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Most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, 2026

28 cities in Maharashtra, India ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (278 of 365 days); 28 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Nagpur at 39.7 µg/m³, #77 of 2,745 cities in the world. Cleanest: Kolhāpur at 22.7. 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.

← Jalgaon 52% 50%0
Every city in Maharashtra, India ranked for 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. 1Jalgaon
    52%
  2. 2Nagpur
    48%
  3. 3Chānda
    48%
  4. 4Birvādi
    47%
  5. 5Padoli
    46%
  6. 6Kalyān
    45%
  7. 7Latur
    40%
  8. 8Taloje
    40%
  9. 9Bhiwandi
    39%
  10. 10Sholapur
    39%
  11. 11Dhule
    39%
  12. 12Nanded
    38%
  13. 13Badlapur
    36%
  14. 14Akola
    35%
  15. 15Pimpri-Chinchwad
    34%
  16. 16Parbhani
    33%
  17. 17Pune
    32%
  18. 18Nashik
    31%
  19. 19Aurangabad
    31%
  20. 20Sāngli
    30%
  21. 21Panvel
    29%
  22. 22Virār
    29%
  23. 23Amravati
    27%
  24. 24Boisar
    27%
  25. 25Bhayandar
    24%
  26. 26Mumbai
    22%
  27. 27Thāne
    21%
  28. 28Kolhāpur
    18%
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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