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Every city CPCB measures

Name: Air quality index for every reporting city in India
Creator: Swechha
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271 cities reported an air quality index at 23:00 IST, 20 October 2026. 131 of them are above the limit India set for itself. This is all of them, read together in one hour, worst first.

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271

cities reporting

across 31 states and union territories

521

stations behind them

205 cities are a single monitor

131

above AQI 100

the limit India set for itself

read “Good”

the country is not uniformly polluted

The number a city is ranked on is its worst monitor, named in the feed. CPCB itself publishes a city average, and that figure is on every row beside it. They are different questions and this page answers both.

All 271 cities, and where they sit

Every figure below was read at 23:00 IST, 20 October 2026 — one hour, all 521 stations together, which is what makes them comparable, and the same hour as the reading at the top of Delhi’s air. The order is a reading of that hour, not a standing claim: by the time you read it, CPCB has published another.

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All 271 cities

Every city reporting to CPCB at 23:00 IST, 20 October 2026, ranked by its worst monitor. Columns: rank, city and state, worst monitor AQI, city average AQI, band and governing pollutant, number of stations.
#	City	Worst	Mean	Band	St.
1	PithampurMadhya Pradesh	295	295	Poor	1
2	DelhiDelhi	275	185	Poor	57
3	Sri GanganagarRajasthan	265	265	Poor	1
4	LucknowUttar Pradesh	262	139	Poor	6
5	GhaziabadUttar Pradesh	261	206	Poor	6
6	BallabgarhHaryana	260	260	Poor	1
7	KhoraUttar Pradesh	254	254	Poor	1
8	Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh	253	231	Poor	2
9	BarautUttar Pradesh	250	250	Poor	1
10	KanpurUttar Pradesh	248	168	Poor	3
11	HapurUttar Pradesh	235	235	Poor	1
12	Charkhi DadriHaryana	233	233	Poor	1
13	HanumangarhRajasthan	228	228	Poor	1
14	NoidaUttar Pradesh	226	153	Poor	4
15	ManesarHaryana	225	225	Poor	1
16	GajraulaUttar Pradesh	217	217	Poor	1
17	JalandharPunjab	210	210	Poor	1
18	BikanerRajasthan	209	209	Poor	1
19	BhiwadiRajasthan	208	204	Poor	2
20	HingoliMaharashtra	206	206	Poor	1
21	TonkRajasthan	205	205	Poor	1
22	KhurjaUttar Pradesh	203	203	Poor	1
23	GurugramHaryana	200	194	Moderately Polluted	3
24	GwaliorMadhya Pradesh	200	152	Moderately Polluted	3
25	KhairthalRajasthan	200	200	Moderately Polluted	1
26	HisarHaryana	196	196	Moderately Polluted	1
27	Yamuna NagarHaryana	195	195	Moderately Polluted	1
28	AhmedabadGujarat	194	152	Moderately Polluted	8
29	KarnalHaryana	188	188	Moderately Polluted	1
30	BhavnagarGujarat	185	185	Moderately Polluted	1
31	Fatehpur SikriUttar Pradesh	185	185	Moderately Polluted	1
