SmogRank / History / March 15, 2026
Most polluted cities on March 15, 2026
2,215 cities ranked by their average PM2.5 over the day. Each city's own local calendar day.
| # | City | µg/m³ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changchun low-cost sensors Jilin, China | 231.0 | |
| 2 | Vijayapura Karnataka, India | 219.0 | |
| 3 | Gurugram Haryana, India | 116.0 | |
| 4 | Bishkek low-cost sensors Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 108.2 | |
| 5 | Bhelai Chhattisgarh, India | 101.0 | |
| 6 | Faridabad Haryana, India | 97.3 | |
| 7 | Dādri Uttar Pradesh, India | 92.1 | |
| 8 | Singrauli Madhya Pradesh, India | 90.7 | |
| 9 | Hājīpur Bihar, India | 90.3 | |
| 10 | Joda Odisha, India | 88.1 | |
| 11 | Barbil Odisha, India | 87.4 | |
| 12 | Undera Gujarat, India | 86.2 | |
| 13 | Ambāla Haryana, India | 86.1 | |
| 14 | Yamuna Nagar Haryana, India | 85.0 | |
| 15 | Rourkela Odisha, India | 84.0 | |
| 16 | Bhiwadi Rajasthan, India | 78.8 | |
| 17 | Nalbāri Assam, India | 75.2 | |
| 18 | Tirupati Andhra Pradesh, India | 72.9 | |
| 19 | Nagpur Maharashtra, India | 70.6 | |
| 20 | Sholapur Maharashtra, India | 69.5 | |
| 20 | Patna Bihar, India | 69.5 | |
| 22 | Rahim Yar Khan low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 68.6 | |
| 22 | Narela Delhi, India | 68.6 | |
| 24 | Talghar low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 67.8 | |
| 25 | Yadgir Karnataka, India | 67.2 | |
| 26 | Bhiwāni Haryana, India | 67.0 | |
| 27 | Sonīpat Haryana, India | 66.8 | |
| 28 | Dhāruhera Haryana, India | 63.8 | |
| 29 | Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India | 63.7 | |
| 30 | Nagaon Assam, India | 62.7 | |
| 31 | Arrah Bihar, India | 61.2 | |
| 32 | Gujranwala low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 60.2 | |
| 33 | Ahmedabad Gujarat, India | 60.0 | |
| 34 | Gwalior Madhya Pradesh, India | 59.4 | |
| 35 | Akola Maharashtra, India | 58.9 | |
| 36 | Noida Uttar Pradesh, India | 57.3 | |
| 37 | Delhi Delhi, India | 57.1 | |
| 38 | Gummidipundi Tamil Nadu, India | 56.7 | |
| 39 | Wadgaon Kolhati Maharashtra, India | 56.6 | |
| 40 | Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh, India | 56.3 | |
| 41 | Baddi Himachal Pradesh, India | 55.1 | |
| 42 | Saharsa Bihar, India | 54.8 | |
| 43 | Mahād Maharashtra, India | 54.6 | |
| 44 | Kathmandu low-cost sensors Bagmati Province, Nepal | 54.3 | |
| 45 | Surat Gujarat, India | 53.7 | |
| 45 | Latur Maharashtra, India | 53.7 | |
| 47 | Sialkot low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 52.9 | |
| 48 | Karnāl Haryana, India | 52.6 | |
| 49 | Jaipur Rajasthan, India | 52.5 | |
| 50 | Thānesar Haryana, India | 51.6 | |
| 50 | Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra, India | 51.6 | |
| 52 | Ankleshwar Gujarat, India | 51.2 | |
| 53 | Lahore low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 51.1 | |
| 53 | Nanded Maharashtra, India | 51.1 | |
| 55 | Kampala low-cost sensors Central Region, Uganda | 50.4 | |
| 56 | Amravati Maharashtra, India | 49.7 | |
| 57 | Indore Madhya Pradesh, India | 49.4 | |
| 58 | Jammu low-cost sensors Jammu and Kashmir, India | 49.3 | |
| 59 | Łask Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | 49.1 | |
| 60 | Jalgaon Maharashtra, India | 48.9 | |
| 60 | Dhule Maharashtra, India | 48.9 | |
| 60 | Ajmer Rajasthan, India | 48.9 | |
| 63 | Keonjhargarh Odisha, India | 48.4 | |
| 63 | Aya Nagar Delhi, India | 48.4 | |
| 65 | Closepet Karnataka, India | 47.5 | |
| 66 | Ghāziābād Uttar Pradesh, India | 47.3 | |
| 67 | Burunday low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 47.2 | |
