SmogRank / History / December 22, 2025
Most polluted cities on December 22, 2025
2,395 cities ranked by their average PM2.5 over the day. Each city's own local calendar day.
| # | City | µg/m³ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 294.0 | |
| 2 | Narela Delhi, India | 289.0 | |
| 3 | Noida Uttar Pradesh, India | 282.5 | |
| 4 | Faisalabad low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 279.0 | |
| 5 | Sialkot low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 261.0 | |
| 6 | Delhi Delhi, India | 256.5 | |
| 7 | Bahawalpur low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 254.0 | |
| 8 | Gujranwala low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 250.0 | |
| 9 | Gurugram Haryana, India | 239.0 | |
| 10 | Bahadurgarh Haryana, India | 226.0 | |
| 11 | Dādri Uttar Pradesh, India | 211.0 | |
| 12 | Ghāziābād Uttar Pradesh, India | 209.0 | |
| 13 | Hyderabad low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 205.0 | |
| 14 | Jaisalmer Rajasthan, India | 186.0 | |
| 15 | Dera Māndi Delhi, India | 180.0 | |
| 16 | Karnāl Haryana, India | 175.0 | |
| 17 | Bhiwadi Rajasthan, India | 160.5 | |
| 18 | Sonīpat Haryana, India | 158.0 | |
| 18 | Aya Nagar Delhi, India | 158.0 | |
| 20 | Angul Odisha, India | 156.0 | |
| 20 | Singrauli Madhya Pradesh, India | 156.0 | |
| 22 | Baripāda Odisha, India | 154.0 | |
| 23 | Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh, India | 151.0 | |
| 24 | Ropar Punjab, India | 133.0 | |
| 25 | Cuttack Odisha, India | 132.0 | |
| 26 | Multan low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 131.0 | |
| 27 | Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh, India | 130.0 | |
| 27 | Gummidipundi Tamil Nadu, India | 130.0 | |
| 29 | Dushanbe Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 129.0 | |
| 29 | Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra, India | 129.0 | |
| 31 | Rasapūdipalem Andhra Pradesh, India | 123.0 | |
| 32 | Panchkula Haryana, India | 122.0 | |
| 33 | Faridabad Haryana, India | 121.5 | |
| 34 | Haldia West Bengal, India | 121.0 | |
| 35 | Baddi Himachal Pradesh, India | 119.0 | |
| 36 | Bhubaneswar Odisha, India | 118.5 | |
| 37 | Yerevan low-cost sensors Yerevan, Armenia | 118.0 | |
| 38 | Hājīpur Bihar, India | 117.0 | |
| 39 | Gwalior Madhya Pradesh, India | 116.5 | |
| 40 | Thānesar Haryana, India | 115.0 | |
| 41 | Hāpur Uttar Pradesh, India | 113.0 | |
| 41 | Bāghpat Uttar Pradesh, India | 113.0 | |
| 43 | Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India | 108.5 | |
| 44 | Meerut Uttar Pradesh, India | 107.0 | |
| 45 | Rawalpindi low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 106.0 | |
| 45 | Byasanagar Odisha, India | 106.0 | |
| 47 | Chūru Rajasthan, India | 102.0 | |
| 48 | Jaipur Rajasthan, India | 101.0 | |
| 48 | Kolkata West Bengal, India | 101.0 | |
| 50 | Būndi Rajasthan, India | 97.8 | |
| 51 | Sīkar Rajasthan, India | 97.3 | |
| 52 | Ohrid Ohrid, North Macedonia | 96.0 | |
| 53 | Bhilwara Rajasthan, India | 95.8 | |
| 54 | Kota Rajasthan, India | 94.0 | |
| 55 | Jalor Rajasthan, India | 93.8 | |
| 56 | Patiāla Punjab, India | 91.8 | |
| 57 | Kaithal Haryana, India | 90.5 | |
| 58 | Krefeld North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 89.1 | |
| 59 | Mohali Punjab, India | 88.7 | |
| 60 | Arrah Bihar, India | 88.0 | |
| 61 | Thāne Maharashtra, India | 87.7 | |
| 62 | Tonk Rajasthan, India | 87.3 | |
| 63 | Peshawar low-cost sensors Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 87.2 | |