32	MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh	181	181	Moderately Polluted	1
33	BahadurgarhHaryana	178	178	Moderately Polluted	1
34	Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra	176 ?	128	Moderately Polluted CO	5
35	KotaRajasthan	174	155	Moderately Polluted	3
36	BulandshahrUttar Pradesh	170	170	Moderately Polluted	1
37	Mandi GobindgarhPunjab	168	168	Moderately Polluted	1
38	DausaRajasthan	168	168	Moderately Polluted	1
39	SirsaHaryana	167	167	Moderately Polluted	1
40	BaghpatUttar Pradesh	166	166	Moderately Polluted	1
41	SikarRajasthan	165	165	Moderately Polluted	1
42	MeerutUttar Pradesh	164	119	Moderately Polluted	4
43	MoradabadUttar Pradesh	163	117	Moderately Polluted	6
44	BareillyUttar Pradesh	161	107	Moderately Polluted	2
45	PanipatHaryana	159	159	Moderately Polluted	1
46	ParadeepOdisha	158	158	Moderately Polluted	1
47	JaipurRajasthan	157	123	Moderately Polluted	6
48	AgartalaTripura	157	157	Moderately Polluted	1
49	SagarMadhya Pradesh	157	157	Moderately Polluted	1
50	ChittorgarhRajasthan	156	156	Moderately Polluted	1
51	GandhinagarGujarat	154	126	Moderately Polluted	3
52	NagaurRajasthan	153	153	Moderately Polluted	1
53	NagpurMaharashtra	152	135	Moderately Polluted	4
54	JalnaMaharashtra	151	151	Moderately Polluted	1
55	Sawai MadhopurRajasthan	151	151	Moderately Polluted	1
56	AgraUttar Pradesh	150	119	Moderately Polluted	6
57	MalegaonMaharashtra	147	147	Moderately Polluted	1
58	FaridabadHaryana	146	125	Moderately Polluted	3
59	PrayagrajUttar Pradesh	146	94	Moderately Polluted	3
60	PatnaBihar	144	97	Moderately Polluted	4
61	DhuleMaharashtra	144	144	Moderately Polluted	1
62	PuneMaharashtra	144	106	Moderately Polluted	7
63	RajkotGujarat	144	144	Moderately Polluted	1
64	AnkleshwarGujarat	144	144	Moderately Polluted	1
65	BhopalMadhya Pradesh	141	125	Moderately Polluted	3
66	BharatpurRajasthan	141	141	Moderately Polluted	1
67	MumbaiMaharashtra	140	102	Moderately Polluted	23
68	JindHaryana	139	139	Moderately Polluted	1
69	KurukshetraHaryana	137	137	Moderately Polluted	1
70	JodhpurRajasthan	137	117	Moderately Polluted	5
71	NarnaulHaryana	136	136	Moderately Polluted	1
72	GayaBihar	134	94	Moderately Polluted	2
73	PaliRajasthan	134	134	Moderately Polluted	1
74	SasaramBihar	134	134	Moderately Polluted	1
75	IndoreMadhya Pradesh	133	77	Moderately Polluted	5
76	ArariaBihar	132	132	Moderately Polluted	1
77	AurangabadBihar	132	102	Moderately Polluted	4
78	MehsanaGujarat	132	132	Moderately Polluted	1
79	JaisalmerRajasthan	132	132	Moderately Polluted	1
80	VaranasiUttar Pradesh	131	122	Moderately Polluted	4
81	MandikheraHaryana	131	131	Moderately Polluted	1
82	BaddiHimachal Pradesh	129	129	Moderately Polluted	1
83	BelapurMaharashtra	129	129	Moderately Polluted	1
84	MangurahaBihar	127	127	Moderately Polluted	1
85	KarauliRajasthan	127	127	Moderately Polluted	1
