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Most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, May 2025

26 cities in Maharashtra, India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Bhiwandi at 42.5 µg/m³, #64 of 2,771 cities in the world. Cleanest: Padoli at 19.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

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.

← Badlapur 70% 70%0
Every city in Maharashtra, India ranked for May 2025, 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.
  1. 1Badlapur
    70%
  2. 2Bhiwandi
    57%
  3. 3Kalyān
    52%
  4. 4Nagpur
    52%
  5. 5Jalgaon
    41%
  6. 6Sāngli
    39%
  7. 7Panvel
    36%
  8. 8Taloje
    30%
  9. 9Birvādi
    24%
  10. 10Virār
    21%
  11. 11Aurangabad
    21%
  12. 12Latur
    19%
  13. 13Thāne
    19%
  14. 14Sholapur
    18%
  15. 15Kolhāpur
    14%
  16. 16Amravati
    14%
  17. 17Nashik
    10%
  18. 18Nanded
    8%
  19. 19Akola
    7%
  20. 20Bhayandar
    7%
  21. 21Wadgaon Kolhati
    4%
  22. 22Boisar
    4%
  23. 23Padoli
    4%
  24. 24Pune
    3%
  25. 25Pimpri-Chinchwad
    0%
  26. 26Mumbai
    0%
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

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