Air quality in India
Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in India • 19:53, Oct 08
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Central Pollution Control BoardDelhi Pollution Control CommitteeWest Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB)American Embassy School in New DelhiSumit AgarwalIBLucaEmbassy of Belgium in New DelhiU.S. Consulate General in MumbaiBhaaneDaniel ITLU.S. Consulate General in ChennaiShadRaoul BajajTAQI IndiGoAnand NiketanORTHOCAREfrantyckGreen PlanetSKPlane Software, Inc.ZipThruImmigration Pvt Ltd AQITom ArantSBAnonymous AnonymousKarnataka and Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board AAQMSniranjan08MoreTasksIQ Air outdoor- Norway EmbassyRakesh RaiAnonymous contributor
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Live most polluted city ranking
Real-time India most polluted city ranking
| # | Cities | AQI⁺ US | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gurugram | 202 | |
| 2 | Howrah | 185 | |
| 3 | Ula | 185 | |
| 4 | Haora | 183 | |
| 5 | Manesar | 175 | |
| 6 | Varanasi | 173 | |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 170 | |
| 8 | Defence Colony | 170 | |
| 9 | Delhi | 170 | |
| 10 | Faridabad | 170 |
2025 India most polluted city
| Loni, Uttar Pradesh | 191 |
Live cleanest city ranking
Real-time India cleanest city ranking
| # | Cities | AQI⁺ US | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodhpur | 48 | |
| 2 | Jaipur | 52 | |
| 3 | Kota | 55 | |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 63 | |
| 5 | Guwahati | 63 | |
| 6 | Ahmedabad | 71 | |
| 7 | Indore | 74 | |
| 8 | Chennai | 75 | |
| 9 | Tirupati | 79 | |
| 10 | Vijayawada | 79 |
2025 India cleanest city
| Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu | 62 |
2025 India air quality
2025 country air quality average
How polluted is India?
In 2025 in India, the annual PM2.5 concentration was 9.8 times the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline.
2025 AQI⁺ country ranking
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Worldwide PM2.5 ranking
2025 India global rank in air pollution
6/143
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- Andhra Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