86	BundiRajasthan	127	127	Moderately Polluted	1
87	DharuheraHaryana	124	124	Moderately Polluted	1
88	SataraMaharashtra	124	124	Moderately Polluted	1
89	ChuruRajasthan	124	124	Moderately Polluted	1
90	VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh	122	122	Moderately Polluted	1
91	UjjainMadhya Pradesh	122	122	Moderately Polluted	1
92	Navi MumbaiMaharashtra	122	81	Moderately Polluted	6
93	KolkataWest Bengal	122	89	Moderately Polluted	7
94	FatehabadHaryana	121	121	Moderately Polluted	1
95	BengaluruKarnataka	119	57	Moderately Polluted	9
96	JhunjhunuRajasthan	119	119	Moderately Polluted	1
97	HowrahWest Bengal	119	112	Moderately Polluted	5
98	RohtakHaryana	119	119	Moderately Polluted	1
99	AmbalaHaryana	118	118	Moderately Polluted	1
100	JaloreRajasthan	118	118	Moderately Polluted	1
101	DungarpurRajasthan	117	117	Moderately Polluted	1
102	KaithalHaryana	117	117	Moderately Polluted	1
103	SuratGujarat	115	108	Moderately Polluted	2
104	LudhianaPunjab	115	115	Moderately Polluted	1
105	NashikMaharashtra	115	102	Moderately Polluted	4
106	FirozabadUttar Pradesh	115	78	Moderately Polluted	2
107	PratapgarhRajasthan	113	113	Moderately Polluted	1
108	RajsamandRajasthan	113	113	Moderately Polluted	1
109	BhilwaraRajasthan	113	113	Moderately Polluted	1
110	ChhapraBihar	112	112	Moderately Polluted CO	1
111	BhiwaniHaryana	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
112	AhmednagarMaharashtra	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
113	HyderabadTelangana	111	68	Moderately Polluted	12
114	MathuraUttar Pradesh	111	111	Moderately Polluted	1
115	SrikakulamAndhra Pradesh	110	110	Moderately Polluted	1
116	JhalawarRajasthan	109	109	Moderately Polluted	1
117	ChandrapurMaharashtra	108	101	Moderately Polluted	2
118	ByrnihatAssam	106	99	Moderately Polluted	2
119	VatvaGujarat	106	106	Moderately Polluted	1
120	JabalpurMadhya Pradesh	106	91	Moderately Polluted	4
121	GorakhpurUttar Pradesh	106	106	Moderately Polluted	1
122	MuzaffarpurBihar	105	69	Moderately Polluted	3
123	NelloreAndhra Pradesh	104	104	Moderately Polluted	1
124	Mira-BhayandarMaharashtra	104	104	Moderately Polluted	1
125	AjmerRajasthan	104	104	Moderately Polluted	1
126	DamohMadhya Pradesh	104	104	Moderately Polluted	1
127	ThaneMaharashtra	103	93	Moderately Polluted	2
128	JhansiUttar Pradesh	103	103	Moderately Polluted	1
129	GuwahatiAssam	102	77	Moderately Polluted	4
130	BhiwandiMaharashtra	102	102	Moderately Polluted	1
131	RaichurKarnataka	102	102	Moderately Polluted	1
132	PurniaBihar	100	100	Satisfactory	1
133	MotihariBihar	100	100	Satisfactory	1
134	DombivliMaharashtra	100	100	Satisfactory CO	1
135	ShamliUttar Pradesh	100	100	Satisfactory	1
136	ParbhaniMaharashtra	99	99	Satisfactory	1
137	AlwarRajasthan	99	93	Satisfactory	2
138	AmritsarPunjab	99	99	Satisfactory	1
139	BaranRajasthan	99	99	Satisfactory	1
