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Most polluted cities in India, March 2025
216 cities in India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Thiruvananthapuram at 214.5 µg/m³, #1 of 2,500 cities in the world. Cleanest: Agartala at 11.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
← Thiruvananthapuram 214.5
- 1ThiruvananthapuramKerala 265
- 2LoniUttar Pradesh 221
- 3BawānaDelhi 138
- 4HājīpurBihar 138
- 5CuddaloreTamil Nadu 131
- 6AngulOdisha 120
- 7NarelaDelhi 116
- 8Dera MāndiDelhi 115
- 9GuwahatiAssam 113
- 10GhāziābādUttar Pradesh 112
- 11RourkelaOdisha 106
- 12TiruppurTamil Nadu 103
- 13Charkhi DādriHaryana 102
- 14SasarāmBihar 102
- 15AurangābādBihar 99
- 16ĀsansolWest Bengal 98
- 17PurniaBihar 95
- 18PatnaBihar 94
- 19GurugramHaryana 93
- 20SiliguriWest Bengal 93
- 21DelhiDelhi 92
- 22DurgapurWest Bengal 92
- 23MandideepMadhya Pradesh 90
- 24PāliRajasthan 90
- 25SingrauliMadhya Pradesh 90
- 26BarbilOdisha 89
- 26BhiwadiRajasthan 89
- 28RānīganjWest Bengal 88
- 29JalgaonMaharashtra 87
- 30Sri GanganagarRajasthan 87
- 31NajafgarhDelhi 87
- 32TumkūrKarnataka 84
- 33TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu 81
- 34BegusaraiBihar 81
- 35KohimaNagaland 80
- 36RairangpurOdisha 79
- 37LucknowUttar Pradesh 79
- 38NagpurMaharashtra 79
- 39MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh 78
- 40MuzaffarpurBihar 78
- 41AhmedabadGujarat 78
- 42HanumāngarhRajasthan 77
- 43MothīhāriBihar 77
- 43BhelaiChhattisgarh 77
- 45JodaOdisha 77
- 46AnkleshwarGujarat 77
- 47DādriUttar Pradesh 76
- 47BelpaharOdisha 76
- 49KhargharMaharashtra 76
- 50HāpurUttar Pradesh 75
- 51BulandshahrUttar Pradesh 75
- 52MahādMaharashtra 74
- 52LaturMaharashtra 74
- 52BadlapurMaharashtra 74
- 55ChāndaMaharashtra 74
- 56KalyānMaharashtra 73
- 57NandedMaharashtra 73
- 58AriyalūrTamil Nadu 73
- 59BaripādaOdisha 72
- 60LudhianaPunjab 72
- 61PuneMaharashtra 72
- 62NashikMaharashtra 71
- 63KeonjhargarhOdisha 71
- 64GorakhpurUttar Pradesh 70
- 65ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal 70
- 65ParbhaniMaharashtra 70
- 67ByasanagarOdisha 70
- 68MungerBihar 69
- 69ThāneMaharashtra 69
- 70JalandharPunjab 69
- 71SholapurMaharashtra 68
- 72Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra 68
- 73NagaonAssam 68
- 73BhiwandiMaharashtra 68
- 75AkolaMaharashtra 67
- 76GayaBihar 67
- 76PithampurMadhya Pradesh 67
- 78UdaipurRajasthan 67
- 79KolkataWest Bengal 67
- 80ShillongMeghalaya 67
- 81GobindgarhPunjab 66
- 82AurangabadMaharashtra 66
- 83BettiahBihar 65
- 84GwaliorMadhya Pradesh 65
- 85GummidipundiTamil Nadu 65
- 86SaharsaBihar 64
- 87BhilaiChhattisgarh 64
- 87AjmerRajasthan 64
- 87SerilingampalleTelangana 64
- 90KanpurUttar Pradesh 64
- 91BaddiHimachal Pradesh 64
- 92BoisarMaharashtra 64
- 93SāngliMaharashtra 63
- 94ChandigarhChandigarh 62
- 95BuxarBihar 62
- 96NoidaUttar Pradesh 61
- 97BhāgalpurBihar 60
- 98RamanathapuramTamil Nadu 59
- 98GandhinagarGujarat 59
- 100JaipurRajasthan 59
- 101SangāreddiTelangana 58
- 101ChittorgarhRajasthan 58
- 103AmravatiMaharashtra 58
- 104PatiālaPunjab 58
- 105VelloreTamil Nadu 58
- 105BilāspurChhattisgarh 58
- 107CuttackOdisha 58
- 108KotaRajasthan 58
- 109DhaulpurRajasthan 57
- 110BharatpurRajasthan 57
- 110ArāriaBihar 57
