An independent civic project. Numbers from CPCB stations, with history from 2009 and a check against satellite estimates.

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India's air stations

Full colour: reporting this hour. Faded: AQI shown but a pollutant is missing. Grey ring: silent for 3 hours or more. Numbers appear when you zoom in.

Each eligible station's monthly PM2.5 compared with satellite-based estimates for 2023 and 2024. A verdict needs 8 of the last 12 months on one side of the expected range. How the check works

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India's air, down to every village. Readings from CPCB's continuous stations; history from the XKDR India Air Quality Database and OpenAQ; satellite estimates from Washington University's SatPM2.5.

CPCB real-time data is provisional. Station values are shown as reported, with gaps drawn as gaps.