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Most polluted cities in Kerala, India
1 measured city, this year; 1 above the WHO annual guideline. The only one: Thiruvananthapuram at 15.8 µg/m³, #511 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.
- 1Thiruvananthapuramlast full day 30 Sept 5%
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
Kerala 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 |
|---|---|
| Kanayannur | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Kochi | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Kozhikode | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Alappuzha | ≈ 19 µg/m³ |
| Palakkad | ≈ 20 µg/m³ |
| Kanhangad | ≈ 17 µg/m³ |
| Ponnāni | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Malappuram | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
| Tellicherry | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Manjeri | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
| Neyyāttinkara | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Edattala | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Badagara | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Taliparamba | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Payyanur | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Koyilandy | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Beypore | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
| Tripunittura | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Kayamkulam | ≈ 17 µg/m³ |
| Munnar | ≈ 14 µg/m³ |
| Kunnamkulam | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Cheruvannur | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
| Kodungallūr | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Nedumangād | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Tiruvalla | ≈ 17 µg/m³ |
| Tirūrangādi | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
| Tennala | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Tirur | ≈ 18 µg/m³ |
| Moonniyur | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
| Kottayam | ≈ 19 µg/m³ |
| Kāsaragod | ≈ 14 µg/m³ |
| Pallichal | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Ottapalam | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Thodupuzha | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Changanācheri | ≈ 19 µg/m³ |
| Vazhakkala | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Mannārakkāt | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Perintalmanna | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Kizhake Chālakudi | ≈ 22 µg/m³ |
| Vengara | ≈ 26 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Kerala
- Southern India, 12 to 14 October 20253 days12 cities114 µg/m³peak, Chittoor
- Southern India, 7 to 8 October 20252 days9 cities97 µg/m³peak, Chittoor
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 Kerala, India, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/in/region/kerala?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.