140	RaipurChhattisgarh	97	74	Satisfactory	4
141	UdaipurRajasthan	97	97	Satisfactory	1
142	GummidipoondiTamil Nadu	97	97	Satisfactory	1
143	AsansolWest Bengal	97	74	Satisfactory	3
144	JalgaonMaharashtra	97	97	Satisfactory	1
145	AkolaMaharashtra	96	96	Satisfactory	1
146	AmravatiMaharashtra	96	94	Satisfactory	2
147	DhanbadJharkhand	95	95	Satisfactory NO₂	1
148	LaturMaharashtra	94	94	Satisfactory	1
149	SirohiRajasthan	94	94	Satisfactory	1
150	BarrackporeWest Bengal	93	93	Satisfactory	1
151	HaldiaWest Bengal	93	93	Satisfactory	1
152	VadodaraGujarat	92	92	Satisfactory CO	1
153	VirarMaharashtra	92	92	Satisfactory	1
154	AngulOdisha	91	91	Satisfactory O₃	1
155	NayagarhOdisha	91	91	Satisfactory	1
156	VrindavanUttar Pradesh	91	82	Satisfactory	2
157	BarmerRajasthan	90	90	Satisfactory	1
158	DewasMadhya Pradesh	90	90	Satisfactory	1
159	BaripadaOdisha	89	89	Satisfactory	1
160	DholpurRajasthan	88	88	Satisfactory	1
161	MahadMaharashtra	87	87	Satisfactory	1
162	HajipurBihar	86	86	Satisfactory	1
163	AmbernathMaharashtra	86	86	Satisfactory	1
164	NandedMaharashtra	86	86	Satisfactory	1
165	UlhasnagarMaharashtra	85	77	Satisfactory	2
166	BhagalpurBihar	84	70	Satisfactory	2
167	MungerBihar	84	84	Satisfactory CO	1
168	RourkelaOdisha	84	62	Satisfactory	3
169	KatiharBihar	83	83	Satisfactory CO	1
170	PatialaPunjab	82	82	Satisfactory	1
171	BhubaneswarOdisha	82	81	Satisfactory O₃	2
172	DurgapurWest Bengal	82	59	Satisfactory	3
173	SuakatiOdisha	82	82	Satisfactory	1
174	NalbariAssam	81	81	Satisfactory	1
175	RajamahendravaramAndhra Pradesh	81	81	Satisfactory	1
176	VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh	81	69	Satisfactory	3
177	SrinagarJammu and Kashmir	81	51	Satisfactory	2
178	VapiGujarat	80	80	Satisfactory	1
179	RatlamMadhya Pradesh	80	80	Satisfactory	1
180	YadgirKarnataka	80	80	Satisfactory	1
181	BanswaraRajasthan	80	80	Satisfactory	1
182	DharwadKarnataka	80	80	Satisfactory	1
183	TirupatiAndhra Pradesh	79	79	Satisfactory	1
184	KalyanMaharashtra	79	76	Satisfactory	2
185	BilaspurChhattisgarh	77	77	Satisfactory	1
186	BoisarMaharashtra	76	76	Satisfactory	1
187	BathindaPunjab	76	76	Satisfactory	1
188	RairangpurOdisha	76	76	Satisfactory	1
189	SiliguriWest Bengal	76	76	Satisfactory	1
190	BhilaiChhattisgarh	75	58	Satisfactory	3
191	SolapurMaharashtra	75	73	Satisfactory	2
192	BeedMaharashtra	75	75	Satisfactory	1
193	ChennaiTamil Nadu	73	58	Satisfactory	7
194	KhannaPunjab	71	71	Satisfactory	1
195	RaebareliUttar Pradesh	71	71	Satisfactory	1
196	KadapaAndhra Pradesh	70	70	Satisfactory	1
197	KurnoolAndhra Pradesh	70	70	Satisfactory	1
198	SatnaMadhya Pradesh	70	70	Satisfactory	1
199	SilcharAssam	69	69	Satisfactory	1
200	BalasoreOdisha	68	68	Satisfactory	1
201	CuttackOdisha	68	68	Satisfactory	1
202	EluruAndhra Pradesh	67	67	Satisfactory	1
203	KohimaNagaland	67	67	Satisfactory SO₂	1
