.7 µg/m³2026-02-27: 40.8 µg/m³2026-02-28: 35.7 µg/m³2026-03-01: 26.7 µg/m³2026-03-02: 26.9 µg/m³2026-03-03: 32.2 µg/m³2026-03-04: 23.0 µg/m³2026-03-05: 18.8 µg/m³2026-03-06: 20.4 µg/m³2026-03-07: 26.2 µg/m³2026-03-08: 39.1 µg/m³2026-03-09: 40.3 µg/m³2026-03-10: no data2026-03-11: 33.8 µg/m³2026-03-12: 29.4 µg/m³2026-03-13: 31.4 µg/m³2026-03-14: 34.9 µg/m³2026-03-15: 29.9 µg/m³2026-03-16: 26.5 µg/m³2026-03-17: 17.7 µg/m³2026-03-18: 14.1 µg/m³2026-03-19: 20.8 µg/m³2026-03-20: 15.4 µg/m³2026-03-21: 16.8 µg/m³2026-03-22: 17.2 µg/m³2026-03-23: 26.8 µg/m³2026-03-24: 26.2 µg/m³2026-03-25: 33.8 µg/m³2026-03-26: 38.9 µg/m³2026-03-27: 30.1 µg/m³2026-03-28: 19.2 µg/m³2026-03-29: 25.3 µg/m³2026-03-30: 24.3 µg/m³2026-03-31: 17.1 µg/m³2026-04-01: 20.0 µg/m³2026-04-02: 12.7 µg/m³2026-04-03: 18.7 µg/m³2026-04-04: 20.4 µg/m³2026-04-05: 19.3 µg/m³2026-04-06: 20.1 µg/m³2026-04-07: 22.2 µg/m³2026-04-08: 26.5 µg/m³2026-04-09: 29.5 µg/m³2026-04-10: 29.2 µg/m³2026-04-11: 36.6 µg/m³2026-04-12: 36.7 µg/m³2026-04-13: 34.0 µg/m³2026-04-14: 45.5 µg/m³2026-04-15: 37.0 µg/m³2026-04-16: no data2026-04-17: 38.9 µg/m³2026-04-18: 39.0 µg/m³2026-04-19: 21.8 µg/m³2026-04-20: 18.4 µg/m³2026-04-21: 18.3 µg/m³2026-04-22: 21.4 µg/m³2026-04-23: 20.9 µg/m³2026-04-24: 35.6 µg/m³2026-04-25: 23.5 µg/m³2026-04-26: 25.0 µg/m³2026-04-27: 24.9 µg/m³2026-04-28: 21.9 µg/m³2026-04-29: 22.0 µg/m³2026-04-30: 19.8 µg/m³2026-05-01: 15.8 µg/m³2026-05-02: 19.5 µg/m³2026-05-03: 14.6 µg/m³2026-05-04: 13.7 µg/m³2026-05-05: 16.1 µg/m³2026-05-06: no data2026-05-07: 9.5 µg/m³2026-05-08: 13.0 µg/m³2026-05-09: 15.2 µg/m³2026-05-10: 19.7 µg/m³2026-05-11: 15.8 µg/m³2026-05-12: 15.6 µg/m³2026-05-13: 16.9 µg/m³2026-05-14: 15.4 µg/m³2026-05-15: 14.3 µg/m³2026-05-16: 24.3 µg/m³2026-05-17: 15.8 µg/m³2026-05-18: 19.5 µg/m³2026-05-19: 20.1 µg/m³2026-05-20: 22.5 µg/m³2026-05-21: 30.6 µg/m³2026-05-22: 38.6 µg/m³2026-05-23: 29.6 µg/m³2026-05-24: 30.1 µg/m³2026-05-25: 40.1 µg/m³2026-05-26: 30.7 µg/m³2026-05-27: 31.2 µg/m³2026-05-28: 28.9 µg/m³2026-05-29: 25.3 µg/m³2026-05-30: 27.9 µg/m³2026-05-31: 18.9 µg/m³2026-06-01: 17.9 µg/m³2026-06-02: 22.6 µg/m³2026-06-03: 36.4 µg/m³2026-06-04: 22.3 µg/m³2026-06-05: 15.4 µg/m³2026-06-06: 18.5 µg/m³2026-06-07: 29.4 µg/m³2026-06-08: 25.2 µg/m³2026-06-09: 18.0 µg/m³2026-06-10: 17.3 µg/m³2026-06-11: 11.7 µg/m³2026-06-12: 12.3 µg/m³2026-06-13: 20.5 µg/m³2026-06-14: 19.1 µg/m³2026-06-15: 29.6 µg/m³2026-06-16: 23.6 µg/m³2026-06-17: 24.6 µg/m³2026-06-18: 17.5 µg/m³2026-06-19: 14.6 µg/m³2026-06-20: 15.4 µg/m³2026-06-21: 14.4 µg/m³2026-06-22: 10.0 µg/m³2026-06-23: no data2026-06-24: no data2026-06-25: no data2026-06-26: 14.1 µg/m³2026-06-27: 12.0 µg/m³2026-06-28: 12.8 µg/m³2026-06-29: 12.5 µg/m³2026-06-30: 11.7 µg/m³2026-07-01: 8.5 µg/m³2026-07-02: 8.6 µg/m³2026-07-03: 6.3 µg/m³2026-07-04: 12.5 µg/m³2026-07-05: 5.0 µg/m³2026-07-06: 3.2 µg/m³2026-07-07: 4.6 µg/m³2026-07-08: 3.8 µg/m³2026-07-09: 7.8 µg/m³2026-07-10: 13.2 µg/m³2026-07-11: 13.0 µg/m³2026-07-12: 13.8 µg/m³2026-07-13: 16.8 µg/m³2026-07-14: 18.2 µg/m³2026-07-15: 10.9 µg/m³2026-07-16: 17.1 µg/m³2026-07-17: 11.2 µg/m³2026-07-18: 12.7 µg/m³2026-07-19: 12.6 µg/m³2026-07-20: 11.6 µg/m³2026-07-21: 5.7 µg/m³2026-07-22: 2.4 µg/m³2026-07-23: 4.8 µg/m³2026-07-24: 9.7 µg/m³2026-07-25: 6.9 µg/m³2026-07-26: 8.3 µg/m³2026-07-27: 11.0 µg/m³2026-07-28: 6.4 µg/m³2026-07-29: 8.5 µg/m³2026-07-30: 7.5 µg/m³2026-07-31: 4.2 µg/m³2026-08-01: 6.2 µg/m³2026-08-02: 9.5 µg/m³2026-08-03: 12.2 µg/m³2026-08-04: no data2026-08-05: 15.5 µg/m³2026-08-06: 15.0 µg/m³2026-08-07: 14.3 µg/m³2026-08-08: 13.5 µg/m³2026-08-09: 11.5 µg/m³2026-08-10: 15.4 µg/m³2026-08-11: 14.9 µg/m³2026-08-12: 10.0 µg/m³2026-08-13: 12.4 µg/m³2026-08-14: 13.5 µg/m³2026-08-15: 13.0 µg/m³2026-08-16: 13.2 µg/m³2026-08-17: 15.4 µg/m³2026-08-18: 10.4 µg/m³2026-08-19: 13.0 µg/m³2026-08-20: 18.5 µg/m³2026-08-21: 16.9 µg/m³2026-08-22: 15.1 µg/m³2026-08-23: 17.7 µg/m³2026-08-24: 19.5 µg/m³2026-08-25: 14.7 µg/m³2026-08-26: 16.7 µg/m³2026-08-27: no data2026-08-28: no data2026-08-29: no data2026-08-30: 12.6 µg/m³2026-08-31: 16.9 µg/m³2026-09-01: 15.9 µg/m³2026-09-02: 11.5 µg/m³2026-09-03: 7.0 µg/m³2026-09-04: 10.5 µg/m³2026-09-05: 11.6 µg/m³2026-09-06: 13.8 µg/m³2026-09-07: 18.9 µg/m³2026-09-08: 19.4 µg/m³2026-09-09: 21.3 µg/m³2026-09-10: 21.0 µg/m³2026-09-11: 18.8 µg/m³2026-09-12: 7.1 µg/m³2026-09-13: 5.6 µg/m³2026-09-14: 8.2 µg/m³2026-09-15: 13.4 µg/m³2026-09-16: 30.5 µg/m³2026-09-17: 43.7 µg/m³2026-09-18: 23.5 µg/m³2026-09-19: 20.5 µg/m³2026-09-20: 34.2 µg/m³2026-09-21: 39.1 µg/m³2026-09-22: 30.7 µg/m³2026-09-23: 25.2 µg/m³2026-09-24: 12.0 µg/m³2026-09-25: 6.2 µg/m³2026-09-26: 4.0 µg/m³2026-09-27: 16.5 µg/m³2026-09-28: 24.7 µg/m³2026-09-29: 23.6 µg/m³2026-09-30: no data2026-10-01: no data
247 of 332 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline (15 µg/m³). One row per month, one square per local day.
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+

