SmogRank / History / March 8, 2025

Most polluted cities on March 8, 2025

2,568 cities ranked by their average PM2.5 over the day; the worst was Thiruvananthapuram, India, at 528.0 µg/m³. Each city's own local calendar day.

Bad-air episodes during March 8, 2025. All episodes.

← Thiruvananthapuram 528.0 µg/m³ 500 µg/m³15 WHO 24-hour guideline
Every city ranked for March 8, 2025, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1ThiruvananthapuramKerala, India
    500+35.2×
  2. 2Dhakalow-cost sensorsDhaka Division, Bangladesh
    23110.4×
  3. 3TumkūrKarnataka, India
    2219.7×
  4. 4LoniUttar Pradesh, India
    2199.6×
  5. 5AngulOdisha, India
    2159.3×
  6. 6HājīpurBihar, India
    2149.3×
  7. 7KaunasKaunas, Lithuania
    1988.2×
  8. 8Kampalalow-cost sensorsCentral Region, Uganda
    1937.7×
  9. 9NegotinCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1917.5×
  10. 9ParbhaniMaharashtra, India
    1917.5×
  11. 11Dera MāndiDelhi, India
    1907.4×
  12. 12BawānaDelhi, India
    1897.3×
  13. 13GuwahatiAssam, India
    1867.1×
  14. 14HanumāngarhRajasthan, India
    1846.9×
  15. 14Charkhi DādriHaryana, India
    1846.9×
  16. 16MandideepMadhya Pradesh, India
    1826.6×
  17. 17Aya NagarDelhi, India
    1796.4×
  18. 18BhiwadiRajasthan, India
    1796.3×
  19. 19LublinLublin, Poland
    1786.3×
  20. 20ZaječarCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1776.2×
  21. 21NandedMaharashtra, India
    1766.1×
  22. 22MuzaffarpurBihar, India
    1766.1×
  23. 23KikindaVojvodina, Serbia
    1766.0×
  24. 23BegusaraiBihar, India
    1766.0×
  25. 23Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra, India
    1766.0×
  26. 26SasarāmBihar, India
    1756.0×
  27. 27Sri GanganagarRajasthan, India
    1756.0×
  28. 28PatnaBihar, India
    1756.0×
  29. 29Dera Colliery TownshipOdisha, India
    1756.0×
  30. 30Banja LukaSrpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1745.9×
  31. 31GhāziābādUttar Pradesh, India
    1725.7×
  32. 32GorakhpurUttar Pradesh, India
    1725.7×
  33. 33OtwockMazovia, Poland
    1715.6×
  34. 34JodaOdisha, India
    1705.5×
  35. 35AnkleshwarGujarat, India
    1695.4×
  36. 36GurugramHaryana, India
    1695.4×
  37. 37Stodůlkylow-cost sensorsPrague, Czechia
    1685.4×
  38. 38JalgaonMaharashtra, India
    1685.3×
  39. 39PāliRajasthan, India
    1675.3×
  40. 40ThāneMaharashtra, India
    1675.2×
  41. 41NarelaDelhi, India
    1675.2×
  42. 42Kathmandulow-cost sensorsBagmati Province, Nepal
    1675.2×
  43. 43SiedlceMazovia, Poland
    1665.2×
  44. 43BaddiHimachal Pradesh, India
    1665.2×
  45. 45KrotoszynGreater Poland, Poland
    1665.1×
  46. 46DurgapurWest Bengal, India
    1665.1×
  47. 47BhāgalpurBihar, India
    1655.1×
  48. 48SaharsaBihar, India
    1655.0×
  49. 49JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland
    1655.0×
  50. 50MothīhāriBihar, India
    1655.0×
  51. 50BelpaharOdisha, India
    1655.0×
  52. 52AhmedabadGujarat, India
    1645.0×
  53. 53N'DjamenaN’Djaména, Chad
    1645.0×
  54. 54DejCluj County, Romania
    1644.9×
  55. 54VapiGujarat, India
    1644.9×
  56. 56PuneMaharashtra, India
    1634.9×
  57. 56LudhianaPunjab, India
    1634.9×
  58. 58PanvelMaharashtra, India
    1634.9×
  59. 59BihaćFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1634.9×
  60. 60BadlapurMaharashtra, India
    1634.8×
  61. 60KaliszGreater Poland, Poland
    1634.8×
  62. 62ByasanagarOdisha, India
    1634.8×
  63. 63RourkelaOdisha, India
    1624.8×
  64. 64DelhiDelhi, India
    1624.7×
  65. 65Debrecenlow-cost sensorsHajdú-Bihar, Hungary
    1624.7×
  66. 66KhargharMaharashtra, India
    1614.7×
  67. 67TiruppurTamil Nadu, India
    1614.7×
  68. 67LoznicaCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1614.7×
