Air quality by country

Air quality in India today

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:43:35 GMT

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: average US AQI 115 across 260 cities Worst now: Karnāl (463); cleanest: Dindigul (26).

Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across India, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.

Average US AQI: 115 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Most polluted now: Karnāl AQI 463
Cleanest now: Dindigul AQI 26
Cities above 100: 154 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse

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Air quality in India today

Right now the modelled air quality in India averages a US AQI of 115 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) across the 260 cities we track. By category: 17 Good, 89 Moderate, 90 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 61 Unhealthy, 2 Very Unhealthy, 1 Hazardous (of 260).

That is 50 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.

Karnāl has the worst air at 463 with PM2.5 at 92 µg/m³, while Dindigul is cleanest at 26. 154 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.

India cities by AQI (most polluted first)

City	Region	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³	Ozone µg/m³
Karnāl	Haryana	463	Hazardous	91.7	30
Hisar	Haryana	260	Very Unhealthy	74	13
Patiāla	Punjab	202	Very Unhealthy	76.4	45
Dhāka, Bihar	Bihar	178	Unhealthy	134.6	23
Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	177	Unhealthy	146.2	8
Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	172	Unhealthy	124.8	34
Gauriganj	Uttar Pradesh	172	Unhealthy	111.1	19
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	163	Unhealthy	51.9	42
Panipat	Haryana	163	Unhealthy	80.6	32
Kalyān	Maharashtra	162	Unhealthy	49.4	36
Ulhasnagar	Maharashtra	162	Unhealthy	49.4	36
Ambarnath	Maharashtra	162	Unhealthy	49.4	36
Badlapur	Maharashtra	162	Unhealthy	49.4	36
Rasapūdipalem	Andhra Pradesh	161	Unhealthy	61.7	49
Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	161	Unhealthy	61.7	49
Muzaffarpur	Bihar	161	Unhealthy	112	30
Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	161	Unhealthy	81.3	34
Gajuwaka	Andhra Pradesh	161	Unhealthy	61.7	49
Mumbai	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Thāne	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Agra	Uttar Pradesh	160	Unhealthy	60.8	45
Dombivali	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Bhiwandi	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Bhayandar	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Borivli	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Panvel	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Airoli	Maharashtra	160	Unhealthy	48.2	99
Faridabad	Haryana	159	Unhealthy	87.8	47
New Delhi	Delhi	159	Unhealthy	87.8	47
Noida	Uttar Pradesh	159	Unhealthy	87.8	47
Deoli	Delhi	159	Unhealthy	87.8	47
Dalūpura	Delhi	159	Unhealthy	87.8	47
Delhi Cantonment	Delhi	159	Unhealthy	87.8	47
Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	158	Unhealthy	90.3	82
Raipur	Chhattisgarh	158	Unhealthy	59.8	41
Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	158	Unhealthy	59.8	41
Kākināda	Andhra Pradesh	158	Unhealthy	57.4	134
Rajamahendravaram	Andhra Pradesh	158	Unhealthy	68.9	49
Patna	Bihar	157	Unhealthy	100.8	31
Bilimora	Gujarat	156	Unhealthy	40.4	73
Barddhamān	West Bengal	156	Unhealthy	55.3	73
Durg	Chhattisgarh	156	Unhealthy	45.9	50
Surat	Gujarat	155	Unhealthy	45.2	59
Kushinagar	Uttar Pradesh	155	Unhealthy	75.2	59
Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	154	Unhealthy	69.6	36
Darbhanga	Bihar	154	Unhealthy	92.7	42
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar	Uttar Pradesh	154	Unhealthy	69.6	36
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	153	Unhealthy	48.4	45
Virār	Maharashtra	153	Unhealthy	37.8	91
Fīrozābād	Uttar Pradesh	153	Unhealthy	47.7	45
Sopāra	Maharashtra	153	Unhealthy	37.8	91
Aurangābād, Bihar	Bihar	153	Unhealthy	59.8	51
Kolkata	West Bengal	152	Unhealthy	66.1	84
Dhanbad	Jharkhand	152	Unhealthy	61.7	56
Howrah	West Bengal	152	Unhealthy	66.1	84
Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	152	Unhealthy	83.1	62
Bokāro	Jharkhand	152	Unhealthy	69.8	32
Maheshtala	West Bengal	152	Unhealthy	66.1	84
