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Most polluted cities in India, March 2026
220 cities in India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Gurugram at 139.1 µg/m³, #1 of 2,616 cities in the world. Cleanest: Rishīkesh at 1.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
← Gurugram 139.1
- 1GurugramHaryana 185
- 2LoniUttar Pradesh 137
- 3DādriUttar Pradesh 128
- 4BawānaDelhi 127
- 5MandideepMadhya Pradesh 119
- 6SingrauliMadhya Pradesh 118
- 7FaridabadHaryana 115
- 8NarelaDelhi 115
- 9Dera MāndiDelhi 114
- 10MānesarHaryana 111
- 11NoidaUttar Pradesh 109
- 12DhāruheraHaryana 108
- 13BhiwadiRajasthan 106
- 14HājīpurBihar 103
- 15DelhiDelhi 101
- 16Charkhi DādriHaryana 100
- 17BhelaiChhattisgarh 100
- 18GhāziābādUttar Pradesh 98
- 19SonīpatHaryana 94
- 20HāpurUttar Pradesh 93
- 21JodaOdisha 92
- 22BulandshahrUttar Pradesh 92
- 23Yamuna NagarHaryana 91
- 24NajafgarhDelhi 88
- 25MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh 88
- 26BāghpatUttar Pradesh 88
- 27BarbilOdisha 87
- 28GummidipundiTamil Nadu 87
- 29MahādMaharashtra 83
- 30GobindgarhPunjab 83
- 31SaharsaBihar 83
- 32LucknowUttar Pradesh 82
- 33BaddiHimachal Pradesh 81
- 34Jammulow-cost sensorsJammu and Kashmir 80
- 34BhiwāniHaryana 80
- 36NarnaulHaryana 80
- 37AngulOdisha 79
- 38ThānesarHaryana 79
- 39JīndHaryana 79
- 40KarnālHaryana 78
- 41NalbāriAssam 76
- 42Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh 75
- 43MeerutUttar Pradesh 75
- 44SuratGujarat 75
- 45PithampurMadhya Pradesh 75
- 46MuzaffarpurBihar 73
- 46GorakhpurUttar Pradesh 73
- 48GwaliorMadhya Pradesh 72
- 49RourkelaOdisha 72
- 50JaipurRajasthan 72
- 51SholapurMaharashtra 72
- 52PatnaBihar 72
- 53JalgaonMaharashtra 71
- 54PanvelMaharashtra 71
- 55AmbālaHaryana 70
- 56SāngliMaharashtra 70
- 57LudhianaPunjab 70
- 58RoparPunjab 69
- 59PāliRajasthan 68
- 60AhmedabadGujarat 68
- 61MothīhāriBihar 67
- 62Dera Colliery TownshipOdisha 67
- 63PurniaBihar 67
- 63GayaBihar 67
- 65UdaipurRajasthan 66
- 66BengaluruKarnataka 66
- 67KhannaPunjab 66
- 68Chik BallāpurKarnataka 65
- 68ArāriaBihar 65
- 70BegusaraiBihar 65
- 71KalyānMaharashtra 65
- 72Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra 65
- 73ĀsansolWest Bengal 65
- 74KhargharMaharashtra 65
- 75NagpurMaharashtra 64
- 76ClosepetKarnataka 64
- 77BelpaharOdisha 64
- 78DehradunUttarakhand 64
- 79AkolaMaharashtra 63
- 80Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra 63
- 81KanpurUttar Pradesh 63
- 82ChāndaMaharashtra 63
- 83ChittorgarhRajasthan 63
- 84BaripādaOdisha 62
- 85DhuleMaharashtra 62
- 86KeonjhargarhOdisha 61
- 87DamohMadhya Pradesh 61
- 88KaithalHaryana 61
- 89KishanganjBihar 61
- 89KhurjaUttar Pradesh 61
- 91PuneMaharashtra 60
- 92PatancheruTelangana 60
- 93NagaonAssam 60
- 94IndoreMadhya Pradesh 60
- 95TonkRajasthan 59
- 96NashikMaharashtra 59
- 96KadapaAndhra Pradesh 59
- 98AlwarRajasthan 58
- 99ChandigarhChandigarh 58
- 100NandedMaharashtra 58
- 101AjmerRajasthan 57
- 102YadgirKarnataka 57
- 102TirupatiAndhra Pradesh 57
- 102BhāgalpurBihar 57
- 105Bihār SharīfBihar 57
- 106BhiwandiMaharashtra 57
- 107BadlapurMaharashtra 57
- 108RānīganjWest Bengal 56
- 108AnantapurAndhra Pradesh 56
