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Most polluted cities in Punjab, India
8 measured cities, this year; 8 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Gobindgarh at 62.5 µg/m³, #25 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.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
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
Punjab 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.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Pathānkot | ≈ 43 µg/m³ |
| Hoshiārpur | ≈ 46 µg/m³ |
| Moga | ≈ 65 µg/m³ |
| Batāla | ≈ 66 µg/m³ |
| Abohar | ≈ 39 µg/m³ |
| Māler Kotla | ≈ 85 µg/m³ |
| Muktsar | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Barnāla | ≈ 73 µg/m³ |
| Firozpur | ≈ 61 µg/m³ |
| Phagwāra | ≈ 69 µg/m³ |
| Kapurthala Town | ≈ 67 µg/m³ |
| Zerakpur | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Rajpura | ≈ 87 µg/m³ |
| Kot Kapūra | ≈ 53 µg/m³ |
| Sangrūr | ≈ 85 µg/m³ |
| Farīdkot | ≈ 61 µg/m³ |
| Mānsa | ≈ 67 µg/m³ |
| Malout | ≈ 47 µg/m³ |
| Kotkapura | ≈ 53 µg/m³ |
| Gurdaspur | ≈ 64 µg/m³ |
| Fazilka | ≈ 45 µg/m³ |
| Kharar | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Sunām | ≈ 67 µg/m³ |
| Nābha | ≈ 85 µg/m³ |
| Tarn Taran | ≈ 69 µg/m³ |
| Jagraon | ≈ 67 µg/m³ |
| Sirhind | ≈ 57 µg/m³ |
| Ropar | ≈ 57 µg/m³ |
| Dhūri | ≈ 85 µg/m³ |
| Samāna | ≈ 87 µg/m³ |
| Rampura Phul | ≈ 59 µg/m³ |
| Naya Gaon | ≈ 44 µg/m³ |
| Nangal | ≈ 49 µg/m³ |
| Jalandhar Cantonment | ≈ 69 µg/m³ |
| Nawanshahr | ≈ 56 µg/m³ |
| Rāmpura | ≈ 59 µg/m³ |
| Giddarbāha | ≈ 46 µg/m³ |
| Patti | ≈ 69 µg/m³ |
| Jalālābād | ≈ 58 µg/m³ |
| Zira | ≈ 61 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Punjab
- Western India and Pakistan, September 202619 to 25 September 2026, 7 days59 cities170 µg/m³peak, Gurugram
- North-western India, September 20268 to 10 September 2026, 3 days9 cities139 µg/m³peak, Panipat
- North-western India and Pakistan, July 202626 to 29 July 2026, 4 days8 cities185 µg/m³peak, Ropar
- North-western India, 9 to 20 July 202612 days53 cities215 µg/m³peak, Gurugram
- North-western India, 3 to 5 July 20263 days16 cities149 µg/m³peak, Narnaul
- North-western India, May 202623 to 28 May 2026, 6 days17 cities212 µg/m³peak, Charkhi Dādri
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 Punjab, India, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/in/region/punjab?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.