  69. 69LubańLower Silesia, Poland
    1614.7×
  70. 69ŠabacCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1614.7×
  71. 71ZamośćLublin, Poland
    1614.6×
  72. 72Novi PazarCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1614.6×
  73. 73SingrauliMadhya Pradesh, India
    1604.6×
  74. 74BhiwandiMaharashtra, India
    1604.6×
  75. 75CiechanówMazovia, Poland
    1604.5×
  76. 76KalyānMaharashtra, India
    1604.5×
  77. 77PhayaoPhayao, Thailand
    1594.5×
  78. 78BhelaiChhattisgarh, India
    1594.4×
  79. 79DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland
    1594.4×
  80. 80ŻyrardówMazovia, Poland
    1584.4×
  81. 81SiliguriWest Bengal, India
    1584.4×
  82. 81KohimaNagaland, India
    1584.4×
  83. 83ClosepetKarnataka, India
    1584.3×
  84. 84BhayandarMaharashtra, India
    1574.3×
  85. 84WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
    1574.3×
  86. 86LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia
    1574.3×
  87. 86RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland
    1574.3×
  88. 86PoznańGreater Poland, Poland
    1574.3×
  89. 86SerilingampalleTelangana, India
    1574.3×
  90. 90RānipetTamil Nadu, India
    1574.3×
  91. 91LeskovacCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1574.3×
  92. 92CuttackOdisha, India
    1574.3×
  93. 93RānīganjWest Bengal, India
    1564.2×
  94. 93ĀsansolWest Bengal, India
    1564.2×
  95. 95MielecSubcarpathia, Poland
    1564.2×
  96. 95SholapurMaharashtra, India
    1564.2×
  97. 97Mae SaiChiang Rai, Thailand
    1564.2×
  98. 98KlaipėdaKlaipėda County, Lithuania
    1564.2×
  99. 99VelloreTamil Nadu, India
    1564.2×
  100. 100UdaipurRajasthan, India
    1564.2×
  101. 100ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship, Poland
    1564.2×
  102. 102LaturMaharashtra, India
    1554.1×
  103. 103MungerBihar, India
    1554.1×
  104. 104MangaluruKarnataka, India
    1554.1×
  105. 105Chik BallāpurKarnataka, India
    1554.1×
  106. 106BhubaneswarOdisha, India
    1554.1×
  107. 107ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal, India
    1554.0×
  108. 107LucknowUttar Pradesh, India
    1554.0×
  109. 109VilniusVilnius, Lithuania
    1544.0×
  110. 109Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra, India
    1544.0×
  111. 111NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland
    1544.0×
  112. 112BoisarMaharashtra, India
    1544.0×
  113. 112KłodzkoLower Silesia, Poland
    1544.0×
  114. 114BarbilOdisha, India
    1544.0×
  115. 115BulandshahrUttar Pradesh, India
    1544.0×
  116. 116UžiceCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1544.0×
  117. 117EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland
    1544.0×
  118. 118Tomaszów LubelskiLublin, Poland
    1543.9×
  119. 118GayaBihar, India
    1543.9×
  120. 120RadomMazovia, Poland
    1533.9×
  121. 121BuxarBihar, India
    1533.9×
  122. 122TirumalaAndhra Pradesh, India
    1533.9×
  123. 123MumbaiMaharashtra, India
    1523.8×
  124. 124NajafgarhDelhi, India
    1523.8×
  125. 125Chiang RaiChiang Rai, Thailand
    1523.8×
  126. 125SuboticaVojvodina, Serbia
    1523.8×
  127. 127KolkataWest Bengal, India
    1523.8×
  128. 128ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
    1523.8×
  129. 129LegionowoMazovia, Poland
    1523.8×
  130. 129ChāndaMaharashtra, India
    1523.8×
  131. 131Chiang MaiChiang Mai, Thailand
    1523.8×
  132. 132AkolaMaharashtra, India
    1513.7×
  133. 133OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland
    1513.7×
  134. 134KadapaAndhra Pradesh, India
    1513.7×
  135. 135KhannaPunjab, India
    1513.7×
  136. 136Zagreblow-cost sensorsZagreb, Croatia
    1503.7×
  137. 137NagaonAssam, India
    1503.7×
  138. 138ŻywiecSilesia, Poland