Rajpur Sonarpur	West Bengal	152	Unhealthy	66.1	84
Bihār Sharīf	Bihar	152	Unhealthy	75	46
Greater Noida	Uttar Pradesh	152	Unhealthy	90.8	45
Chas	Jharkhand	152	Unhealthy	69.8	32
Firozpur	Punjab	152	Unhealthy	61.5	36
Nashik	Maharashtra	151	Unhealthy	19.5	60
Bhātpāra	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Shyamnagar	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Pānihāti	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Kāmārhāti	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Alwar	Rajasthan	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	50.5	61
Bārāsat	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Bāli	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Shrīrāmpur	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Chandannagar	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Madhyamgram	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Bārākpur	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Khardah	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Titāgarh	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Dam Dam	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Bhadreswar	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Rishra	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Baidyabāti	West Bengal	150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	60.8	79
Alīgarh	Uttar Pradesh	149	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	81.3	39
Bathinda	Punjab	149	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	78	24
Rohtak	Haryana	147	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	65	31
Chūru	Rajasthan	146	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	70.8	62
Bissāu, Rajasthan	Rajasthan	146	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	70.8	62
Amritsar	Punjab	145	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	58.9	39
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	144	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	56.7	34
Mango	Jharkhand	144	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	56.7	34
Bhetia	Jharkhand	144	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	56.7	34
Najafgarh	Delhi	139	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	67.3	37
Gurugram	Haryana	139	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	67.3	37
Purnia	Bihar	139	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	75.2	36
Delhi	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Narela	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Loni	Uttar Pradesh	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Gaya	Bihar	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	64	75
Sonīpat	Haryana	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Kirāri Sulemānnagar	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Nāngloi Jāt	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Bhālswa Jahangirpur	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Sultan Pur Majra	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Hashtsāl	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Bahadurgarh	Haryana	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Burāri	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Mandoli	Delhi	138	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	71.9	45
Shāhjānpur	Uttar Pradesh	137	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	44.5	46
Pune	Maharashtra	136	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	17.9	76
Pimpri-Chinchwad	Maharashtra	136	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	17.9	76
Pimpri	Maharashtra	136	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	17.9	76
Brahmapur	Odisha	136	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	33.8	75
Bhāgalpur	Bihar	131	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	70.1	42
Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	130	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	58.7	16
Agartala	Tripura	130	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	61	41
Soyībug	Jammu and Kashmir	130	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	58.7	16
Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	129	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	72.4	46
Ghāziābād	Uttar Pradesh	129	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	72.4	46
