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Most polluted cities in India, February 2026

125 cities in India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 28 days. Worst: Gurugram at 152.4 µg/m³, #3 of 2,251 cities in the world. Cleanest: Rishīkesh at 3.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1GurugramHaryana
    152.4
  2. 2DādriUttar Pradesh
    110.5
  3. 3BhiwadiRajasthan
    108.3
  4. 4DhāruheraHaryana
    106.7
  5. 5DelhiDelhi
    106.2
  6. 6FaridabadHaryana
    104.6
  7. 7NoidaUttar Pradesh
    100.6
  8. 8GummidipundiTamil Nadu
    96.6
  9. 9BāghpatUttar Pradesh
    93.3
  10. 10NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh
    87.5
  11. 11KolkataWest Bengal
    82.7
  12. 12SuratGujarat
    82.5
  13. 13MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh
    80.5
  14. 14HājīpurBihar
    78.9
  15. 14Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh
    78.9
  16. 16NajafgarhDelhi
    77.2
  17. 17ThānesarHaryana
    76.1
  18. 18NagpurMaharashtra
    73.7
  19. 19KarnālHaryana
    73.4
  20. 20BaddiHimachal Pradesh
    72.5
  21. 21TonkRajasthan
    71.3
  22. 22ChittorgarhRajasthan
    70.4
  23. 23Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra
    68.6
  24. 24ByasanagarOdisha
    68.2
  25. 25LucknowUttar Pradesh
    65.4
  26. 26RānīganjWest Bengal
    64.3
  27. 26AhmedabadGujarat
    64.3
  28. 28PuneMaharashtra
    63.5
  29. 29GwaliorMadhya Pradesh
    63.2
  30. 30KotaRajasthan
    63.0
  31. 31BhubaneswarOdisha
    62.8
  32. 32KalyānMaharashtra
    61.5
  33. 33MahādMaharashtra
    61.4
  34. 33BarbilOdisha
    61.4
  35. 35HaldiaWest Bengal
    61.2
  36. 36BaripādaOdisha
    60.9
  37. 37JhālāwārRajasthan
    60.5
  38. 38SīkarRajasthan
    59.7
  39. 38RourkelaOdisha
    59.7
  40. 40BhilwaraRajasthan
    58.7
  41. 41DurgapurWest Bengal
    58.6
  42. 41AgartalaTripura
    58.6
  43. 43BadlapurMaharashtra
    57.4
  44. 44BhiwandiMaharashtra
    57.3
  45. 44KhargharMaharashtra
    57.3
  46. 46Sri GanganagarRajasthan
    56.8
  47. 47JaipurRajasthan
    55.8
  48. 48JalgaonMaharashtra
    55.7
  49. 49ChūruRajasthan
    55.3
  50. 50ChandigarhChandigarh
    55.2
  51. 51BūndiRajasthan
    53.6
  52. 52BegusaraiBihar
    53.5
  53. 53SaharsaBihar
    53.4
  54. 54HyderabadTelangana
    52.8
  55. 55JhunjhunūnRajasthan
    52.4
  56. 56BhayandarMaharashtra
    52.2
  57. 57PatnaBihar
    52.1
  58. 58DūngarpurRajasthan
    51.9
  59. 59GandhinagarGujarat
    51.5
  60. 60BikanerRajasthan
    50.5
  61. 61ChennaiTamil Nadu
    50.4
  62. 62AurangabadMaharashtra
    50.3
  63. 63TirumalaAndhra Pradesh
    49.1
  64. 64SholapurMaharashtra
    49.0
  65. 65Sawai MadhopurRajasthan
    48.9
  66. 65SāngliMaharashtra
    48.9
  67. 67BhopalMadhya Pradesh
    48.6
  68. 68KanpurUttar Pradesh
    48.5
  69. 68JaisalmerRajasthan
    48.5
  70. 70VirārMaharashtra
    48.4
  71. 71IndoreMadhya Pradesh
    48.3
  72. 72JalandharPunjab
    48.1
  73. 73MumbaiMaharashtra
    48.0
  74. 74PratāpgarhRajasthan
    47.7
  75. 74ChāndaMaharashtra
    47.7
  76. 76YadgirKarnataka
    47.6
  77. 77BoisarMaharashtra
    47.5
  78. 78AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh
    47.0
  79. 79RājsamandRajasthan
    46.9
  80. 80ĀsansolWest Bengal
    46.4
  81. 81JalorRajasthan
    46.0
  82. 82MorādābādUttar Pradesh
    45.8
  83. 83AnantapurAndhra Pradesh
    45.1
  84. 84BuxarBihar
    45.0
  85. 85AmravatiMaharashtra
    44.6
  86. 86AkolaMaharashtra
    43.5
  87. 87NāgaurRajasthan
    43.4
  88. 88ClosepetKarnataka
    42.9
  89. 89NeelankaraiTamil Nadu
    42.8
  90. 90JodhpurRajasthan
    42.5
  91. 91GayaBihar
    41.4
  92. 92HanumāngarhRajasthan
    40.5
  93. 93JabalpurMadhya Pradesh
    39.6
  94. 94VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh
    39.5
  95. 95GuwahatiAssam
    39.4
  96. 96NandriRajasthan
    39.2
  97. 97SaugorMadhya Pradesh
    39.1
  98. 98BārānRajasthan
    38.9
  99. 99PatiālaPunjab
    38.7
  100. 100ParbhaniMaharashtra
    38.5
  101. 101NashikMaharashtra
    38.4
  102. 102AgraUttar Pradesh
    36.8
  103. 103RaipurChhattisgarh
    36.5
  104. 103BharatpurRajasthan
    36.5
  105. 105PrayagrajUttar Pradesh
    36.2
  106. 106SirohiRajasthan
    35.0
  107. 107DausaRajasthan
    34.8
  108. 108SilcharAssam
    34.7
  109. 109SiwānBihar
    33.8
  110. 110CoimbatoreTamil Nadu
    33.4
  111. 111ArrahBihar
    32.6
  112. 112KolhāpurMaharashtra
    30.9
  113. 113QuthbullapurTelangana
    30.8
  114. 114BengaluruKarnataka
    30.7
  115. 115BārmerRajasthan
    30.2
  116. 116SrinagarJammu and Kashmir
    28.8
  117. 117BhilaiChhattisgarh
    27.8
  118. 118GangtokSikkim
    27.4
  119. 119KalaburagiKarnataka
    26.6
  120. 120ShillongMeghalaya
    25.9
  121. 121MadikeriKarnataka
    23.5
  122. 122GudalurTamil Nadu
    20.2
  123. 123BhāgalpurBihar
    17.4
  124. 124DurgChhattisgarh
    15.1
  125. 125RishīkeshUttarakhand
    3.0
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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