Most polluted cities in Assam, India

6 measured cities, this year; 6 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Dispur at 65.3 µg/m³, #24 in the world.

464 monitors in India haven't reported for more than two days. Cities that rely on them are missing from the 24-hour board and may drop from the longer ones; that isn't clean air, and they return when the data does.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.

← Dispur 99% 90%0

Every measured city in Assam, India, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.

1Dispurlast full day 30 Sept 99%
2Nagaonlast full day 30 Sept 55%
3Kahi Kuchilast full day 30 Sept 43%
4Guwahatilast full day 30 Sept 28%
5Sibsāgarlast full day 30 Sept 19%
6Silcharlast full day 30 Sept 9%

Good0–50

Moderate51–100

Sensitive groups101–150

Unhealthy151–200

Very unhealthy201–300

Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Assam cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City	7-day estimate	Band
Dibrugarh	≈ 21 µg/m³	Moderate
Jorhat	≈ 34 µg/m³	Moderate
Tinsukia	≈ 37 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Tezpur	≈ 45 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Bongaigaon	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Dhubri	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Diphu	≈ 23 µg/m³	Moderate
North Lakhimpur	≈ 26 µg/m³	Moderate
Karīmganj	≈ 38 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Goālpāra	≈ 42 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Barpeta	≈ 57 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Hāflong	≈ 21 µg/m³	Moderate
Golāghāt	≈ 27 µg/m³	Moderate
Bilāsipāra	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Hojāi	≈ 28 µg/m³	Moderate
Lanka	≈ 28 µg/m³	Moderate
Barpeta Road	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Kokrajhar	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Hailākāndi	≈ 38 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Lumding Railway Colony	≈ 22 µg/m³	Moderate
Morigaon	≈ 48 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Duliajan	≈ 34 µg/m³	Moderate
Duliajan Oil Town	≈ 34 µg/m³	Moderate
Rangia	≈ 51 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Margherita	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Mangaldai	≈ 49 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Silapathar	≈ 21 µg/m³	Moderate
Gauripur	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Mariāni	≈ 34 µg/m³	Moderate
Digboi	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Dum Duma	≈ 28 µg/m³	Moderate
Dhekiajuli	≈ 45 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Dhing	≈ 48 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Chāpar	≈ 58 µg/m³	Unhealthy
Dergaon	≈ 32 µg/m³	Moderate
Bokajān	≈ 23 µg/m³	Moderate
Sonāri	≈ 34 µg/m³	Moderate
Biswanath Chariali	≈ 37 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Nahorkatiya	≈ 34 µg/m³	Moderate
Rangāpāra	≈ 45 µg/m³	Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Bad-air episodes in Assam

Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Assam, India, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/in/region/assam?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.