Modīnagar	Uttar Pradesh	129	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	72.4	46
Gandhinagar	Gujarat	129	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	36.3	47
Morādābād	Uttar Pradesh	128	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	53.9	36
Bhubaneswar	Odisha	127	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	46.3	85
Cuttack	Odisha	127	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	46.3	85
Durgapur	West Bengal	125	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	41.1	76
Rānīganj	West Bengal	125	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	41.1	76
Malegaon	Maharashtra	123	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	22.5	78
Muzaffarnagar	Uttar Pradesh	122	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	68.5	30
Ahmedabad	Gujarat	119	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	54.6	32
Bārāmati	Maharashtra	118	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	19.2	91
Bilāspur	Chhattisgarh	117	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	32.2	46
Rāmpur	Uttar Pradesh	117	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	45.9	27
Bīlāspur, Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh	117	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	45.9	27
Jalandhar	Punjab	115	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	61.9	30
Chānda	Maharashtra	113	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	57	49
Lanka	Assam	113	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	40.7	37
Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	112	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	41.3	40
Dhule	Maharashtra	112	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	29	54
Satna	Madhya Pradesh	110	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	51.7	57
Vadodara	Gujarat	109	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	22.8	44
Āsansol	West Bengal	109	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	36	76
Kulti	West Bengal	109	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	36	76
Jāmuria	West Bengal	109	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	36	76
Nowrangapur	Odisha	108	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	34.7	109
Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	108	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	52.3	51
Udaipur, Rajasthan	Rajasthan	107	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	51	82
Sahāranpur	Uttar Pradesh	105	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	68.9	15
Korba	Chhattisgarh	105	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	31.7	53
Ahilyanagar	Maharashtra	105	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	20.3	99
Rāmpur, Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh	105	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	68.9	15
Ludhiana	Punjab	104	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	42.3	38
Amravati	Maharashtra	104	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	43.2	24
Sāngli	Maharashtra	103	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	17.5	91
Kolhāpur	Maharashtra	103	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	17.5	91
Ichalkaranji	Maharashtra	103	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	17.5	91
Bikaner	Rajasthan	102	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	39.5	70
Sīkar	Rajasthan	100	Moderate	45.8	81
Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	99	Moderate	45.4	58
Belagavi	Karnataka	99	Moderate	15.9	82
Guwahati	Assam	97	Moderate	47.3	27
Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	96	Moderate	30.5	0
Indore	Madhya Pradesh	95	Moderate	31.3	54
Dewas	Madhya Pradesh	95	Moderate	31.3	54
Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	94	Moderate	35.6	39
Udaipur, Tripura	Tripura	93	Moderate	25.5	54
Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	91	Moderate	47.8	114
Bhavnagar	Gujarat	90	Moderate	33.5	40
Jalgaon	Maharashtra	90	Moderate	28.3	50
Akola	Maharashtra	90	Moderate	33.9	21
Karīmnagar	Telangana	90	Moderate	30.6	88
Siliguri	West Bengal	89	Moderate	24.3	20
Davangere	Karnataka	89	Moderate	31.7	46
Jhānsi	Uttar Pradesh	89	Moderate	40.2	40
Jaipur	Rajasthan	88	Moderate	32.6	88
Nagpur	Maharashtra	88	Moderate	26.3	68
Aurangabad	Maharashtra	88	Moderate	23.5	66
Ranchi	Jharkhand	88	Moderate	46.7	94