- 110AgraUttar Pradesh 56
- 111LaturMaharashtra 56
- 112JalandharPunjab 55
- 113CuttackOdisha 55
- 114SiliguriWest Bengal 55
- 115GandhinagarGujarat 54
- 116JhālāwārRajasthan 54
- 117DurgapurWest Bengal 54
- 117BilāspurChhattisgarh 54
- 119VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh 54
- 120TirumalaAndhra Pradesh 54
- 121SangāreddiTelangana 53
- 122ShivamoggaKarnataka 53
- 123PalwalHaryana 53
- 123KotaRajasthan 53
- 123AmritsarPunjab 53
- 126HyderabadTelangana 53
- 127FīrozābādUttar Pradesh 52
- 127BoisarMaharashtra 52
- 129GuwahatiAssam 52
- 130RājgīrBihar 52
- 131MorādābādUttar Pradesh 51
- 131BhubaneswarOdisha 51
- 133AurangabadMaharashtra 51
- 134KarauliRajasthan 51
- 135KolhāpurMaharashtra 50
- 136RasapūdipalemAndhra Pradesh 50
- 137KolkataWest Bengal 49
- 138ThāneMaharashtra 49
- 139BhilwaraRajasthan 49
- 140DhaulpurRajasthan 48
- 141AmravatiMaharashtra 48
- 142SīkarRajasthan 48
- 142BhopalMadhya Pradesh 48
- 144ThiruvananthapuramKerala 47
- 145JhunjhunūnRajasthan 46
- 145PrayagrajUttar Pradesh 46
- 147BikanerRajasthan 46
- 148ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal 46
- 148CoimbatoreTamil Nadu 46
- 150DewasMadhya Pradesh 45
- 151RatlāmMadhya Pradesh 45
- 152VirārMaharashtra 45
- 152Sawai MadhopurRajasthan 45
- 154MumbaiMaharashtra 45
- 155VaranasiUttar Pradesh 44
- 155JabalpurMadhya Pradesh 44
- 155ChūruRajasthan 44
- 155ChikmagalūrKarnataka 44
- 155SerilingampalleTelangana 44
- 160FatehābādHaryana 44
- 161BhayandarMaharashtra 44
- 162BānswāraRajasthan 44
- 163PratāpgarhRajasthan 44
- 163HaldiaWest Bengal 44
- 163UliyazhathuraKerala 44
- 166QuthbullapurTelangana 43
- 167SatnaMadhya Pradesh 43
- 168MungerBihar 42
- 169PatiālaPunjab 42
- 170BūndiRajasthan 42
- 171ShillongMeghalaya 42
- 172ThrissurKerala 41
- 173VrindāvanUttar Pradesh 41
- 174JodhpurRajasthan 41
- 174JalorRajasthan 41
- 174JaisalmerRajasthan 41
- 177SasarāmBihar 40
- 178KatiharBihar 40
- 178DausaRajasthan 40
- 178BharatpurRajasthan 40
- 178AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh 40
- 182AizawlMizoram 40
- 183NāgaurRajasthan 39
- 184RairangpurOdisha 39
- 185ChennaiTamil Nadu 39
- 185PanchkulaHaryana 39
- 187BārānRajasthan 39
- 188RaipurChhattisgarh 38
- 188HisarHaryana 38
- 190SilcharAssam 38
- 191ParbhaniMaharashtra 37
- 191DūngarpurRajasthan 37
- 193BettiahBihar 37
- 193NeelankaraiTamil Nadu 37
- 195KohimaNagaland 37
- 196GangtokSikkim 36
- 196Sri GanganagarRajasthan 36
- 198RajamahendravaramAndhra Pradesh 36
- 199KalaburagiKarnataka 36
- 200HubballiKarnataka 35
- 201BathindaPunjab 35
- 202BagalkotKarnataka 35
- 203SaugorMadhya Pradesh 34
- 204SirohiRajasthan 34
- 204PuducherryPuducherry 34
- 204NandriRajasthan 34
- 207RajākheriMadhya Pradesh 33
- 208MadikeriKarnataka 33
- 209SibsāgarAssam 33
- 209BhilaiChhattisgarh 33
- 211BārmerRajasthan 32
- 212RājsamandRajasthan 31
- 213HanumāngarhRajasthan 31
- 214AurangābādBihar 30
- 215BareillyUttar Pradesh 30
- 216GudalurTamil Nadu 29
- 217JhānsiUttar Pradesh 27
- 218DurgChhattisgarh 25
- 219SrinagarJammu and Kashmir 18
- 220RishīkeshUttarakhand 2
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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