204	BadlapurMaharashtra	66	66	Satisfactory	1
205	KannurKerala	66	66	Satisfactory	1
206	MandideepMadhya Pradesh	66	66	Satisfactory O₃	1
207	SangliMaharashtra	65	65	Satisfactory	1
208	DarbhangaBihar	64	64	Satisfactory CO	1
209	ThoothukudiTamil Nadu	64	64	Satisfactory	1
210	PanchgaonHaryana	63	63	Satisfactory O₃	1
211	GunturAndhra Pradesh	63	63	Satisfactory	1
212	PalwalHaryana	62	62	Satisfactory	1
213	ShillongMeghalaya	62	48	Satisfactory CO	2
214	EloorKerala	62	62	Satisfactory	1
215	RamanagaraKarnataka	61	61	Satisfactory	1
216	KarwarKarnataka	60	60	Satisfactory	1
217	TumidihChhattisgarh	59	59	Satisfactory NO₂	1
218	JorapokharJharkhand	59	59	Satisfactory	1
219	BelgaumKarnataka	59	59	Satisfactory	1
220	NagaonAssam	58	58	Satisfactory	1
221	AnantapurAndhra Pradesh	58	58	Satisfactory	1
222	HubballiKarnataka	58	58	Satisfactory	1
223	Bihar SharifBihar	58	58	Satisfactory	1
224	SivasagarAssam	57	57	Satisfactory	1
225	TirumalaAndhra Pradesh	57	57	Satisfactory NO₂	1
226	SonipatHaryana	56	56	Satisfactory	1
227	AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh	55	55	Satisfactory O₃	1
228	ByasanagarOdisha	55	55	Satisfactory	1
229	BegusaraiBihar	54	54	Satisfactory	1
230	KalaburagiKarnataka	54	53	Satisfactory CO	2
231	ThrissurKerala	54	54	Satisfactory	1
232	BarbilOdisha	53	53	Satisfactory	1
233	ChandigarhChandigarh	53	50	Satisfactory	2
234	DehradunUttarakhand	53	53	Satisfactory	1
235	KunjemuraChhattisgarh	52	52	Satisfactory	1
236	UdupiKarnataka	52	52	Satisfactory	1
237	ArrahBihar	51	51	Satisfactory CO	1
238	NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh	51	51	Satisfactory	1
239	RupnagarPunjab	50	50	Good CO	1
240	ShivamoggaKarnataka	49	49	Good O₃	1
241	HaveriKarnataka	48	48	Good	1
242	KolhapurMaharashtra	47	44	Good	2
243	ThiruvananthapuramKerala	47	32	Good	2
244	PuducherryPuducherry	47	47	Good CO	1
245	MaiharMadhya Pradesh	47	47	Good NO₂	1
246	RajgirBihar	46	46	Good	1
247	ChittoorAndhra Pradesh	46	46	Good	1
248	PanchkulaHaryana	45	45	Good	1
249	ChamarajanagarKarnataka	45	45	Good	1
250	SamastipurBihar	44	44	Good	1
251	AnparaUttar Pradesh	44	44	Good SO₂	1
252	KorbaChhattisgarh	43	41	Good	2
253	MysuruKarnataka	43	43	Good	1
254	KishanganjBihar	42	42	Good CO	1
255	KoppalKarnataka	41	41	Good	1
256	AizawlMizoram	40	40	Good	1
257	BagalkotKarnataka	36	36	Good	1
258	KeonjharOdisha	33	33	Good SO₂	1
259	GangtokSikkim	33	33	Good	1
260	BuxarBihar	31	31	Good SO₂	1
261	CoimbatoreTamil Nadu	30	30	Good CO	1
262	BettiahBihar	27	27	Good NO₂	1
263	KashipurUttarakhand	23	23	Good NO₂	1
264	MadikeriKarnataka	22	22	Good	1
265	VijayapuraKarnataka	21	21	Good CO	1
266	ChikkaballapurKarnataka	21	21	Good	1
267	TalcherOdisha	20	20	Good O₃	1
268	MiluparaChhattisgarh	20	20	Good O₃	1
269	LehLadakh	17 ?	106	Good	1
270	RishikeshUttarakhand	15	15	Good O₃	1
271	MangaloreKarnataka	4	4	Good NO₂	1

