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You're looking at Gurugram's air right now — AQI 458, severe, driven by PM2.5.

NISE Gwal Pahari, Gurugram - IITM · 4 stations · updated

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Gurugram Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

Live air quality in Gurugram, Haryana — real-time AQI, dominant pollutant, PM2.5 & PM10 levels and a plain-English health advisory, computed from CPCB data.

#4 most polluted of 297 live citiesDominant pollutant: PM2.5
Is it safe to go out in Gurugram today?

No — Gurugram's AQI is 458 (Severe). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

Breathing today's air is roughly like 18 cigarettes a dayA rough PM2.5 equivalence (Berkeley Earth: ~22 µg/m³ ≈ one cigarette) — a rule of thumb, not medical advice.
▲ 1 higher than yesterday

Where 458 sits on the India CPCB scale

458
0GoodModeratePoorSevere500

Gurugram air quality forecast

22°C · wind 6 km/h

Light winds (6 km/h) and calm air are letting pollution build up near the ground.

Today328Very Poorlow 130
Tomorrow331Very Poorlow 135
Sun278Poorlow 117
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Hourly AQI forecast for the next 24 hours (CPCB scale).

Cleanest air today is forecast around 20:00 (AQI 319) — a good window for outdoor time.

Forecast modelled by Open-Meteo and converted to the CPCB scale. Forecasts are estimates and can change — our live readings above are measured.

What you can do outside right now

Outdoor exercise
Avoid — train indoors
Windows
Keep them closed
Mask outdoors
Wear an N95
Kids’ outdoor play
Keep them indoors
Air purifier
Run it now
Commute
Mask + windows up

General guidance by AQI band. Sensitive groups should act one level earlier.

Live pollutant levels

PM2.5393 µg/m³
Severe · index 458
PM10297 µg/m³
Poor · index 248
NO₂72 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 90
O₃53 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 54
SO₂21 µg/m³
Good · index 26
NH₃16 µg/m³
Good · index 4

Each pollutant's 24-hour concentration is converted to a CPCB sub-index; the city AQI is the highest of them (the dominant pollutant). Bars show the sub-index out of 500.

What this air does to your body

17.9
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (393 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 17.9 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−38 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 38 years versus the WHO guideline (5 µg/m³), per the AQLI method.

Illustrative equivalences from published research (Berkeley Earth; Air Quality Life Index, University of Chicago). Not a medical assessment of your personal risk.

Where the air is cleanest and worst in Gurugram right now

A live comparison of Gurugram's monitoring areas — the cleaner areas are the better choice for outdoor time right now, while the worst are best avoided for exercise. Each figure is a real station reading, not an estimate.

Cleaner areas — where to go

  • 418Vikas Sadan, GurugramSevere
  • 431Sector-51, GurugramSevere

Worst areas — where to avoid

  • 458NISE Gwal Pahari, Gurugram - IITMSevere
  • 442Teri Gram, GurugramSevere

Monitoring stations in Gurugram

4 live CPCB stations, ranked worst air first. Each station's AQI is its own highest pollutant sub-index.

StationAQICategoryPM2.5PM10
NISE Gwal Pahari, Gurugram - IITM458Severe393297
Teri Gram, Gurugram - HSPCB442Severe354293
Sector-51, Gurugram - HSPCB431Severe327227
Vikas Sadan, Gurugram - HSPCB418Severe294219

Source: CPCB continuous ambient air-quality monitoring stations via data.gov.in. Station-level values are the latest hourly averages.

24-hour AQI graph

min 457 · max 462
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Hourly AQI recorded each hour by DailyAQI (local time). Fills to a rolling 24 hours.

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What Severe air means for you

Affects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases; avoid outdoor activity.

Health guidance per CPCB National Air Quality Index bands. Informational only — not medical advice.

