SmogRank / World / Asia / India / Chhattisgarh
Most polluted cities in Chhattisgarh, India
6 measured cities, this year; 6 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Siltara at 36.2 µg/m³, #110 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.
About 192K people in these 2 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.
Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
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
Chhattisgarh 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 |
|---|---|
| Korba | ≈ 42 µg/m³ |
| Rāj-Nāndgaon | ≈ 53 µg/m³ |
| Raigarh | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
| Jagdalpur | ≈ 43 µg/m³ |
| Ambikāpur | ≈ 35 µg/m³ |
| Dhamtari | ≈ 52 µg/m³ |
| Chirmiri | ≈ 24 µg/m³ |
| Bhilai Charoda | ≈ 63 µg/m³ |
| Bhātāpāra | ≈ 42 µg/m³ |
| Mahāsamund | ≈ 55 µg/m³ |
| Kawardha | ≈ 31 µg/m³ |
| Chāmpa | ≈ 43 µg/m³ |
| Dalli Rājhara | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
| Nailā | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Kumhāri | ≈ 63 µg/m³ |
| Kānker | ≈ 42 µg/m³ |
| Dongargarh | ≈ 37 µg/m³ |
| Tilda Newra | ≈ 42 µg/m³ |
| Mungeli | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
| Manendragarh | ≈ 24 µg/m³ |
| Jānjgīr | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Pasān | ≈ 28 µg/m³ |
| Kondagaon | ≈ 36 µg/m³ |
| Nawāpāra | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Umarkot | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Bemetāra | ≈ 43 µg/m³ |
| Baikunthpur | ≈ 24 µg/m³ |
| Jashpur Nagar | ≈ 30 µg/m³ |
| Bhelai | ≈ 42 µg/m³ |
| Baloda Bāzār | ≈ 42 µg/m³ |
| Jāmul | ≈ 63 µg/m³ |
| Ratanpur | ≈ 28 µg/m³ |
| Balod | ≈ 45 µg/m³ |
| Shivpur Charcha | ≈ 24 µg/m³ |
| Akaltara | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Katghora | ≈ 41 µg/m³ |
| Khairāgarh | ≈ 31 µg/m³ |
| Nārāinpur | ≈ 33 µg/m³ |
| Saktī | ≈ 43 µg/m³ |
| Bacheli | ≈ 36 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Chhattisgarh
- Eastern India, 28 September to 1 October 20264 days15 cities85 µg/m³peak, Dera Colliery Township
- Western India and Pakistan, September 202619 to 25 September 2026, 7 days59 cities170 µg/m³peak, Gurugram
- Eastern India, 15 to 17 September 20263 days14 cities79 µg/m³peak, Belpahar
- North-eastern India, July 202611 to 14 July 2026, 4 days23 cities149 µg/m³peak, Arrah
- Northern India, May 202616 to 21 May 2026, 6 days17 cities321 µg/m³peak, Bettiah
- Eastern India, April 202623 to 25 April 2026, 3 days14 cities145 µg/m³peak, Singrauli
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 Chhattisgarh, India, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/in/region/chhattisgarh?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.