Shivamogga	Karnataka	87	Moderate	37.6	49
Chennai	Tamil Nadu	86	Moderate	48.8	144
Kota	Rajasthan	86	Moderate	38.4	27
Ambattur	Tamil Nadu	86	Moderate	48.8	144
Kadapa	Andhra Pradesh	86	Moderate	29.4	51
Pallāvaram	Tamil Nadu	86	Moderate	48.8	144
Tambaram	Tamil Nadu	86	Moderate	48.8	144
Punāsa	Madhya Pradesh	85	Moderate	34.2	41
Nanded	Maharashtra	84	Moderate	30	76
Hubballi	Karnataka	83	Moderate	17.1	89
Avadi	Tamil Nadu	83	Moderate	44.2	89
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	82	Moderate	32.6	12
Ballari	Karnataka	82	Moderate	22.9	52
Parbhani	Maharashtra	82	Moderate	31.5	72
Rourkela	Odisha	82	Moderate	29.4	49
Raurkela Industrial Township	Odisha	82	Moderate	29.4	49
Panchkula	Haryana	82	Moderate	32.6	12
Mohali	Punjab	82	Moderate	32.6	12
Rajpur	Madhya Pradesh	82	Moderate	30.9	49
Warangal	Telangana	81	Moderate	22.2	77
Vijayapura	Karnataka	81	Moderate	17.9	84
Jālna	Maharashtra	81	Moderate	30.3	77
Hingoli	Maharashtra	81	Moderate	30	89
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	80	Moderate	33.4	39
Nizāmābād	Telangana	80	Moderate	29.2	81
Saugor	Madhya Pradesh	80	Moderate	30	63
Rājkot	Gujarat	79	Moderate	30.2	55
Jamnagar	Gujarat	79	Moderate	20.3	63
Bhilwara	Rajasthan	79	Moderate	37.5	18
Hyderabad	Telangana	78	Moderate	23.5	96
Kukatpally	Telangana	78	Moderate	23.5	96
Jūnāgadh	Gujarat	78	Moderate	25.8	34
Quthbullapur	Telangana	78	Moderate	23.5	96
Secunderabad	Telangana	78	Moderate	23.5	96
Malkajgiri	Telangana	78	Moderate	23.5	96
Uppal Kalan	Telangana	78	Moderate	23.5	96
Kalaburagi	Karnataka	77	Moderate	20.3	83
Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh	77	Moderate	20.2	76
Rāmgundam	Telangana	77	Moderate	25.8	76
Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	77	Moderate	33.9	61
Ramagundam	Telangana	77	Moderate	25.8	76
Sholapur	Maharashtra	76	Moderate	21.5	97
Mulugu	Telangana	76	Moderate	20.4	85
Thān	Gujarat	76	Moderate	23.7	67
Mangaluru	Karnataka	75	Moderate	28.1	43
Latur	Maharashtra	75	Moderate	25.7	102
Pūnch	Jammu and Kashmir	75	Moderate	25.6	21
Ajmer	Rajasthan	74	Moderate	31.7	83
Kishangarh	Rajasthan	74	Moderate	31.7	83
Jodhpur, Gujarat	Gujarat	74	Moderate	18.8	48
Vellore	Tamil Nadu	69	Moderate	37.3	72
Udaipur	Rajasthan	69	Moderate	23.3	97
Rānipet	Tamil Nadu	69	Moderate	37.3	72
Tumkūr	Karnataka	67	Moderate	26.3	79
Dehradun	Uttarakhand	64	Moderate	16.1	1
Rāipur, Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand	64	Moderate	16.1	1
Jodhpur	Rajasthan	63	Moderate	27.1	78
Imphal	Manipur	63	Moderate	25.7	7
Aizawl	Mizoram	60	Moderate	12.3	9
Vijayapura, Karnataka	Karnataka	59	Moderate	30.7	91
Bengaluru	Karnataka	58	Moderate	28.1	77
Yelahanka	Karnataka	58	Moderate	28.1	77
Tiruppur	Tamil Nadu	53	Moderate	16.2	18
Kanayannur	Kerala	53	Moderate	15.3	13
Kochi	Kerala	53	Moderate	15.3	13
Thrissur	Kerala	53	Moderate	12	21
Madurai	Tamil Nadu	52	Moderate	8	33
Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	52	Moderate	21.5	66
Kallakurichi	Tamil Nadu	48	Good	25	61
Mysuru	Karnataka	48	Good	22.6	54
Salem	Tamil Nadu	47	Good	18	47
Erode	Tamil Nadu	44	Good	11.4	34
Kollam	Kerala	42	Good	4	89
Srīnagar, Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand	42	Good	4	22
Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	41	Good	13	33
Kurichchi	Tamil Nadu	41	Good	13	33
Wellington, Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu	41	Good	13	33
Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	40	Good	4.7	84
Kozhikode	Kerala	39	Good	11	70
Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	35	Good	11.5	57
Puducherry	Puducherry	33	Good	14.5	87
Gundupālaiyam	Puducherry	33	Good	14.5	87
Thoothukudi	Tamil Nadu	32	Good	8.6	40
Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	29	Good	6.1	41
Dindigul	Tamil Nadu	26	Good	7.1	56

What the US AQI numbers mean

US AQI	Category	What it means
0-50	Good	Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100	Moderate	Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200	Unhealthy	Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300	Very Unhealthy	Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500	Hazardous	Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500.

Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.

Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

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