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Most polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh, India, 2026

19 cities in Uttar Pradesh, India ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (278 of 365 days); 19 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Dādri at 69.8 µg/m³, #10 of 2,745 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bareilly at 21.5. 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 84% 80%0
Every city in Uttar Pradesh, 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. 1Noida
    84%
  2. 2Muzaffarnagar
    79%
  3. 3Dādri
    79%
  4. 4Ghāziābād
    73%
  5. 5Greater Noida
    70%
  6. 6Bāghpat
    68%
  7. 7Meerut
    66%
  8. 8Bulandshahr
    62%
  9. 9Lucknow
    60%
  10. 10Kanpur
    49%
  11. 11Agra
    47%
  12. 12Morādābād
    43%
  13. 13Khurja
    39%
  14. 14Fīrozābād
    28%
  15. 15Varanasi
    19%
  16. 16Vrindāvan
    15%
  17. 17Prayagraj
    14%
  18. 18Jhānsi
    11%
  19. 19Bareilly
    2%
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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