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Most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India

28 measured cities, this year; 28 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Nagpur at 39.7 µg/m³, #76 in the world.

464 monitors in India haven't reported for more than two days. Cities that rely on them are missing from the 24-hour board and may drop from the longer ones; that isn't clean air, and they return when the data does.

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.

Maharashtra: 28 measured citiesKarnataka: 6 measured citiesOdisha: 10 measured citiesRajasthan: 35 measured citiesGoaMadhya Pradesh: 11 measured citiesChhattisgarh: 6 measured citiesTelangana: 3 measured citiesDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuGujarat: 3 measured citiesAndhra Pradesh: 6 measured cities#28 Kolhāpur: 22.7 µg/m³#27 Mumbai: 24.9 µg/m³#26 Bhayandar: 25.8 µg/m³#24 Sāngli: 27.4 µg/m³#25 Amravati: 27.4 µg/m³#23 Nashik: 28.1 µg/m³#22 Virār: 28.7 µg/m³#21 Thāne: 28.8 µg/m³#20 Panvel: 29.2 µg/m³#19 Parbhani: 30.9 µg/m³#18 Akola: 31.0 µg/m³#16 Nanded: 31.1 µg/m³#17 Boisar: 31.1 µg/m³#15 Badlapur: 31.2 µg/m³#14 Latur: 31.3 µg/m³#13 Pune: 32.5 µg/m³#11 Sholapur: 33.0 µg/m³#12 Aurangabad: 33.0 µg/m³#10 Bhiwandi: 33.2 µg/m³#9 Dhule: 33.7 µg/m³#8 Pimpri-Chinchwad: 34.8 µg/m³#7 Taloje: 35.7 µg/m³#6 Chānda: 36.3 µg/m³#5 Jalgaon: 37.2 µg/m³#4 Birvādi: 37.7 µg/m³#3 Padoli: 38.2 µg/m³#2 Kalyān: 38.9 µg/m³#1 Nagpur: 39.7 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Jalgaon 52% 50%0
Every measured city in Maharashtra, India, 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. 1Jalgaonlast full day 30 Sept 52%
  2. 2Nagpurlast full day 30 Sept 48%
  3. 3Chāndalast full day 30 Sept 48%
  4. 4Birvādilast full day 30 Sept 47%
  5. 5Padolilast full day 27 Sept 46%
  6. 6Kalyānlast full day 30 Sept 45%
  7. 7Laturlast full day 30 Sept 40%
  8. 8Talojelast full day 30 Sept 40%
  9. 9Bhiwandilast full day 30 Sept 39%
  10. 10Sholapurlast full day 30 Sept 39%
  11. 11Dhulelast full day 30 Sept 39%
  12. 12Nandedlast full day 30 Sept 38%
  13. 13Badlapurlast full day 30 Sept 36%
  14. 14Akolalast full day 30 Sept 35%
  15. 15Pimpri-Chinchwadlast full day 30 Sept 34%
  16. 16Parbhanilast full day 30 Sept 33%
  17. 17Punelast full day 30 Sept 32%
  18. 18Nashiklast full day 30 Sept 31%
  19. 19Aurangabadlast full day 30 Sept 31%
  20. 20Sānglilast full day 30 Sept 30%
  21. 21Panvellast full day 30 Sept 29%
  22. 22Virārlast full day 30 Sept 29%
  23. 23Amravatilast full day 30 Sept 27%
  24. 24Boisarlast full day 30 Sept 27%
  25. 25Bhayandarlast full day 30 Sept 24%
  26. 26Mumbai 22%
  27. 27Thānelast full day 30 Sept 21%
  28. 28Kolhāpurlast full day 30 Sept 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

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Maharashtra cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Pimpri≈ 28 µg/m³Moderate
Dombivali≈ 48 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Borivli≈ 41 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Ulhasnagar≈ 48 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Ichalkaranji≈ 36 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Jālna≈ 26 µg/m³Moderate
Ambarnath≈ 48 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Bhusawal≈ 23 µg/m³Moderate
Shahuwadi≈ 35 µg/m³Moderate
Beed≈ 24 µg/m³Moderate
Gondiā≈ 50 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Yavatmāl≈ 31 µg/m³Moderate
Satara≈ 32 µg/m³Moderate
Barshi≈ 26 µg/m³Moderate
Wardha≈ 38 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Achalpur≈ 28 µg/m³Moderate
Dharashiv≈ 27 µg/m³Moderate
Nandurbar≈ 23 µg/m³Moderate
Udgīr≈ 31 µg/m³Moderate
Hinganghāt≈ 44 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Airoli≈ 41 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Pandharpur≈ 30 µg/m³Moderate
Chalisgaon≈ 23 µg/m³Moderate
Amalner≈ 21 µg/m³Moderate
Parli Vaijnāth≈ 29 µg/m³Moderate
Khāmgaon≈ 27 µg/m³Moderate
Akot≈ 22 µg/m³Moderate
Bhandāra≈ 37 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Roha≈ 44 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Shrirampur≈ 22 µg/m³Moderate
Kāmthi≈ 42 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Hingoli≈ 29 µg/m³Moderate
Kharghar≈ 48 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Manmād≈ 21 µg/m³Moderate
Kharakvasla≈ 43 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Wāshīm≈ 25 µg/m³Moderate
Shirpur≈ 20 µg/m³Moderate
Ratnagiri≈ 32 µg/m³Moderate
Khadki≈ 36 µg/m³Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Ambājogāi≈ 29 µg/m³Moderate

Bad-air episodes in Maharashtra

Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Maharashtra, India, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/in/region/maharashtra?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.