Most polluted cities, 2026
2,168 cities ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (272 of 365 days). A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
| # | City | µg/m³ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurugram Haryana, India | 107.8 | |
| 2 | Faisalabad low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 86.5 | |
| 3 | Gujranwala low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 76.6 | |
| 4 | Lahore low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 76.5 | |
| 5 | Faridabad Haryana, India | 75.4 | |
| 6 | Dhāruhera Haryana, India | 71.0 | |
| 7 | Dādri Uttar Pradesh, India | 69.8 | |
| 8 | Delhi Delhi, India | 68.6 | |
| 9 | Narela Delhi, India | 68.2 | |
| 10 | Multan low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 67.3 | |
| 11 | Peshawar low-cost sensors Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 67.2 | |
| 12 | Noida Uttar Pradesh, India | 66.4 | |
| 12 | Bhiwadi Rajasthan, India | 66.4 | |
| 14 | Gummidipundi Tamil Nadu, India | 66.3 | |
| 15 | Sialkot low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 66.1 | |
| 16 | Jīnd Haryana, India | 65.8 | |
| 17 | Bahadurgarh Haryana, India | 65.7 | |
| 18 | Dhaka low-cost sensors Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | 65.6 | |
| 19 | Bahawalpur low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 62.7 | |
| 20 | Bhiwāni Haryana, India | 62.1 | |
| 21 | Kampala low-cost sensors Central Region, Uganda | 61.5 | |
| 22 | Yamuna Nagar Haryana, India | 58.8 | |
| 23 | Sonīpat Haryana, India | 58.2 | |
| 24 | Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh, India | 58.1 | |
| 24 | Karnāl Haryana, India | 58.1 | |
| 26 | Ghāziābād Uttar Pradesh, India | 57.2 | |
| 27 | Hājīpur Bihar, India | 53.5 | |
| 28 | Bāghpat Uttar Pradesh, India | 53.1 | |
| 29 | Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh, India | 53.0 | |
| 30 | Baddi Himachal Pradesh, India | 52.8 | |
| 31 | Thānesar Haryana, India | 52.2 | |
| 32 | Najafgarh Delhi, India | 51.5 | |
| 33 | Kathmandu low-cost sensors Bagmati Province, Nepal | 51.0 | |
| 34 | Kaithal Haryana, India | 50.7 | |
| 35 | Rawalpindi low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 50.6 | |
| 36 | Jammu low-cost sensors Jammu and Kashmir, India | 49.7 | |
| 37 | Aya Nagar Delhi, India | 48.9 | |
| 38 | Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India | 48.1 | |
| 39 | Lilongwe low-cost sensors Central Region, Malawi | 47.9 | |
| 40 | Meerut Uttar Pradesh, India | 45.2 | |
| 40 | Jaipur Rajasthan, India | 45.2 | |
| 42 | Angul Odisha, India | 44.9 | |
| 43 | Ambāla Haryana, India | 44.8 | |
| 44 | Anantapur Andhra Pradesh, India | 44.4 | |
| 45 | Gwalior Madhya Pradesh, India | 43.6 | |
| 46 | Tonk Rajasthan, India | 42.9 | |
| 47 | Barbil Odisha, India | 42.3 | |
| 48 | Hyderabad low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 41.8 | |
| 49 | Chittorgarh Rajasthan, India | 41.4 | |
| 50 | Tirupati Andhra Pradesh, India | 40.9 | |
| 51 | Islamabad low-cost sensors Islamabad, Pakistan | 40.8 | |
| 51 | Changchun low-cost sensors Jilin, China | 40.8 | |
| 53 | Jalandhar Punjab, India | 40.5 | |
| 54 | Nagaon Assam, India | 40.4 | |
| 55 | Byasanagar Odisha, India | 40.3 | |
| 56 | Nagpur Maharashtra, India | 40.2 | |
| 57 | Undera Gujarat, India | 40.1 | |
| 58 | Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh, India | 39.3 | |
| 59 | Ahmedabad Gujarat, India | 39.1 | |
| 60 | Ajmer Rajasthan, India | 38.9 | |
| 61 | Kalyān Maharashtra, India | 38.6 | |
| 61 | Begusarai Bihar, India | 38.6 | |
| 63 | Rourkela Odisha, India | 38.3 | |
| 63 | Kolkata West Bengal, India | 38.3 | |