Hour by hour

No hourly readings in the last few days. The chart returns when the monitors' data arrives.

Its world rank, day by day

#1#2108NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).

2026 against 2025, month by month

15Jan 2026: 43.7 µg/m³JanFeb 2025: 32.9 µg/m³Feb 2026: 36.5 µg/m³FebMar 2025: 28.8 µg/m³Mar 2026: 26.1 µg/m³MarApr 2025: 24.7 µg/m³Apr 2026: 26.2 µg/m³AprMay 2025: 20.0 µg/m³May 2026: 21.6 µg/m³MayJun 2025: 18.9 µg/m³Jun 2026: 18.5 µg/m³JunJul 2025: 7.4 µg/m³Jul 2026: 9.3 µg/m³JulAug 2025: 8.6 µg/m³Aug 2026: 14.0 µg/m³AugSep 2025: 13.7 µg/m³Sep 2026: 18.6 µg/m³SepOct 2025: 21.8 µg/m³OctNov 2025: 29.0 µg/m³NovDec 2025: 40.5 µg/m³Dec
Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.

This week against past years

This weekThis week: 15.0 µg/m³15.020252025: 16.8 µg/m³16.8
Mean PM2.5 for 25 Sept to 1 Oct in each year. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline.

Monitors

StationOperatorType
AIIMS, Raipur - CECBGODL-IndiaChhattisgarh Environment Conservation BoardReference
Krishak Nagar, Raipur - CECBGODL-IndiaChhattisgarh Environment Conservation BoardReference

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Other cities in India

30-day averages, µg/m³. All of India.

Updated 2026-10-01 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.