| 68 | Hāpur Uttar Pradesh, India | 46.5 | |
| 69 | Dhaka low-cost sensors Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | 45.9 | |
| 70 | Dubai low-cost sensors Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 45.4 | |
| 71 | Otegen Batyra low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 44.8 | |
| 71 | Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje, Montenegro | 44.8 | |
| 73 | Buxar Bihar, India | 44.3 | |
| 74 | Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh, India | 43.9 | |
| 75 | Nashik Maharashtra, India | 43.6 | |
| 76 | Aurangabad Maharashtra, India | 43.5 | |
| 76 | Almaty low-cost sensors Almaty, Kazakhstan | 43.5 | |
| 78 | South Lake Tahoe California, United States | 43.3 | |
| 79 | Tonk Rajasthan, India | 43.0 | |
| 80 | Jīnd Haryana, India | 42.4 | |
| 81 | Kaithal Haryana, India | 42.0 | |
| 82 | Ropar Punjab, India | 41.9 | |
| 83 | Jaisalmer Rajasthan, India | 41.5 | |
| 84 | Shivamogga Karnataka, India | 41.4 | |
| 85 | Faisalabad low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 40.8 | |
| 85 | Khlong Luang low-cost sensors Pathum Thani, Thailand | 40.8 | |
| 87 | Sirsa Haryana, India | 39.7 | |
| 88 | Meerut Uttar Pradesh, India | 39.5 | |
| 88 | Badlapur Maharashtra, India | 39.5 | |
| 90 | Rājgīr Bihar, India | 39.4 | |
| 90 | Chittorgarh Rajasthan, India | 39.4 | |
| 92 | Bhiwandi Maharashtra, India | 39.3 | |
| 93 | Kharghar Maharashtra, India | 38.9 | |
| 94 | Uttaradit low-cost sensors Uttaradit, Thailand | 38.8 | |
| 95 | Sawai Madhopur Rajasthan, India | 38.7 | |
| 96 | Sai Mai low-cost sensors Bangkok, Thailand | 38.2 | |
| 97 | Gaya Bihar, India | 38.1 | |
| 98 | Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh, India | 38.0 | |
| 99 | Begusarai Bihar, India | 37.9 | |
| 100 | Bārān Rajasthan, India | 37.7 | |
| 101 | Multan low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 37.6 | |
| 101 | Karauli Rajasthan, India | 37.6 | |
| 101 | Sukuta low-cost sensors Western, Gambia | 37.6 | |
| 104 | Pratāpgarh Rajasthan, India | 37.5 | |
| 105 | Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh, India | 37.2 | |
| 106 | Kolhāpur Maharashtra, India | 37.1 | |
| 107 | Miskolc Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 36.9 | |
| 108 | Gevgelija Gevgelija, North Macedonia | 36.8 | |
| 108 | Pune Maharashtra, India | 36.8 | |
| 110 | Kadapa Andhra Pradesh, India | 36.7 | |
| 110 | Būndi Rajasthan, India | 36.7 | |
| 112 | Sāngli Maharashtra, India | 36.6 | |
| 112 | Puebla Puebla, Mexico | 36.6 | |
| 114 | Sīkar Rajasthan, India | 36.5 | |
| 115 | Bangkok low-cost sensors Bangkok, Thailand | 35.9 | |
| 116 | Yerevan low-cost sensors Yerevan, Armenia | 35.8 | |
| 116 | Ban Khlong Prawet low-cost sensors Bangkok, Thailand | 35.8 | |
| 118 | Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico | 35.7 | |
| 119 | Jhunjhunūn Rajasthan, India | 35.5 | |
| 120 | Gandhinagar Gujarat, India | 35.3 | |
| 121 | Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, India | 35.2 | |
| 122 | Bahawalpur low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 35.1 | |
| 123 | Dausa Rajasthan, India | 35.0 | |
| 123 | Baripāda Odisha, India | 35.0 | |
| 125 | Kota Rajasthan, India | 34.8 | |
| 125 | Calexico California, United States | 34.8 | |
| 127 | Phuntsholing low-cost sensors Chukha, Bhutan | 34.7 | |
| 128 | Nāgaur Rajasthan, India | 34.6 | |
| 129 | Chrang Chamreh Muoy low-cost sensors Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 34.3 | |
| 130 | Chikmagalūr Karnataka, India | 34.2 | |
| 131 | Bettiah Bihar, India | 34.1 | |
| 132 | Bang Pakong low-cost sensors Chachoengsao, Thailand | 34.0 | |