| 65 | Arāria Bihar, India | 38.0 | |
| 66 | Sīkar Rajasthan, India | 37.8 | |
| 66 | Dhaulpur Rajasthan, India | 37.8 | |
| 68 | Mahād Maharashtra, India | 37.6 | |
| 69 | Panchkula Haryana, India | 37.4 | |
| 70 | Jalgaon Maharashtra, India | 37.2 | |
| 71 | Karachi low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 37.1 | |
| 71 | Sirsa Haryana, India | 37.1 | |
| 71 | Ropar Punjab, India | 37.1 | |
| 71 | Rasapūdipalem Andhra Pradesh, India | 37.1 | |
| 71 | Patna Bihar, India | 37.1 | |
| 71 | Chānda Maharashtra, India | 37.1 | |
| 77 | Vereeniging low-cost sensors Gauteng, South Africa | 36.8 | |
| 78 | Vientiane low-cost sensors Vientiane Prefecture, Laos | 36.4 | |
| 79 | Bhāgalpur Bihar, India | 36.2 | |
| 79 | Bānswāra Rajasthan, India | 36.2 | |
| 79 | Burunday low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 36.2 | |
| 82 | Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, India | 36.1 | |
| 83 | Kharghar Maharashtra, India | 35.8 | |
| 84 | Otegen Batyra low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 35.7 | |
| 85 | Durgapur West Bengal, India | 35.6 | |
| 85 | Bhilwara Rajasthan, India | 35.6 | |
| 85 | Agartala Tripura, India | 35.6 | |
| 88 | Surat Gujarat, India | 35.5 | |
| 89 | Morādābād Uttar Pradesh, India | 35.4 | |
| 89 | Kota Rajasthan, India | 35.4 | |
| 91 | Jhālāwār Rajasthan, India | 35.3 | |
| 92 | Karauli Rajasthan, India | 35.2 | |
| 93 | Dubai low-cost sensors Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 34.8 | |
| 94 | Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra, India | 34.7 | |
| 95 | Cuttack Odisha, India | 34.3 | |
| 96 | Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan, India | 34.2 | |
| 97 | Chūru Rajasthan, India | 34.1 | |
| 97 | Agra Uttar Pradesh, India | 34.1 | |
| 99 | Gaya Bihar, India | 33.9 | |
| 99 | Dhule Maharashtra, India | 33.9 | |
| 101 | Naharlagun Arunachal Pradesh, India | 33.8 | |
| 102 | Keonjhargarh Odisha, India | 33.4 | |
| 103 | Bhiwandi Maharashtra, India | 33.2 | |
| 103 | Baripāda Odisha, India | 33.2 | |
| 105 | Hacienda Santa Fe Jalisco, Mexico | 33.0 | |
| 106 | Sholapur Maharashtra, India | 32.9 | |
| 106 | Jhunjhunūn Rajasthan, India | 32.9 | |
| 108 | Aurangabad Maharashtra, India | 32.6 | |
| 109 | Bhubaneswar Odisha, India | 32.5 | |
| 110 | Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, India | 32.4 | |
| 111 | Rānīganj West Bengal, India | 32.3 | |
| 111 | Jaisalmer Rajasthan, India | 32.3 | |
| 113 | Bikaner Rajasthan, India | 32.2 | |
| 114 | Phuntsholing low-cost sensors Chukha, Bhutan | 32.0 | |
| 114 | Lagos low-cost sensors Lagos, Nigeria | 32.0 | |
| 116 | Bhelai Chhattisgarh, India | 31.9 | |
| 117 | Boisar Maharashtra, India | 31.8 | |
| 118 | Dausa Rajasthan, India | 31.7 | |
| 119 | Chandigarh Chandigarh, India | 31.5 | |
| 120 | Indore Madhya Pradesh, India | 31.4 | |
| 121 | Chiang Mai low-cost sensors Chiang Mai, Thailand | 31.3 | |
| 121 | Shrīrāmpur West Bengal, India | 31.3 | |
| 121 | Latur Maharashtra, India | 31.3 | |
| 121 | Badlapur Maharashtra, India | 31.3 | |
| 125 | Akola Maharashtra, India | 31.0 | |
| 126 | Pune Maharashtra, India | 30.8 | |
| 126 | Parbhani Maharashtra, India | 30.8 | |
| 126 | Nanded Maharashtra, India | 30.8 | |
| 129 | Dūngarpur Rajasthan, India | 30.7 | |
| 130 | Pratāpgarh Rajasthan, India | 30.3 | |
| 130 | Tuxtla Chiapas, Mexico | 30.3 | |
| 132 | Hanumāngarh Rajasthan, India | 30.2 | |
| 133 | Gandhinagar Gujarat, India | 30.0 | |
| 133 | Būndi Rajasthan, India | 30.0 | |
| 135 | Ashaiman low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 29.9 | |
| 136 | Târgu Mureş low-cost sensors Mureș County, Romania | 29.7 | |
