GURUGRAM: The city's air quality index rose to 88 at 4 pm IST on Saturday, October 31, 2026, while Manesar's fell to 58, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. Both remained satisfactory. These are fresh daily figures after Friday's improvement as reported earlier on dalimss.news, with a different direction of change in the two places.
Gurugram's figure now includes all four monitoring stations, compared with three on Friday. CPCB's station directory identifies those locations as Sector 51, Vikas Sadan, Teri Gram and NISE Gwal Pahari. Residents around those neighbourhoods should distinguish the city average from the reading at an individual monitoring station.
What changed in Saturday's bulletin
The October 31 CPCB bulletin records PM10 and PM2.5 as Gurugram's prominent pollutants. The daily index is an average covering the preceding 24 hours. It is therefore a dated assessment of the city's air, rather than a live reading for Sunday morning or a separate measurement for each sector.
The comparable October 30 bulletin put Gurugram at 69, with PM2.5, PM10 and nitrogen dioxide listed as prominent pollutants. Saturday's published value was 19 index points higher. Because station participation also changed from three out of four to four out of four, the comparison carries a coverage difference as well as a numerical change.
| Place | October 30, 4 pm IST | October 31, 4 pm IST |
|---|---|---|
| Gurugram | 69, satisfactory; three of four stations | 88, satisfactory; four of four stations |
| Manesar | 77, satisfactory; one of one stations | 58, satisfactory; one of one stations |
Manesar moved in the opposite direction, improving by 19 index points from Friday's 77. Its monitoring coverage stayed at one station on both dates, and PM10 remained its prominent pollutant. CPCB gives Manesar its own entry, so its value should be kept separate from Gurugram's instead of being presented as one districtwide AQI.
CPCB places values from 51 to 100 in the satisfactory band, above the good category of 0 to 50 and below moderate at 101 to 200. Its accompanying health statement says sensitive people can experience minor breathing discomfort in satisfactory conditions. Neither Saturday's category nor the lower Manesar figure means that particulate pollution has disappeared.
Dry forecast extends through November 6
A separate IMD Haryana bulletin issued at 12:30 pm IST on October 31 forecasts dry weather across Haryana and Chandigarh from October 31 through November 6. The seven-day warning table lists no weather warning for that period. The district forecast pages likewise show dry weather and no warning for the first five days.
For Gurugram residents, this is a newer forecast than the warning issued before Friday's rain. The earlier district thunderstorm and hail outlook concerned an earlier forecast period. It should not be carried forward into Sunday without checking the date of the latest bulletin.
The weather forecast does not predict Gurugram's next AQI value. Saturday's two official publications measure different things: CPCB reports the preceding day's air quality, while IMD describes expected weather over the coming days. A dry outlook alone cannot establish whether the next pollution reading will improve or worsen.
For the recent pollution sequence, the October 29 air quality report provides the earlier poor-category assessment. The latest verified daily snapshot here remains October 31 at 4 pm IST; subsequent readings need their own reporting time and station coverage before they can be compared fairly.