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AQI categories (India scale)

AQICategoryAssociated health impact
0–50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk.
51–100SatisfactoryAcceptable air quality; minor breathing discomfort possible for unusually sensitive people.
101–200ModerateMay cause breathing discomfort to people with lung disease such as asthma, and to children and older adults.
201–300PoorMay cause breathing discomfort to most people on prolonged exposure.
301–400Very PoorMay cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure; effects more pronounced for people with lung and heart disease.
401–500SevereAffects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases; avoid outdoor activity.

Monitoring location

Approximate location of the monitoring station(s) feeding this reading. Map © OpenStreetMap.

About air quality in Gurugram

This page tracks the Gurugram, Haryana Air Quality Index using measurements from 4 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) monitoring stations, published through the Government of India's open-data portal. Right now Gurugram's AQI is 458 (Severe), with PM2.5 the dominant pollutant. The AQI is a single number from 0 to 500 that summarises how polluted the air is and what it means for health, built from pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), coarse particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ground-level ozone and sulphur dioxide — the index reflects whichever is worst at the time.

How Gurugram's air changes through the year

As a North Indian city, Gurugram sees the country's sharpest seasonal swing. From roughly late October to February, cool and still air with temperature inversions traps emissions close to the ground, and smoke from post-harvest crop-residue burning in Punjab and Haryana — together with festival-season activity around Diwali — pushes the AQI to its yearly peak. The monsoon (June to September) usually brings the cleanest air as rain washes particulates out, with spring and early autumn sitting in between.

What drives air pollution in Gurugram

The main contributors are vehicle exhaust, road and construction dust, industry and power generation, household cooking and heating fuel, and — in the cooler months — seasonal crop-residue burning across the surrounding farmland. Because the region is landlocked, there is little sea breeze to flush pollutants away, so they accumulate night after night during still winter spells.

Cleaner and worse areas within Gurugram

Air quality is not uniform across a city. Among Gurugram's monitoring areas right now, the air is cleanest around Vikas Sadan, Gurugram and worst around NISE Gwal Pahari, Gurugram - IITM — a reminder that local traffic, industry and construction can make a real difference over just a few kilometres. The live area-by-area comparison above shows where to go and where to avoid at this moment.

Best time to visit Gurugram for cleaner air

If cleaner air matters for your visit, the smog season from November to January has Gurugram's worst air of the year, while the monsoon and the weeks around it, along with spring, are usually far better. Whatever the month, check the live reading on this page before heading out, and pack a well-fitting N95 or FFP2 mask for high-pollution days. Nearby cities with comparatively cleaner air right now include Rohtak, Faridabad.

Staying safe in Gurugram's air

When the AQI is in the Good or Satisfactory range, outdoor activity is fine for almost everyone. From Moderate upward, sensitive groups — children, older adults, pregnant people and anyone with asthma or heart disease — should pace themselves outdoors, and once the air turns Poor or worse it is sensible for everyone to limit strenuous outdoor exertion, keep windows closed, run an air purifier indoors and wear a well-fitting mask outside. This is general information rather than medical advice. We only display a number when a recent station reading exists — if you see "data updating", we are waiting on a fresh value rather than showing an estimate.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the AQI in Gurugram today?

The current Air Quality Index in Gurugram is 458 (Severe) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Gurugram today?

No — Gurugram's AQI is 458 (Severe). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

What is the main pollutant in Gurugram?

Today the dominant pollutant driving Gurugram's AQI is PM2.5. The full pollutant breakdown (PM2.5, PM10, NO₂, O₃, CO, SO₂) is listed above.

How is Gurugram's AQI calculated?

Each pollutant's 24-hour concentration is converted to a sub-index using CPCB breakpoints; the city AQI is the highest sub-index. See our methodology.

What is the air quality forecast for Gurugram tomorrow?

Air in Gurugram is forecast to stay similar tomorrow, around AQI 331 (Very Poor). Forecasts are modelled estimates (Open-Meteo) and can change.