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Most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, 2025
24 cities in Maharashtra, India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 24 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Kalyān at 43.4 µg/m³, #54 of 2,624 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bhayandar at 28.4. 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.
- 1Kalyān 55%
- 2Jalgaon 55%
- 3Bhiwandi 52%
- 4Badlapur 51%
- 5Nagpur 51%
- 6Taloje 48%
- 7Panvel 46%
- 8Birvādi 43%
- 9Nanded 43%
- 10Nashik 43%
- 11Mumbai 43%
- 12Pune 42%
- 13Aurangabad 42%
- 14Latur 42%
- 15Akola 40%
- 16Sholapur 40%
- 17Virār 40%
- 18Pimpri-Chinchwad 37%
- 19Boisar 37%
- 20Thāne 37%
- 21Amravati 37%
- 22Padoli 32%
- 23Kolhāpur 32%
- 24Bhayandar 29%
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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