    1493.7×
  139. 138ŚwiecieKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
    1493.7×
  140. 140WrocławLower Silesia, Poland
    1483.6×
  141. 141PatancheruTelangana, India
    1473.6×
  142. 142PhraePhrae, Thailand
    1473.6×
  143. 143BaripādaOdisha, India
    1463.6×
  144. 144GandhinagarGujarat, India
    1453.6×
  145. 145LamphunLamphun, Thailand
    1443.5×
  146. 145BhilaiChhattisgarh, India
    1443.5×
  147. 147BiałystokPodlasie, Poland
    1443.5×
  148. 147GwaliorMadhya Pradesh, India
    1443.5×
  149. 149KeonjhargarhOdisha, India
    1443.5×
  150. 150Czechowice-DziedziceSilesia, Poland
    1433.5×
  151. 151KruševacCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1423.5×
  152. 152KatowiceSilesia, Poland
    1413.5×
  153. 153ObrenovacCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1413.5×
  154. 154ValjevoCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1403.4×
  155. 155ShenyangLiaoning, China
    1403.4×
  156. 156BrzegOpole Voivodeship, Poland
    1403.4×
  157. 157SāngliMaharashtra, India
    1393.4×
  158. 157BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
    1393.4×
  159. 157AmīnpurTelangana, India
    1393.4×
  160. 160Cluj-NapocaCluj County, Romania
    1383.4×
  161. 161WarsawMazovia, Poland
    1383.4×
  162. 161AurangabadMaharashtra, India
    1383.4×
  163. 163NashikMaharashtra, India
    1383.4×
  164. 164BengaluruKarnataka, India
    1373.3×
  165. 165ChandigarhChandigarh, India
    1373.3×
  166. 166ArāriaBihar, India
    1363.3×
  167. 167RairangpurOdisha, India
    1363.3×
  168. 168HanoiHanoi, Vietnam
    1353.3×
  169. 169RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland
    1343.3×
  170. 170VentspilsVentspils, Latvia
    1343.3×
  171. 170TarnówLesser Poland, Poland
    1343.3×
  172. 170KanpurUttar Pradesh, India
    1343.3×
  173. 173LazarevacCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1333.2×
  174. 173MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh, India
    1333.2×
  175. 173DādriUttar Pradesh, India
    1333.2×
  176. 176Konstancin-JeziornaMazovia, Poland
    1333.2×
  177. 176AnantapurAndhra Pradesh, India
    1333.2×
  178. 178PirotCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1333.2×
  179. 179KoprivnicaKoprivnica-Križevci, Croatia
    1323.2×
  180. 180KazincbarcikaBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
    1323.2×
  181. 180CuddaloreTamil Nadu, India
    1323.2×
  182. 182ShillongMeghalaya, India
    1313.2×
  183. 183KraljevoCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1313.2×
  184. 184PatiālaPunjab, India
    1313.2×
  185. 184DindigulTamil Nadu, India
    1313.2×
  186. 186Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland
    1303.2×
  187. 186NeelankaraiTamil Nadu, India
    1303.2×
  188. 188Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia, Poland
    1303.2×
  189. 189JodhpurRajasthan, India
    1303.1×
  190. 190SeonghwanChungcheongnam-do, South Korea
    1293.1×
  191. 191ČačakCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1293.1×
  192. 192VirārMaharashtra, India
    1283.1×
  193. 192GdańskPomerania, Poland
    1283.1×
  194. 194ProkupljeCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1263.1×
  195. 194TirupparangunramTamil Nadu, India
    1263.1×
  196. 196TravnikFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1263.0×
  197. 197HāpurUttar Pradesh, India
    1263.0×
  198. 198MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany
    1253.0×
  199. 199BorCentral Serbia, Serbia
    1243.0×
  200. 200Skarżysko-KamiennaŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland
    1222.9×

Top 200 of 2,568 shown.

Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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