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Most polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh, India, August 2026

19 cities in Uttar Pradesh, India ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Noida at 40.6 µg/m³, #46 of 2,866 cities in the world. Cleanest: Prayagraj at 10.8. 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.

← Noida 61% 60%0
Every city in Uttar Pradesh, India ranked for August 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. 1Noida
    61%
  2. 2Muzaffarnagar
    37%
  3. 3Dādri
    32%
  4. 4Loni
    31%
  5. 5Meerut
    30%
  6. 6Kanpur
    18%
  7. 7Ghāziābād
    14%
  8. 8Bāghpat
    9%
  9. 9Bulandshahr
    7%
  10. 10Lucknow
    7%
  11. 11Vrindāvan
    5%
  12. 12Morādābād
    4%
  13. 13Varanasi
    4%
  14. 14Jhānsi
    0%
  15. 15Bareilly
    0%
  16. 16Agra
    0%
  17. 17Khurja
    0%
  18. 18Fīrozābād
    0%
  19. 19Prayagraj
    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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