| 64 | Bhāgalpur Bihar, India | 86.1 | |
| 65 | Bitola Bitola, North Macedonia | 85.9 | |
| 65 | Chandigarh Chandigarh, India | 85.9 | |
| 67 | Saugor Madhya Pradesh, India | 85.5 | |
| 68 | Kathmandu low-cost sensors Bagmati Province, Nepal | 84.3 | |
| 69 | Jalandhar Punjab, India | 83.4 | |
| 70 | Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, India | 82.3 | |
| 71 | Morādābād Uttar Pradesh, India | 82.0 | |
| 72 | Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, India | 81.7 | |
| 73 | Pune Maharashtra, India | 80.8 | |
| 74 | Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh, India | 80.4 | |
| 75 | Bikaner Rajasthan, India | 79.3 | |
| 76 | Strumica Strumica, North Macedonia | 78.3 | |
| 77 | Barbil Odisha, India | 77.3 | |
| 78 | Shrīrāmpur West Bengal, India | 76.7 | |
| 79 | Rānīganj West Bengal, India | 76.4 | |
| 80 | Patna Bihar, India | 75.9 | |
| 81 | Bhiwāni Haryana, India | 74.4 | |
| 82 | Gostivar Gostivar, North Macedonia | 74.3 | |
| 83 | Nāgaur Rajasthan, India | 74.1 | |
| 84 | Begusarai Bihar, India | 74.0 | |
| 85 | Tirumala Andhra Pradesh, India | 73.9 | |
| 86 | Nalbāri Assam, India | 73.8 | |
| 87 | Dhule Maharashtra, India | 73.7 | |
| 87 | Ambāla Haryana, India | 73.7 | |
| 89 | Chittorgarh Rajasthan, India | 73.4 | |
| 90 | Hanumāngarh Rajasthan, India | 73.0 | |
| 90 | Podgorica Podgorica, Montenegro | 73.0 | |
| 92 | Yadgir Karnataka, India | 71.6 | |
| 93 | Tumkūr Karnataka, India | 71.5 | |
| 94 | Jhālāwār Rajasthan, India | 71.3 | |
| 95 | Parbhani Maharashtra, India | 71.2 | |
| 96 | Sighetu Marmaţiei Maramureş, Romania | 69.1 | |
| 97 | Akola Maharashtra, India | 68.9 | |
| 98 | Arāria Bihar, India | 68.5 | |
| 99 | Nagpur Maharashtra, India | 67.2 | |
| 100 | Virār Maharashtra, India | 66.9 | |
| 100 | Serilingampalle Telangana, India | 66.9 | |
| 102 | Karachi low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 66.5 | |
| 103 | Badlapur Maharashtra, India | 66.2 | |
| 104 | Sāngli Maharashtra, India | 65.6 | |
| 105 | Saharsa Bihar, India | 65.4 | |
| 106 | Karur Tamil Nadu, India | 65.3 | |
| 107 | Bharatpur Rajasthan, India | 65.1 | |
| 108 | Cuddalore Tamil Nadu, India | 65.0 | |
| 109 | Nashik Maharashtra, India | 64.2 | |
| 109 | Buxar Bihar, India | 64.2 | |
| 111 | Bengaluru Karnataka, India | 63.4 | |
| 112 | Rājsamand Rajasthan, India | 62.6 | |
| 113 | Siwān Bihar, India | 62.3 | |
| 113 | Jhunjhunūn Rajasthan, India | 62.3 | |
| 115 | Latur Maharashtra, India | 61.8 | |
| 116 | Amaravati Andhra Pradesh, India | 61.5 | |
| 117 | Neelankarai Tamil Nadu, India | 60.6 | |
| 118 | Hacienda Santa Fe Jalisco, Mexico | 60.5 | |
| 119 | Bhelai Chhattisgarh, India | 60.0 | |
| 120 | Almaty low-cost sensors Almaty, Kazakhstan | 59.3 | |
| 121 | Bettiah Bihar, India | 59.2 | |
| 121 | Bārmer Rajasthan, India | 59.2 | |
| 123 | Dhaulpur Rajasthan, India | 59.0 | |
| 124 | Hyderabad Telangana, India | 58.8 | |
| 125 | Rājgīr Bihar, India | 58.7 | |
| 126 | Kampala low-cost sensors Central Region, Uganda | 58.6 | |
| 126 | Sholapur Maharashtra, India | 58.6 | |
| 128 | Agra Uttar Pradesh, India | 58.5 | |
| 129 | Kadapa Andhra Pradesh, India | 58.2 | |
| 129 | Ankleshwar Gujarat, India | 58.2 | |
| 131 | Gaya Bihar, India | 58.1 | |
| 132 | Chittoor Andhra Pradesh, India | 58.0 | |
| 133 | Bhiwandi Maharashtra, India | 57.9 | |
| 134 | Naharlagun Arunachal Pradesh, India | 57.6 | |
| 135 | Veles Veles, North Macedonia | 57.4 | |
| 136 | Āsansol West Bengal, India | 56.9 | |