| 133 | Bhilwara Rajasthan, India | 33.8 | |
| 134 | Kazincbarcika Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 33.6 | |
| 135 | Hyderabad Telangana, India | 33.2 | |
| 135 | Agra Uttar Pradesh, India | 33.2 | |
| 137 | Chiang Mai low-cost sensors Chiang Mai, Thailand | 32.8 | |
| 138 | Morādābād Uttar Pradesh, India | 32.7 | |
| 138 | Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, India | 32.7 | |
| 138 | Bengaluru Karnataka, India | 32.7 | |
| 141 | Jhālāwār Rajasthan, India | 32.3 | |
| 142 | Tetovo Tetovo, North Macedonia | 32.2 | |
| 143 | Jalandhar Punjab, India | 32.0 | |
| 144 | Dūngarpur Rajasthan, India | 31.8 | |
| 144 | Odessa Texas, United States | 31.8 | |
| 146 | Kumanovo Kumanovo, North Macedonia | 31.5 | |
| 146 | Gostivar Gostivar, North Macedonia | 31.5 | |
| 148 | Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India | 31.4 | |
| 149 | Hyderabad low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 31.3 | |
| 150 | Jalor Rajasthan, India | 31.2 | |
| 151 | Mexicali Baja California, Mexico | 31.1 | |
| 152 | Chūru Rajasthan, India | 30.8 | |
| 153 | Sirohi Rajasthan, India | 30.7 | |
| 154 | Dhaulpur Rajasthan, India | 30.6 | |
| 154 | Bikaner Rajasthan, India | 30.6 | |
| 154 | Ashaiman low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 30.6 | |
| 154 | Brikama low-cost sensors Western, Gambia | 30.6 | |
| 158 | Quthbullapur Telangana, India | 30.4 | |
| 159 | Āsansol West Bengal, India | 30.0 | |
| 160 | Raipur Chhattisgarh, India | 29.9 | |
| 161 | Chānda Maharashtra, India | 29.8 | |
| 161 | Nandri Rajasthan, India | 29.8 | |
| 163 | Anantapur Andhra Pradesh, India | 29.7 | |
| 164 | Arāria Bihar, India | 29.6 | |
| 165 | Vapi Gujarat, India | 29.5 | |
| 166 | Mangaluru Karnataka, India | 29.4 | |
| 166 | Vientiane low-cost sensors Vientiane Prefecture, Laos | 29.4 | |
| 166 | Lugu Taiwan, Taiwan | 29.4 | |
| 169 | Târgu Mureş low-cost sensors Mureș County, Romania | 29.0 | |
| 170 | Kalyān Maharashtra, India | 28.9 | |
| 170 | Żywiec Silesia, Poland | 28.9 | |
| 172 | Prešov Prešov Region, Slovakia | 28.7 | |
| 173 | Zagreb low-cost sensors Zagreb, Croatia | 28.3 | |
| 174 | Bhāgalpur Bihar, India | 28.1 | |
| 174 | Yuanlin Taiwan, Taiwan | 28.1 | |
| 174 | Pljevlja Pljevlja, Montenegro | 28.1 | |
| 177 | Rawalpindi low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 28.0 | |
| 177 | Karachi low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 28.0 | |
| 177 | Mohali Punjab, India | 28.0 | |
| 180 | Virār Maharashtra, India | 27.9 | |
| 180 | Kalaburagi Karnataka, India | 27.9 | |
| 182 | Jodhpur Rajasthan, India | 27.6 | |
| 183 | Ventspils Ventspils, Latvia | 27.5 | |
| 183 | Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, India | 27.5 | |
| 185 | Skopje Grad Skopje, North Macedonia | 27.3 | |
| 185 | Douliu Taiwan, Taiwan | 27.3 | |
| 187 | Hubballi Karnataka, India | 27.2 | |
| 187 | Bharatpur Rajasthan, India | 27.2 | |
| 189 | Otwock Mazovia, Poland | 26.9 | |
| 189 | Rānīganj West Bengal, India | 26.9 | |
| 189 | Santa Monica low-cost sensors California, United States | 26.9 | |
| 192 | Bārmer Rajasthan, India | 26.8 | |
| 193 | Gangtok Sikkim, India | 26.6 | |
| 193 | Zhushan Taiwan, Taiwan | 26.6 | |
| 195 | Patiāla Punjab, India | 26.5 | |
| 195 | Rairangpur Odisha, India | 26.5 | |
| 197 | Prilep Prilep, North Macedonia | 26.3 | |
| 197 | Peshawar low-cost sensors Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 26.3 | |
| 199 | Rzeszów Subcarpathia, Poland | 26.2 | |
| 199 | Bhayandar Maharashtra, India | 26.2 |
Top 200 of 2,215 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