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Most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, September 2026

30 cities in Maharashtra, India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Kalyān at 33.8 µg/m³, #95 of 2,949 cities in the world. Cleanest: Kolhāpur at 11.6. 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.

← Kalyān 38% 30%0
Every city in Maharashtra, India ranked for September 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. 1Kalyān
    38%
  2. 2Parbhani
    38%
  3. 3Chānda
    36%
  4. 4Nanded
    29%
  5. 5Jalgaon
    24%
  6. 6Malegaon
    19%
  7. 7Aurangabad
    18%
  8. 8Wadgaon Kolhati
    15%
  9. 9Sholapur
    10%
  10. 10Pune
    10%
  11. 11Birvādi
    7%
  12. 12Nashik
    7%
  13. 13Sāngli
    4%
  14. 14Bhayandar
    4%
  15. 15Nagpur
    3%
  16. 16Panvel
    3%
  17. 17Pimpri-Chinchwad
    3%
  18. 18Thāne
    0%
  19. 19Boisar
    0%
  20. 20Padoli
    0%
  21. 21Taloje
    0%
  22. 22Akola
    0%
  23. 23Amravati
    0%
  24. 24Latur
    0%
  25. 25Bhiwandi
    0%
  26. 26Mumbai
    0%
  27. 27Virār
    0%
  28. 28Ahilyanagar
    0%
  29. 29Badlapur
    0%
  30. 30Kolhāpur
    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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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, PM2.5, September 2026, smogrank.com/in/region/maharashtra/history/2026-09 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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