Above AQI 100Within it

Every state and union territory with a city reporting to CPCB at 23:00 IST, 20 October 2026, ordered by how many of its cities are above the limit.
State or union territory	Cities	Above 100	Worst city	AQI
Rajasthan	35	28	Sri Ganganagar	265
Uttar Pradesh	28	24	Lucknow	262
Haryana	25	21	Ballabgarh	260
Maharashtra	35	17	Hingoli	206
Madhya Pradesh	13	8	Pithampur	295
Gujarat	10	8	Ahmedabad	194
Bihar	23	8	Patna	144
Punjab	8	3	Jalandhar	210
Andhra Pradesh	14	3	Visakhapatnam	122
West Bengal	7	2	Kolkata	122
Karnataka	20	2	Bengaluru	119
Assam	6	2	Byrnihat	106
Delhi	1	1	Delhi	275
Odisha	14	1	Paradeep	158
Tripura	1	1	Agartala	157
Himachal Pradesh	1	1	Baddi	129
Telangana	1	1	Hyderabad	111
Chhattisgarh	7	0	Raipur	97
Tamil Nadu	4	0	Gummidipoondi	97
Jharkhand	2	0	Dhanbad	95
Jammu and Kashmir	1	0	Srinagar	81
Nagaland	1	0	Kohima	67
Kerala	4	0	Kannur	66
Meghalaya	1	0	Shillong	62
Chandigarh	1	0	Chandigarh	53
Uttarakhand	3	0	Dehradun	53
Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	Naharlagun	51
Puducherry	1	0	Puducherry	47
Mizoram	1	0	Aizawl	40
Sikkim	1	0	Gangtok	33
Ladakh	1	0	Leh	17

17 of 31 states and union territories have at least one city above the limit. A state with three cities in the feed and three above the limit is not the same finding as a state with forty and three, which is why the count of cities is beside it. Nothing here is a state average: CPCB measures cities, not states, and the unmeasured parts of a state are unmeasured, not clean.

How to read a rank

Four things decide whether a row above means what it looks like it means. Three of them are about who is holding the monitor.

The number is one machine

A city’s rank here is its worst monitor. A city with forty monitors has forty chances to produce a high reading; a city with one has one. That cuts against the well-measured city: 205 of these 271 cities are a single station wearing a city’s name, and a city with one monitor is measured less, not better. Read the station count before you read the rank.

Two numbers, two questions

“Worst” is the worst station. “Mean” is the average across the city’s stations — the figure CPCB itself publishes for that city. Against CPCB’s own published figures this ranking runs about a quarter higher. Neither is wrong; they answer different questions, so both are on the row.

The scale is not a ratio

The AQI is piecewise-linear. 200 is not twice the pollution of 100 — it is twice the index. Nothing on this page multiplies one AQI by another, and neither should a sentence written from it.

Every pollutant counts

A station’s AQI is its worst published sub-index, whichever pollutant that is. Where the governing pollutant is not particulate the row names it, because a rank is not comparable unless you can see what is being ranked. CPCB publishes sub-indexes, already on one scale. Two things are set aside: a channel that has stopped moving, and a gas reading its own station’s particulates do not back up, which is published with a question mark but not ranked.

2 rows carry a question mark. At Pimpri-Chinchwad, Leh one gas channel reads far above the worst particulate at the same station and no independent monitor is near enough to say which is right. They are ranked on particulates; the gas figure is published in the tooltip, not ranked. Hover or focus the mark to read it.

These are the cities CPCB measures, not the cities of India. A place with no monitor produces no row, and an absent row is an absent instrument — never clean air. 271 cities reported in this hour; the count moves as stations drop in and out.

CPCB measures cities, not states. Averaging a state’s cities would invent a reading for the land between them, so there is no state figure.

Source: CPCB via data.gov.in, resource 3b01bcb8-0b14-4abf-b6f2-c1bfd384ba69. Snapshot 23:00 IST, 20 October 2026, 3,654 station-pollutant rows behind 521 stations.

Suggested citation

Swechha. Air quality index for every reporting city in India.
Reading from the Central Pollution Control Board network, observed 23:00 IST, 20 October 2026.
https://swechha.in/now/air/india

Reuse freely — CC BY 4.0. The readings are CPCB's measurements, not Swechha's; the selection — each city's worst reporting monitor, with the mean of its monitors beside it — is ours. Quote the observation hour, not the hour you read it: this is one snapshot, and a city's rank moves with the wind. Full terms, method and limitations.

The city this site reads every hour

Delhi is one row above. Its page takes the city apart — 57 monitors, what is in the air, who is in it, and what has been spent on it.

Delhi’s air, monitor by monitor

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