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Most polluted cities in India, August 2025
165 cities in India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Nagapattinam at 123.8 µg/m³, #1 of 2,289 cities in the world. Cleanest: Jharia at 0.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1NagapattinamTamil Nadu 123.8
- 2CuddaloreTamil Nadu 74.4
- 3GummidipundiTamil Nadu 74.3
- 4SingrauliMadhya Pradesh 69.0
- 5RourkelaOdisha 68.7
- 6Sri GanganagarRajasthan 66.9
- 7DhaulpurRajasthan 64.8
- 8RānipetTamil Nadu 55.4
- 9ArāriaBihar 41.4
- 10VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh 39.1
- 11ChāpraBihar 38.2
- 12BuxarBihar 37.6
- 13MangaluruKarnataka 37.3
- 14BhiwadiRajasthan 36.0
- 15TonkRajasthan 35.8
- 16NalbāriAssam 35.7
- 17MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh 35.4
- 18Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh 35.3
- 19NagaonAssam 34.6
- 20RasapūdipalemAndhra Pradesh 34.1
- 21AnantapurAndhra Pradesh 33.5
- 22SaharsaBihar 32.8
- 23MorādābādUttar Pradesh 31.5
- 24NoidaUttar Pradesh 31.3
- 25NarelaDelhi 30.8
- 26AjmerRajasthan 30.1
- 27DādriUttar Pradesh 29.6
- 28BhāgalpurBihar 29.2
- 29TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu 29.0
- 29KalyānMaharashtra 29.0
- 31DelhiDelhi 28.9
- 32GhāziābādUttar Pradesh 28.3
- 33DausaRajasthan 28.2
- 34KanchipuramTamil Nadu 28.0
- 35BaddiHimachal Pradesh 27.2
- 36MalegaonMaharashtra 27.1
- 37JodaOdisha 27.0
- 37Aya NagarDelhi 27.0
- 39GūduvāncheriTamil Nadu 26.4
- 40TirupparangunramTamil Nadu 26.2
- 41BānswāraRajasthan 26.1
- 42ChāndaMaharashtra 25.5
- 43BhiwandiMaharashtra 25.1
- 44JalandharPunjab 25.0
- 44HāpurUttar Pradesh 25.0
- 44BadlapurMaharashtra 25.0
- 47KanpurUttar Pradesh 24.8
- 48JaipurRajasthan 24.6
- 48GayaBihar 24.6
- 50Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra 24.5
- 51BengaluruKarnataka 24.3
- 51VapiGujarat 24.3
- 53NeelankaraiTamil Nadu 24.0
- 54BaripādaOdisha 23.9
- 55BegusaraiBihar 23.8
- 56LucknowUttar Pradesh 23.6
- 57PratāpgarhRajasthan 23.3
- 57PatnaBihar 23.3
- 59SaugorMadhya Pradesh 23.1
- 59NagpurMaharashtra 23.1
- 59AhmedabadGujarat 23.1
- 62GwaliorMadhya Pradesh 23.0
- 63NajafgarhDelhi 22.9
- 63DhuleMaharashtra 22.9
- 65RājsamandRajasthan 22.6
- 65NandedMaharashtra 22.6
- 67ChūruRajasthan 22.5
- 68SilcharAssam 22.0
- 68VijayapuraKarnataka 22.0
- 70ChennaiTamil Nadu 21.8
- 70KotaRajasthan 21.8
- 72DurgapurWest Bengal 21.7
- 73SerilingampalleTelangana 21.6
- 74HyderabadTelangana 21.3
- 75SuratGujarat 21.2
- 76KarauliRajasthan 21.0
- 76KolkataWest Bengal 21.0
- 78RānīganjWest Bengal 20.8
- 78PanvelMaharashtra 20.8
- 80AnkleshwarGujarat 20.7
- 81VirārMaharashtra 20.4
- 81ChittorgarhRajasthan 20.4
- 83JhunjhunūnRajasthan 20.2
- 84VelloreTamil Nadu 19.8
- 85SalemTamil Nadu 19.7
- 86AngulOdisha 19.6
- 87AgraUttar Pradesh 19.1
- 88BikanerRajasthan 19.0
- 89JalgaonMaharashtra 18.9
- 90ChandigarhChandigarh 18.8
- 91GudalurTamil Nadu 18.7
- 92Sawai MadhopurRajasthan 18.3
- 92BhilwaraRajasthan 18.3
- 94DūngarpurRajasthan 18.2
- 94AriyalūrTamil Nadu 18.2
- 94BarbilOdisha 18.2
- 97HubballiKarnataka 18.1
- 98GandhinagarGujarat 18.0
- 98ĀsansolWest Bengal 18.0
- 100PuneMaharashtra 17.9
- 101BettiahBihar 17.8
- 101ArrahBihar 17.8
- 103NāgaurRajasthan 17.6
- 104SīkarRajasthan 17.5
- 105ShivamoggaKarnataka 17.4
- 105JhālāwārRajasthan 17.4
- 107BārānRajasthan 17.3
- 107NavalpattuTamil Nadu 17.3
- 109BoisarMaharashtra 17.2
- 109BhelaiChhattisgarh 17.2
- 109ByasanagarOdisha 17.2
- 112RoparPunjab 17.0
- 112JalorRajasthan 17.0
- 114NashikMaharashtra 16.8
- 114HanumāngarhRajasthan 16.8
- 114AurangabadMaharashtra 16.8
- 117SāngliMaharashtra 16.7
- 118AmravatiMaharashtra 16.5
- 119TirumalaAndhra Pradesh 16.4
- 119ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal 16.4
- 121PerunduraiTamil Nadu 15.8
- 122KhargharMaharashtra 15.7
- 123SirohiRajasthan 15.6
- 124BūndiRajasthan 15.1
- 124MumbaiMaharashtra 15.1
- 124AkolaMaharashtra 15.1
- 124HaldiaWest Bengal 15.1
- 128ThāneMaharashtra 15.0
- 128JodhpurRajasthan 15.0
- 128JabalpurMadhya Pradesh 15.0
- 131PatiālaPunjab 14.8
- 131CoimbatoreTamil Nadu 14.8
- 133TirunelveliTamil Nadu 14.7
- 134NandriRajasthan 14.5
- 135LaturMaharashtra 14.4
- 135BhopalMadhya Pradesh 14.4
- 137Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra 14.0
- 138PrayagrajUttar Pradesh 13.9
- 139IndoreMadhya Pradesh 13.7
- 140JaisalmerRajasthan 13.5
- 141BhayandarMaharashtra 13.3
- 142KalaburagiKarnataka 13.2
- 142CuttackOdisha 13.2
- 144MahādMaharashtra 13.1
- 144KeonjhargarhOdisha 13.1
- 146KolhāpurMaharashtra 12.8
- 147ChikmagalūrKarnataka 12.6
- 148BārmerRajasthan 12.4
- 149SholapurMaharashtra 12.2
- 150BharatpurRajasthan 11.7
- 151AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh 11.6
- 152BhilaiChhattisgarh 11.4
- 153BhubaneswarOdisha 10.9
- 154RishīkeshUttarakhand 10.8
- 154DurgChhattisgarh 10.8
- 156MadikeriKarnataka 10.7
- 157GuwahatiAssam 10.2
- 158RaipurChhattisgarh 8.6
- 159YadgirKarnataka 7.9
- 160AgartalaTripura 6.7
- 161GangtokSikkim 6.6
- 162ShillongMeghalaya 3.4
- 163BareillyUttar Pradesh 0.7
- 164AizawlMizoram 0.3
- 165JhariaJharkhand 0.0
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+
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