SmogRank / Countries / India / September 2025
Most polluted cities in India, September 2025
159 cities in India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Kanchipuram at 104.0 µg/m³, #2 of 2,439 cities in the world. Cleanest: Aizawl at 0.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1KanchipuramTamil Nadu 104.0
- 2GummidipundiTamil Nadu 79.2
- 3CuddaloreTamil Nadu 70.7
- 4RourkelaOdisha 59.5
- 5AriyalūrTamil Nadu 55.6
- 6RasapūdipalemAndhra Pradesh 50.7
- 7ChāpraBihar 49.9
- 8KadapaAndhra Pradesh 44.3
- 9Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh 44.1
- 10BhiwadiRajasthan 43.6
- 11SerilingampalleTelangana 43.4
- 12KarauliRajasthan 41.4
- 13MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh 40.0
- 14BaddiHimachal Pradesh 39.3
- 15NarelaDelhi 38.7
- 16BānswāraRajasthan 38.4
- 17BhāgalpurBihar 38.1
- 18BuxarBihar 37.9
- 19NalbāriAssam 37.5
- 20JodaOdisha 37.1
- 21DādriUttar Pradesh 36.7
- 22LucknowUttar Pradesh 35.5
- 23VapiGujarat 35.2
- 24TonkRajasthan 35.1
- 25Sri GanganagarRajasthan 34.9
- 26GhāziābādUttar Pradesh 34.7
- 26AnantapurAndhra Pradesh 34.7
- 26NoidaUttar Pradesh 34.7
- 29VirārMaharashtra 33.3
- 30MorādābādUttar Pradesh 32.6
- 31AngulOdisha 32.5
- 32DelhiDelhi 31.9
- 33NagaonAssam 31.3
- 34HāpurUttar Pradesh 30.4
- 34GwaliorMadhya Pradesh 30.4
- 36PatnaBihar 30.2
- 37AgraUttar Pradesh 29.8
- 38JalandharPunjab 29.4
- 39Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra 29.3
- 40RānīganjWest Bengal 29.1
- 40KanpurUttar Pradesh 29.1
- 42DhaulpurRajasthan 29.0
- 43KhargharMaharashtra 28.9
- 44AnkleshwarGujarat 28.6
- 45AjmerRajasthan 28.4
- 46JalgaonMaharashtra 28.2
- 47KalyānMaharashtra 28.0
- 48AurangabadMaharashtra 27.9
- 49TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu 27.6
- 49Aya NagarDelhi 27.6
- 51GūduvāncheriTamil Nadu 26.9
- 52PanvelMaharashtra 26.4
- 53BaripādaOdisha 26.2
- 54SaugorMadhya Pradesh 25.9
- 54RoparPunjab 25.9
- 56ChandigarhChandigarh 25.7
- 57ChittorgarhRajasthan 25.6
- 58BadlapurMaharashtra 25.5
- 59SirohiRajasthan 25.4
- 60KolkataWest Bengal 25.1
- 61BengaluruKarnataka 25.0
- 62MangaluruKarnataka 24.9
- 62ChennaiTamil Nadu 24.9
- 62HyderabadTelangana 24.9
- 65JaipurRajasthan 24.6
- 65GayaBihar 24.6
- 67TirupparangunramTamil Nadu 24.3
- 67NajafgarhDelhi 24.3
- 69NagpurMaharashtra 23.6
- 69HanumāngarhRajasthan 23.6
- 71DurgapurWest Bengal 22.6
- 72DhuleMaharashtra 22.4
- 73SilcharAssam 22.2
- 74VijayapuraKarnataka 22.0
- 75AhmedabadGujarat 21.8
- 76PratāpgarhRajasthan 21.7
- 77SiwānBihar 21.5
- 77NashikMaharashtra 21.5
- 77BhiwandiMaharashtra 21.5
- 80JhālāwārRajasthan 21.3
- 81BharatpurRajasthan 21.1
- 81NeelankaraiTamil Nadu 21.1
- 83CoimbatoreTamil Nadu 21.0
- 84GandhinagarGujarat 20.7
- 84BhilwaraRajasthan 20.7
- 86JabalpurMadhya Pradesh 20.6
- 86BoisarMaharashtra 20.6
- 86ĀsansolWest Bengal 20.6
- 89JhunjhunūnRajasthan 20.5
- 90SalemTamil Nadu 20.3
- 90DausaRajasthan 20.3
- 90BarbilOdisha 20.3
- 93RairangpurOdisha 20.0
- 94KotaRajasthan 19.7
- 95RājsamandRajasthan 19.5
- 96ByasanagarOdisha 19.3
- 97ShivamoggaKarnataka 19.0
- 97BhopalMadhya Pradesh 19.0
- 99HubballiKarnataka 18.6
- 99BikanerRajasthan 18.6
- 101NandriRajasthan 18.4
- 102SāngliMaharashtra 18.2
- 102ChāndaMaharashtra 18.2
- 104KarurTamil Nadu 18.0
- 105ParbhaniMaharashtra 17.9
- 106ThāneMaharashtra 17.8
- 106PuneMaharashtra 17.8
- 106AmravatiMaharashtra 17.8
- 109GudalurTamil Nadu 17.7
- 110JalorRajasthan 17.6
- 110CuttackOdisha 17.6
- 110BhubaneswarOdisha 17.6
- 110BārānRajasthan 17.6
- 114ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal 17.5
- 114NavalpattuTamil Nadu 17.5
- 116PatiālaPunjab 17.4
- 116DūngarpurRajasthan 17.4
- 116MumbaiMaharashtra 17.4
- 116ArrahBihar 17.4
- 116HaldiaWest Bengal 17.4
- 116NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh 17.4
- 122PrayagrajUttar Pradesh 17.3
- 123PerunduraiTamil Nadu 17.2
- 124MadikeriKarnataka 16.9
- 125SīkarRajasthan 16.8
- 125BegusaraiBihar 16.8
- 127ChūruRajasthan 16.6
- 128KalaburagiKarnataka 16.4
- 129Sawai MadhopurRajasthan 16.2
- 129BhilaiChhattisgarh 16.2
- 129AkolaMaharashtra 16.2
- 132NandedMaharashtra 16.0
- 133JodhpurRajasthan 15.8
- 134TirumalaAndhra Pradesh 15.7
- 135MahādMaharashtra 15.6
- 136LaturMaharashtra 15.5
- 137TirunelveliTamil Nadu 15.0
- 137NāgaurRajasthan 15.0
- 139KolhāpurMaharashtra 14.9
- 140Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra 14.2
- 141RaipurChhattisgarh 13.7
- 142AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh 13.5
- 143JaisalmerRajasthan 13.3
- 144IndoreMadhya Pradesh 13.2
- 145SholapurMaharashtra 13.0
- 145KeonjhargarhOdisha 13.0
- 147BūndiRajasthan 12.8
- 148GuwahatiAssam 12.7
- 149BārmerRajasthan 12.5
- 150AgartalaTripura 11.9
- 151BhayandarMaharashtra 11.8
- 152ChikmagalūrKarnataka 11.7
- 153DurgChhattisgarh 10.4
- 154ShillongMeghalaya 9.3
- 155TambaramTamil Nadu 8.5
- 156YadgirKarnataka 8.2
- 157GangtokSikkim 7.8
- 158BareillyUttar Pradesh 6.2
- 159AizawlMizoram 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+