Air quality in India

Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in India • 08:30, Jul 20,2025

Data attribution

703 stations from 31 contributors

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#	Cities	AQI⁺ US
1	Titagarh	194
2	Rishra	179
3	Shrirampur	177
4	Katoya	167
5	Konnagar	162
6	Raniganj	160
7	Durgapur	159
8	Ula	158
9	Madhyamgram	157
10	Barrackpore	153

2024 India most polluted city

Byrnihat, Meghalaya

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#	Cities	AQI⁺ US
1	Koch Bihar	47
2	Guwahati	49
3	Thane	55
4	Navi Mumbai	57
5	Mumbai	58
6	Raipur	58
7	Bengaluru	61
8	Jodhpur	63
9	Ahmedabad	64
10	Meerut	64

2024 India cleanest city

Gangtok, Sikkim

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2024 country air quality average

How polluted is India?

AQI⁺

Air quality index

138 AQI⁺ US

PM2.5

Fine particles (≤ 2.5 µm)

50.56 µg/m³

PM2.5 concentration is currently 10.1 times the World Health Organization annual PM2.5 guideline value.

#	Country	Population	AQI⁺ US
1	Chad	17,179,740	176
2	Bangladesh	169,356,251	167
3	Pakistan	231,402,117	164
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	95,894,118	153
5	India	1,407,563,842	138
6	Tajikistan	9,750,064	128
7	Nepal	30,034,989	119
8	Uganda	45,853,778	115
9	Rwanda	13,461,888	114
10	Burundi	14,047,800	113

2024 India global rank in air pollution 5/138

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