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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.

About 6.42M people in these 7 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.

Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.

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.
← Mumbai 2.74M 2M0
Every measured city in Maharashtra, India with monitors in two or more places, one column each, ranked by people breathing unhealthy air: height is people on an average day, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Mumbai 2.74M
  2. 2Nagpurlast full day 30 Sept 1.16M
  3. 3Punelast full day 30 Sept 999K
  4. 4Pimpri-Chinchwadlast full day 30 Sept 595K
  5. 5Nashiklast full day 30 Sept 467K
  6. 6Aurangabadlast full day 30 Sept 363K
  7. 7Kolhāpurlast full day 30 Sept 96.2K
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.