| 137 | Virār Maharashtra, India | 29.6 | |
| 138 | Guwahati Assam, India | 29.2 | |
| 138 | Haldia West Bengal, India | 29.2 | |
| 140 | Thāne Maharashtra, India | 29.1 | |
| 140 | Panvel Maharashtra, India | 29.1 | |
| 142 | Tirumala Andhra Pradesh, India | 29.0 | |
| 143 | Karonga low-cost sensors Northern Region, Malawi | 28.8 | |
| 143 | Neelankarai Tamil Nadu, India | 28.8 | |
| 145 | Pljevlja Pljevlja, Montenegro | 28.7 | |
| 145 | Amaravati Andhra Pradesh, India | 28.7 | |
| 147 | Jalor Rajasthan, India | 28.6 | |
| 148 | Saugor Madhya Pradesh, India | 28.5 | |
| 148 | Talghar low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 28.5 | |
| 150 | Blantyre low-cost sensors Southern Region, Malawi | 28.4 | |
| 151 | Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, India | 28.1 | |
| 152 | Murree low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 28.0 | |
| 152 | Uttaradit low-cost sensors Uttaradit, Thailand | 28.0 | |
| 154 | Beitbridge low-cost sensors Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe | 27.8 | |
| 154 | Rājsamand Rajasthan, India | 27.8 | |
| 156 | Hyderabad Telangana, India | 27.7 | |
| 156 | Żywiec Silesia, Poland | 27.7 | |
| 158 | Quetta low-cost sensors Balochistan, Pakistan | 27.5 | |
| 158 | Patiāla Punjab, India | 27.5 | |
| 158 | Āsansol West Bengal, India | 27.5 | |
| 161 | Amravati Maharashtra, India | 27.4 | |
| 162 | Sāngli Maharashtra, India | 27.3 | |
| 162 | Nāgaur Rajasthan, India | 27.3 | |
| 162 | Bārān Rajasthan, India | 27.3 | |
| 165 | Nashik Maharashtra, India | 27.1 | |
| 166 | Otwock Mazovia, Poland | 26.8 | |
| 166 | Closepet Karnataka, India | 26.8 | |
| 168 | Sawai Madhopur Rajasthan, India | 26.6 | |
| 168 | Chennai Tamil Nadu, India | 26.6 | |
| 168 | Nandri Rajasthan, India | 26.6 | |
| 171 | Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, Mexico | 26.5 | |
| 172 | Jodhpur Rajasthan, India | 26.2 | |
| 172 | Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje, Montenegro | 26.2 | |
| 174 | Quthbullapur Telangana, India | 25.8 | |
| 175 | Bhayandar Maharashtra, India | 25.7 | |
| 175 | San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 25.7 | |
| 177 | Banja Luka Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.6 | |
| 178 | Tema low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 25.5 | |
| 179 | Chrang Chamreh Muoy low-cost sensors Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 25.4 | |
| 180 | Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir, India | 25.3 | |
| 181 | Sarajevo Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.2 | |
| 182 | Almaty low-cost sensors Almaty, Kazakhstan | 25.0 | |
| 183 | Serilingampalle Telangana, India | 24.8 | |
| 184 | Mumbai Maharashtra, India | 24.7 | |
| 184 | Iloilo low-cost sensors Western Visayas, Philippines | 24.7 | |
| 184 | Tlaquepaque Jalisco, Mexico | 24.7 | |
| 187 | Bengaluru Karnataka, India | 24.5 | |
| 187 | Kalisz Greater Poland, Poland | 24.5 | |
| 189 | Khlong Luang low-cost sensors Pathum Thani, Thailand | 24.4 | |
| 190 | Puebla Puebla, Mexico | 24.1 | |
| 191 | Silchar Assam, India | 24.0 | |
| 192 | Rairangpur Odisha, India | 23.7 | |
| 193 | Istanbul low-cost sensors Istanbul, Turkey | 23.6 | |
| 194 | Hubballi Karnataka, India | 23.4 | |
| 194 | Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh, India | 23.4 | |
| 194 | Gorzów Wielkopolski Lubusz, Poland | 23.4 | |
| 197 | Sirohi Rajasthan, India | 23.3 | |
| 197 | Radomsko Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | 23.3 | |
| 199 | Shivamogga Karnataka, India | 23.2 | |
| 200 | Bārmer Rajasthan, India | 23.1 |
Top 200 of 2,168 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