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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 µg/m³
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- 1GurugramHaryana 315
- 2LoniUttar Pradesh 249
- 3DādriUttar Pradesh 221
- 4BawānaDelhi 221
- 5MandideepMadhya Pradesh 200
- 6SingrauliMadhya Pradesh 197
- 7FaridabadHaryana 190
- 8NarelaDelhi 190
- 9Dera MāndiDelhi 186
- 10MānesarHaryana 176
- 11NoidaUttar Pradesh 173
- 12DhāruheraHaryana 169
- 13BhiwadiRajasthan 162
- 14HājīpurBihar 156
- 15DelhiDelhi 152
- 16Charkhi DādriHaryana 149
- 17BhelaiChhattisgarh 149
- 18GhāziābādUttar Pradesh 142
- 19SonīpatHaryana 132
- 20HāpurUttar Pradesh 128
- 21JodaOdisha 128
- 22BulandshahrUttar Pradesh 125
- 23Yamuna NagarHaryana 121
- 24NajafgarhDelhi 115
- 25MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh 115
- 26BāghpatUttar Pradesh 115
- 27BarbilOdisha 111
- 28GummidipundiTamil Nadu 111
- 29MahādMaharashtra 101
- 30GobindgarhPunjab 101
- 31SaharsaBihar 101
- 32LucknowUttar Pradesh 100
- 33BaddiHimachal Pradesh 100
- 34Jammulow-cost sensorsJammu and Kashmir 98
- 34BhiwāniHaryana 98
- 36NarnaulHaryana 98
- 37AngulOdisha 97
- 38ThānesarHaryana 97
- 39JīndHaryana 97
- 40KarnālHaryana 95
- 41NalbāriAssam 92
- 42Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh 92
- 43MeerutUttar Pradesh 92
- 44SuratGujarat 92
- 45PithampurMadhya Pradesh 92
- 46MuzaffarpurBihar 88
- 46GorakhpurUttar Pradesh 88
- 48GwaliorMadhya Pradesh 88
- 49RourkelaOdisha 86
- 50JaipurRajasthan 86
- 51SholapurMaharashtra 86
- 52PatnaBihar 86
- 53JalgaonMaharashtra 86
- 54PanvelMaharashtra 86
- 55AmbālaHaryana 85
- 56SāngliMaharashtra 85
- 57LudhianaPunjab 83
- 58RoparPunjab 83
- 59PāliRajasthan 81
- 60AhmedabadGujarat 81
- 61MothīhāriBihar 81
- 62Dera Colliery TownshipOdisha 80
- 63PurniaBihar 80
- 63GayaBihar 80
- 65UdaipurRajasthan 80
- 66BengaluruKarnataka 80
- 67KhannaPunjab 78
- 68Chik BallāpurKarnataka 78
- 68ArāriaBihar 78
- 70BegusaraiBihar 78
- 71KalyānMaharashtra 78
- 72Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra 78
- 73ĀsansolWest Bengal 78
- 74KhargharMaharashtra 76
- 75NagpurMaharashtra 76
- 76ClosepetKarnataka 76
- 77BelpaharOdisha 76
- 78DehradunUttarakhand 76
- 79AkolaMaharashtra 75
- 80Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra 75
- 81KanpurUttar Pradesh 75
- 82ChāndaMaharashtra 75
- 83ChittorgarhRajasthan 75
- 84BaripādaOdisha 73
- 85DhuleMaharashtra 73
- 86KeonjhargarhOdisha 73
- 87DamohMadhya Pradesh 73
- 88KaithalHaryana 71
- 89KishanganjBihar 71
- 89KhurjaUttar Pradesh 71
- 91PuneMaharashtra 71
- 92PatancheruTelangana 71
- 93NagaonAssam 70
- 94IndoreMadhya Pradesh 70
- 95TonkRajasthan 70
- 96NashikMaharashtra 70
- 96KadapaAndhra Pradesh 70
- 98AlwarRajasthan 68
- 99ChandigarhChandigarh 68
- 100NandedMaharashtra 68
- 101AjmerRajasthan 68
- 102YadgirKarnataka 66
- 102TirupatiAndhra Pradesh 66
- 102BhāgalpurBihar 66
- 105Bihār SharīfBihar 66
- 106BhiwandiMaharashtra 66
- 107BadlapurMaharashtra 66
- 108RānīganjWest Bengal 66
- 108AnantapurAndhra Pradesh 66
- 110AgraUttar Pradesh 66
- 111LaturMaharashtra 65
- 112JalandharPunjab 65
