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Most polluted cities in India, September 2026
207 cities in India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Panipat at 75.5 µg/m³, #66 of 2,646 cities in the world. Cleanest: Rishīkesh at 1.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
← Panipat 75.5
- 1PanipatHaryana 152
- 2JīndHaryana 118
- 3GurugramHaryana 115
- 4GobindgarhPunjab 111
- 5Yamuna NagarHaryana 100
- 6MānesarHaryana 97
- 7BawānaDelhi 97
- 8Dera MāndiDelhi 92
- 8PithampurMadhya Pradesh 92
- 10Jammulow-cost sensorsJammu and Kashmir 92
- 11NoidaUttar Pradesh 86
- 12KaithalHaryana 86
- 13BhiwadiRajasthan 85
- 14AmritsarPunjab 83
- 15DādriUttar Pradesh 80
- 16PāliRajasthan 80
- 17DhāruheraHaryana 80
- 18JalandharPunjab 75
- 19Charkhi DādriHaryana 75
- 20BahadurgarhHaryana 71
- 21ChittoorAndhra Pradesh 70
- 22BhāgalpurBihar 70
- 22AlwarRajasthan 70
- 24FatehābādHaryana 68
- 25HāpurUttar Pradesh 68
- 26BaddiHimachal Pradesh 68
- 27FaridabadHaryana 66
- 28AmbālaHaryana 65
- 29AnantapurAndhra Pradesh 65
- 30HisarHaryana 65
- 31ThānesarHaryana 63
- 32MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh 63
- 33RohtakHaryana 63
- 34DelhiDelhi 63
- 35LoniUttar Pradesh 63
- 36NarnaulHaryana 63
- 37NarelaDelhi 61
- 38SonīpatHaryana 61
- 39UdaipurRajasthan 61
- 39KadapaAndhra Pradesh 61
- 39Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh 61
- 42Sri GanganagarRajasthan 61
- 43MandideepMadhya Pradesh 61
- 44NagaonAssam 59
- 45NalbāriAssam 59
- 45BhiwāniHaryana 59
- 47TirupatiAndhra Pradesh 59
- 48Aya NagarDelhi 58
- 49BhilwaraRajasthan 58
- 50RasapūdipalemAndhra Pradesh 58
- 51ArāriaBihar 58
- 52AnkleshwarGujarat 56
- 53KalyānMaharashtra 56
- 54GhāziābādUttar Pradesh 54
- 55UnderaGujarat 54
- 56VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh 54
- 56AjmerRajasthan 54
- 58AhmedabadGujarat 54
- 59SīkarRajasthan 54
- 60ByasanagarOdisha 54
- 61JaipurRajasthan 53
- 62MeerutUttar Pradesh 53
- 63ChittorgarhRajasthan 53
- 64PatancheruTelangana 51
- 64KhannaPunjab 51
- 66MorādābādUttar Pradesh 51
- 67ThrissurKerala 51
- 67KishanganjBihar 51
- 67JhānsiUttar Pradesh 51
- 67GandhinagarGujarat 51
- 71SasarāmBihar 50
- 71HanumāngarhRajasthan 50
- 71GayaBihar 50
- 74TonkRajasthan 50
- 75SatnaMadhya Pradesh 50
- 76DausaRajasthan 50
- 77BulandshahrUttar Pradesh 50
- 78KarnālHaryana 50
- 79ParbhaniMaharashtra 50
- 80VrindāvanUttar Pradesh 48
- 81BegusaraiBihar 48
- 82BelpaharOdisha 48
- 83HājīpurBihar 47
- 84MalegaonMaharashtra 47
- 85DūngarpurRajasthan 47
- 86NajafgarhDelhi 45
- 87AgartalaTripura 45
- 88JalgaonMaharashtra 45
- 89BathindaPunjab 45
- 90DurgapurWest Bengal 45
- 91BāghpatUttar Pradesh 43
- 92ChāndaMaharashtra 43
- 93AurangabadMaharashtra 43
- 93UliyazhathuraKerala 43
- 95KolkataWest Bengal 43
- 96JodaOdisha 43
- 97PalwalHaryana 43
- 98BareillyUttar Pradesh 42
- 99ShrīrāmpurWest Bengal 42
- 99DewasMadhya Pradesh 42
- 101KhurjaUttar Pradesh 42
- 101JhālāwārRajasthan 42
- 103AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh 42