- 112MumbaiMaharashtra 57
- 113ClosepetKarnataka 57
- 114DhuleMaharashtra 56
- 115KhannaPunjab 56
- 116BhubaneswarOdisha 56
- 117JodhpurRajasthan 56
- 117BhilwaraRajasthan 56
- 117Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra 56
- 120MangaluruKarnataka 55
- 121CoimbatoreTamil Nadu 55
- 122NavalpattuTamil Nadu 55
- 123MeerutUttar Pradesh 54
- 123Chik BallāpurKarnataka 54
- 125FaridabadHaryana 54
- 126VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh 53
- 126DūngarpurRajasthan 53
- 128RoparPunjab 53
- 128MohaliPunjab 53
- 130JhālāwārRajasthan 53
- 130DewasMadhya Pradesh 53
- 132AgraUttar Pradesh 53
- 133KatiharBihar 53
- 134JhunjhunūnRajasthan 52
- 135RatlāmMadhya Pradesh 52
- 136RajākheriMadhya Pradesh 52
- 137YadgirKarnataka 51
- 137TirumalaAndhra Pradesh 51
- 137AlangadKerala 51
- 140VirārMaharashtra 51
- 140AmritsarPunjab 51
- 142KadapaAndhra Pradesh 51
- 143Sawai MadhopurRajasthan 51
- 144BānswāraRajasthan 50
- 145DehradunUttarakhand 50
- 146KolhāpurMaharashtra 49
- 147DausaRajasthan 49
- 147AnantapurAndhra Pradesh 49
- 149ThanjavurTamil Nadu 49
- 149BengaluruKarnataka 49
- 151HyderabadTelangana 48
- 152TirupparangunramTamil Nadu 46
- 152IndoreMadhya Pradesh 46
- 154BūndiRajasthan 46
- 155SīkarRajasthan 46
- 155QuthbullapurTelangana 46
- 157ChūruRajasthan 45
- 158TonkRajasthan 45
- 159PratāpgarhRajasthan 44
- 159DindigulTamil Nadu 44
- 161ThrissurKerala 44
- 161NāgaurRajasthan 44
- 161KhurjaUttar Pradesh 44
- 164SalemTamil Nadu 44
- 164FīrozābādUttar Pradesh 44
- 166KarurTamil Nadu 43
- 166Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh 43
- 168RasapūdipalemAndhra Pradesh 43
- 169BikanerRajasthan 42
- 170TambaramTamil Nadu 42
- 170AlwarRajasthan 42
- 170HaldiaWest Bengal 42
- 173RaipurChhattisgarh 42
- 173KishanganjBihar 42
- 175KannurKerala 41
- 176SamāstipurBihar 41
- 177JalorRajasthan 40
- 178RishīkeshUttarakhand 40
- 179SatnaMadhya Pradesh 40
- 179JhānsiUttar Pradesh 40
- 181PrayagrajUttar Pradesh 40
- 182RājsamandRajasthan 39
- 183NeelankaraiTamil Nadu 39
- 184KarauliRajasthan 39
- 184DurgChhattisgarh 39
- 186SaugorMadhya Pradesh 38
- 187RajamahendravaramAndhra Pradesh 38
- 188ArrahBihar 38
- 189UliyazhathuraKerala 38
- 190JaisalmerRajasthan 38
- 191MorādābādUttar Pradesh 37
- 191KalaburagiKarnataka 37
- 193JabalpurMadhya Pradesh 36
- 194BārānRajasthan 36
- 195BhopalMadhya Pradesh 36
- 196AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh 35
- 197PuducherryPuducherry 34
- 198ChennaiTamil Nadu 33
- 198HubballiKarnataka 33
- 198BathindaPunjab 33
- 201SirohiRajasthan 30
- 202ShivamoggaKarnataka 30
- 202PerunduraiTamil Nadu 30
- 204NandriRajasthan 29
- 205MadikeriKarnataka 28
- 206BārmerRajasthan 28
- 207UjjainMadhya Pradesh 27
- 208VaranasiUttar Pradesh 26
- 209SuratGujarat 25
- 210DamohMadhya Pradesh 24
- 211TirunelveliTamil Nadu 22
- 212BareillyUttar Pradesh 22
- 213AizawlMizoram 20
- 214VrindāvanUttar Pradesh 18
- 215MaiharMadhya Pradesh 18
- 216AgartalaTripura 17
Excellent0–50
Good51–100
Lightly polluted101–150
Moderately polluted151–200
Heavily polluted201–300
Severely polluted301+
China's Air Quality Index (HJ 633-2012), PM2.5 individual index. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
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