- 113CuttackOdisha 65
- 114SiliguriWest Bengal 63
- 115GandhinagarGujarat 63
- 116JhālāwārRajasthan 63
- 117DurgapurWest Bengal 63
- 117BilāspurChhattisgarh 63
- 119VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh 63
- 120TirumalaAndhra Pradesh 63
- 121SangāreddiTelangana 61
- 122ShivamoggaKarnataka 61
- 123PalwalHaryana 61
- 123KotaRajasthan 61
- 123AmritsarPunjab 61
- 126HyderabadTelangana 61
- 127FīrozābādUttar Pradesh 61
- 127BoisarMaharashtra 61
- 129GuwahatiAssam 59
- 130RājgīrBihar 59
- 131MorādābādUttar Pradesh 59
- 131BhubaneswarOdisha 59
- 133AurangabadMaharashtra 58
- 134KarauliRajasthan 58
- 135KolhāpurMaharashtra 58
- 136RasapūdipalemAndhra Pradesh 56
- 137KolkataWest Bengal 56
- 138ThāneMaharashtra 56
- 139BhilwaraRajasthan 56
- 140DhaulpurRajasthan 56
- 141AmravatiMaharashtra 56
- 142SīkarRajasthan 54
- 142BhopalMadhya Pradesh 54
- 144ThiruvananthapuramKerala 54
- 145JhunjhunūnRajasthan 53
- 145PrayagrajUttar Pradesh 53
- 147BikanerRajasthan 53
- 148ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal 53
- 148CoimbatoreTamil Nadu 53
- 150DewasMadhya Pradesh 53
- 151RatlāmMadhya Pradesh 51
- 152VirārMaharashtra 51
- 152Sawai MadhopurRajasthan 51
- 154MumbaiMaharashtra 51
- 155VaranasiUttar Pradesh 51
- 155JabalpurMadhya Pradesh 51
- 155ChūruRajasthan 51
- 155ChikmagalūrKarnataka 51
- 155SerilingampalleTelangana 51
- 160FatehābādHaryana 51
- 161BhayandarMaharashtra 50
- 162BānswāraRajasthan 50
- 163PratāpgarhRajasthan 50
- 163HaldiaWest Bengal 50
- 163UliyazhathuraKerala 50
- 166QuthbullapurTelangana 50
- 167SatnaMadhya Pradesh 50
- 168MungerBihar 48
- 169PatiālaPunjab 48
- 170BūndiRajasthan 48
- 171ShillongMeghalaya 48
- 172ThrissurKerala 47
- 173VrindāvanUttar Pradesh 47
- 174JodhpurRajasthan 47
- 174JalorRajasthan 47
- 174JaisalmerRajasthan 47
- 177SasarāmBihar 47
- 178KatiharBihar 47
- 178DausaRajasthan 47
- 178BharatpurRajasthan 47
- 178AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh 47
- 182AizawlMizoram 47
- 183NāgaurRajasthan 45
- 184RairangpurOdisha 45
- 185ChennaiTamil Nadu 45
- 185PanchkulaHaryana 45
- 187BārānRajasthan 45
- 188RaipurChhattisgarh 43
- 188HisarHaryana 43
- 190SilcharAssam 43
- 191ParbhaniMaharashtra 43
- 191DūngarpurRajasthan 43
- 193BettiahBihar 43
- 193NeelankaraiTamil Nadu 43
- 195KohimaNagaland 42
- 196GangtokSikkim 42
- 196Sri GanganagarRajasthan 42
- 198RajamahendravaramAndhra Pradesh 42
- 199KalaburagiKarnataka 42
- 200HubballiKarnataka 40
- 201BathindaPunjab 40
- 202BagalkotKarnataka 40
- 203SaugorMadhya Pradesh 38
- 204SirohiRajasthan 38
- 204PuducherryPuducherry 38
- 204NandriRajasthan 38
- 207RajākheriMadhya Pradesh 38
- 208MadikeriKarnataka 38
- 209SibsāgarAssam 38
- 209BhilaiChhattisgarh 38
- 211BārmerRajasthan 37
- 212RājsamandRajasthan 37
- 213HanumāngarhRajasthan 35
- 214AurangābādBihar 35
- 215BareillyUttar Pradesh 33
- 216GudalurTamil Nadu 33
- 217JhānsiUttar Pradesh 32
- 218DurgChhattisgarh 30
- 219SrinagarJammu and Kashmir 20
- 220RishīkeshUttarakhand 2
Good0–50
Satisfactory51–100
Moderate101–200
Poor201–300
Very poor301–400
Severe401+
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