Delhi-NCR AQI Level Today, 29 October 2025: Day after artificial rain experiment, AQI in Delhi remains in ‘poor’ category; Wazirpur records worst air quality

Delhi-NCR AQI Level Today, 29 October 2025: Check the latest air quality index, pollution level, and smog conditions across Delhi and NCR with health safety advice and AQI category updates.

Commuters travel amid a thick layer of smog as the AQI level increases to 'very poor' in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Delhi Air Quality Index (AQI) Level Today, 29 October 2025: Despite attempts at tackling severe air quality in Delhi with the help of artificial rain experiment conducted Tuesday, the air quality index (AQI) across the national Capital remained in the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ categories on Wednesday.

At 275, Delhi again recorded AQI in the ‘poor’ category, a slight reduction from Monday’s readings, according to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, as of 5:30 am. The ambient temperature at the time was 18.8 degrees Celsius, as per the website.

Wazirpur yet again recorded the worst air quality, with the EWS showing an AQI reading of 327, early Wednesday.

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Environmentalists have termed the Delhi government’s cloud-seeding trial a short-term measure, saying it may temporarily reduce pollution but will not address the root causes of the capital’s deteriorating air quality.

Moreover, a senior official at the Ministry of Earth Sciences, commenting on the timing of cloud-seeding. said, “The Delhi government seems to have been misadvised about cloud seeding to be done in the post-monsoon / winter season. There will be no use of it as the season is dominated by western disturbances, making the seeding difficult in the absence of mature clouds.”

Top 10 highest AQI areas in Delhi

Area	AQI
Wazirpur	327
Sirifort	326
Bawana	320
Rohini	320
Mundka	315
Vivek Vihar	309
R K Puram	308
Anand Vihar	307
ITO	307
Dwarka Sector – 8	302
Sonia Vihar	301
Punjabi Bagh	298
Pusa	297
Nehru Nagar	296
Patparganj	294
Jahangirpuri	293
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	290
Najafgarh	289
Burari Crossing	283
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium	282

The AQI reading is categorised as Good (0-50), Satisfactory (51-100), Moderately Polluted (101-200), Poor (201-300), Very Poor (301-400), and Severe (401-500). Higher the AQI reading, the unhealthier it is to breathe.

AQI in NCR

According to AQI monitoring service aqi.in, Noida recorded an AQI of 310, as of 7:30 am on Wednesday. The AQI in Greater Noida was slightly less, with the service pegging the reading at 289.

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Delhi logged an AQI figure of 251, less than the 332 recorded on Tuesday, as per aqi.in.

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