| 137 | Amravati Maharashtra, India | 56.7 | |
| 138 | Nandri Rajasthan, India | 56.6 | |
| 139 | Jodhpur Rajasthan, India | 56.5 | |
| 140 | Dūngarpur Rajasthan, India | 55.9 | |
| 140 | Ajmer Rajasthan, India | 55.9 | |
| 142 | Rourkela Odisha, India | 55.7 | |
| 143 | Kolhāpur Maharashtra, India | 55.5 | |
| 144 | Mahād Maharashtra, India | 55.2 | |
| 144 | Kalyān Maharashtra, India | 55.2 | |
| 146 | Perundurai Tamil Nadu, India | 55.0 | |
| 147 | Karauli Rajasthan, India | 54.3 | |
| 148 | Nikšić Opština Nikšić, Montenegro | 53.7 | |
| 149 | Tirupati Andhra Pradesh, India | 52.8 | |
| 150 | Dausa Rajasthan, India | 52.2 | |
| 151 | Surat Gujarat, India | 52.1 | |
| 152 | Ahmedabad Gujarat, India | 51.5 | |
| 153 | Boisar Maharashtra, India | 51.1 | |
| 154 | Mangaluru Karnataka, India | 51.0 | |
| 155 | Târgu Jiu Gorj County, Romania | 50.5 | |
| 156 | Durgapur West Bengal, India | 50.3 | |
| 157 | Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, India | 50.2 | |
| 158 | Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan, India | 49.3 | |
| 159 | Kochani Kochani, North Macedonia | 48.9 | |
| 160 | Aurangabad Maharashtra, India | 48.7 | |
| 160 | Anantapur Andhra Pradesh, India | 48.7 | |
| 162 | Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India | 48.4 | |
| 163 | Islamabad low-cost sensors Islamabad, Pakistan | 48.2 | |
| 164 | Panvel Maharashtra, India | 47.2 | |
| 165 | Debrecen low-cost sensors Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary | 45.7 | |
| 166 | Whittier California, United States | 45.6 | |
| 167 | Ahilyanagar Maharashtra, India | 45.2 | |
| 168 | Pratāpgarh Rajasthan, India | 45.1 | |
| 169 | Mumbai Maharashtra, India | 44.7 | |
| 169 | Lagos low-cost sensors Lagos, Nigeria | 44.7 | |
| 171 | Bānswāra Rajasthan, India | 44.0 | |
| 172 | Zagreb low-cost sensors Zagreb, Croatia | 43.8 | |
| 173 | Tema low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 43.5 | |
| 174 | Istanbul low-cost sensors Istanbul, Turkey | 43.2 | |
| 175 | Ashaiman low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 42.5 | |
| 176 | Gevgelija Gevgelija, North Macedonia | 42.4 | |
| 177 | Ilinden Ilinden, North Macedonia | 42.3 | |
| 178 | Huntington Beach low-cost sensors California, United States | 42.0 | |
| 179 | Banja Luka Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.0 | |
| 180 | Nanded Maharashtra, India | 40.9 | |
| 181 | Changchun low-cost sensors Jilin, China | 40.8 | |
| 182 | Żywiec Silesia, Poland | 40.7 | |
| 183 | Târgu Mureş low-cost sensors Mureș County, Romania | 40.6 | |
| 184 | Bhayandar Maharashtra, India | 40.5 | |
| 185 | Skopje Grad Skopje, North Macedonia | 39.5 | |
| 186 | Sawai Madhopur Rajasthan, India | 39.3 | |
| 187 | Haarlem low-cost sensors North Holland, The Netherlands | 39.0 | |
| 188 | Sasarām Bihar, India | 38.8 | |
| 189 | Kavadarci Kavadarci, North Macedonia | 38.6 | |
| 190 | Gandhinagar Gujarat, India | 38.3 | |
| 191 | Vientiane low-cost sensors Vientiane Prefecture, Laos | 37.8 | |
| 191 | Tuen Mun Tuen Mun, Hong Kong | 37.8 | |
| 193 | Chānda Maharashtra, India | 37.7 | |
| 194 | Wan Chai Wan Chai, Hong Kong | 37.6 | |
| 195 | Xonacatlán México, Mexico | 36.6 | |
| 196 | San Salvador Tizatlalli México, Mexico | 36.4 | |
| 197 | Madikeri Karnataka, India | 35.6 | |
| 197 | Sulechów Lubusz, Poland | 35.6 | |
| 199 | Tin Shui Wai Yuen Long, Hong Kong | 35.1 | |
| 199 | Mexicali Baja California, Mexico | 35.1 |
Top 200 of 2,395 shown.
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data