- 104LucknowUttar Pradesh 42
- 105SuratGujarat 42
- 105ChennaiTamil Nadu 42
- 107KeonjhargarhOdisha 42
- 108RājsamandRajasthan 40
- 108BūndiRajasthan 40
- 110BarbilOdisha 40
- 111NagpurMaharashtra 40
- 111KotaRajasthan 40
- 111CuttackOdisha 40
- 114Wadgaon KolhatiMaharashtra 40
- 115SaugorMadhya Pradesh 40
- 115PatnaBihar 40
- 117KanpurUttar Pradesh 38
- 117HyderabadTelangana 38
- 119Sawai MadhopurRajasthan 38
- 120SangāreddiTelangana 38
- 120DehradunUttarakhand 38
- 120BikanerRajasthan 38
- 123AgraUttar Pradesh 38
- 124SerilingampalleTelangana 38
- 125PratāpgarhRajasthan 38
- 126RānīganjWest Bengal 37
- 126HubballiKarnataka 37
- 128MahādMaharashtra 37
- 129JhunjhunūnRajasthan 37
- 129GwaliorMadhya Pradesh 37
- 131SholapurMaharashtra 37
- 131RajamahendravaramAndhra Pradesh 37
- 133AngulOdisha 37
- 134PuneMaharashtra 37
- 135SrinagarJammu and Kashmir 37
- 135SilcharAssam 37
- 135ChūruRajasthan 37
- 138DhaulpurRajasthan 37
- 139BhopalMadhya Pradesh 35
- 140TirumalaAndhra Pradesh 35
- 140SirsaHaryana 35
- 140ShivamoggaKarnataka 35
- 143ThāneMaharashtra 35
- 143MuzaffarpurBihar 35
- 143QuthbullapurTelangana 35
- 146RourkelaOdisha 35
- 147HaldiaWest Bengal 35
- 148RājgīrBihar 35
- 148BhilaiChhattisgarh 35
- 150BaripādaOdisha 33
- 151PanvelMaharashtra 33
- 151JodhpurRajasthan 33
- 153RatlāmMadhya Pradesh 33
- 153ĀsansolWest Bengal 33
- 155BhubaneswarOdisha 33
- 156KatiharBihar 33
- 156KhargharMaharashtra 33
- 158PatiālaPunjab 32
- 159BilāspurChhattisgarh 32
- 159NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh 32
- 161KarauliRajasthan 32
- 162VaranasiUttar Pradesh 32
- 163RaipurChhattisgarh 32
- 163FīrozābādUttar Pradesh 32
- 165SāngliMaharashtra 32
- 166MothīhāriBihar 30
- 166RairangpurOdisha 30
- 166JalorRajasthan 30
- 166Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra 30
- 170BengaluruKarnataka 30
- 170AkolaMaharashtra 30
- 172NāgaurRajasthan 30
- 172JaisalmerRajasthan 30
- 174NashikMaharashtra 30
- 175GudalurTamil Nadu 30
- 176ChandigarhChandigarh 30
- 177IndoreMadhya Pradesh 30
- 178BharatpurRajasthan 28
- 179RoparPunjab 28
- 179BhelaiChhattisgarh 28
- 181SibsāgarAssam 28
- 181AmravatiMaharashtra 28
- 183PuducherryPuducherry 27
- 184BhayandarMaharashtra 27
- 185SirohiRajasthan 27
- 185LaturMaharashtra 27
- 185JabalpurMadhya Pradesh 27
- 185MumbaiMaharashtra 27
- 189GuwahatiAssam 27
- 190BānswāraRajasthan 27
- 191BhiwandiMaharashtra 25
- 192ClosepetKarnataka 25
- 192NandriRajasthan 25
- 194KalaburagiKarnataka 25
- 194Chik BallāpurKarnataka 25
- 196VirārMaharashtra 25
- 197BārmerRajasthan 23
- 198ThiruvananthapuramKerala 23
- 199AhilyanagarMaharashtra 23
- 200BadlapurMaharashtra 23
- 201MadikeriKarnataka 22
- 202KolhāpurMaharashtra 18
- 203BārānRajasthan 18
- 204DurgChhattisgarh 17
- 205PrayagrajUttar Pradesh 17
- 206KohimaNagaland 15
- 207RishīkeshUttarakhand 2
Good0–50
Satisfactory51–100
Moderate101–200
Poor201–300
Very poor301–400
Severe401+
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