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Most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, May 2026

23 cities in Maharashtra, India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Padoli at 54.4 µg/m³, #45 of 2,852 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bhayandar at 13.5. 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.

← Padoli 86% 80%0
Every city in Maharashtra, India ranked for May 2026, 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. 1Padoli
    86%
  2. 2Nagpur
    83%
  3. 3Chānda
    80%
  4. 4Jalgaon
    63%
  5. 5Latur
    60%
  6. 6Sholapur
    33%
  7. 7Akola
    32%
  8. 8Nanded
    32%
  9. 9Parbhani
    30%
  10. 10Thāne
    28%
  11. 11Badlapur
    26%
  12. 12Kalyān
    24%
  13. 13Aurangabad
    23%
  14. 14Amravati
    23%
  15. 15Dhule
    20%
  16. 16Pimpri-Chinchwad
    20%
  17. 17Bhiwandi
    20%
  18. 18Boisar
    8%
  19. 19Pune
    7%
  20. 20Nashik
    0%
  21. 21Kolhāpur
    0%
  22. 22Mumbai
    0%
  23. 23Bhayandar
    0%
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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