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Every city CPCB measures

Name: Air quality index for every reporting city in India
Creator: Swechha
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274 cities reported an air quality index at 18:00 IST, 25 October 2026. 132 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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274

cities reporting

across 31 states and union territories

524

stations behind them

212 cities are a single monitor

132

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 274 cities, and where they sit

Every figure below was read at 18:00 IST, 25 October 2026 — one hour, all 524 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 274 cities

Every city reporting to CPCB at 18:00 IST, 25 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	AhmedabadGujarat	285	157	Poor	8
2	KhairthalRajasthan	279	279	Poor	1
3	VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh	257	257	Poor	1
4	Fatehpur SikriUttar Pradesh	250	250	Poor	1
5	DelhiDelhi	249	146	Poor O₃	57
6	MehsanaGujarat	224	224	Poor	1
7	SonipatHaryana	221	221	Poor	1
8	LucknowUttar Pradesh	218	164	Poor	6
9	ByrnihatAssam	211	150	Poor	2
10	BareillyUttar Pradesh	201	127	Poor	2
11	GwaliorMadhya Pradesh	197	155	Moderately Polluted	3
12	AgraUttar Pradesh	197	132	Moderately Polluted	6
13	ParadeepOdisha	191	191	Moderately Polluted	1
14	GajraulaUttar Pradesh	191	191	Moderately Polluted	1
15	MandideepMadhya Pradesh	186	186	Moderately Polluted	1
16	IndoreMadhya Pradesh	185	115	Moderately Polluted	4
17	BhiwadiRajasthan	183	168	Moderately Polluted	2
18	VrindavanUttar Pradesh	181	167	Moderately Polluted	2
19	BahadurgarhHaryana	174	174	Moderately Polluted	1
20	AnkleshwarGujarat	173	173	Moderately Polluted	1
21	PrayagrajUttar Pradesh	173	114	Moderately Polluted	3
22	PithampurMadhya Pradesh	172	172	Moderately Polluted	1
23	MeerutUttar Pradesh	172	156	Moderately Polluted	3
24	MoradabadUttar Pradesh	172	131	Moderately Polluted	6
25	Sawai MadhopurRajasthan	170	170	Moderately Polluted	1
26	TonkRajasthan	169	169	Moderately Polluted	1
27	MumbaiMaharashtra	168	121	Moderately Polluted	24
28	GhaziabadUttar Pradesh	167	123	Moderately Polluted	7
29	NoidaUttar Pradesh	167	131	Moderately Polluted	4
30	MathuraUttar Pradesh	166	166	Moderately Polluted	1
31	GandhinagarGujarat	165	137	Moderately Polluted	3
32	Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh	161	136	Moderately Polluted	2
33	Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra	159	141	Moderately Polluted	7
34	JaipurRajasthan	158	122	Moderately Polluted	6
35	BikanerRajasthan	156	156	Moderately Polluted	1
36	BhavnagarGujarat	154	154	Moderately Polluted	1
37	KhoraUttar Pradesh	153	153	Moderately Polluted	1
38	HingoliMaharashtra	152	152	Moderately Polluted	1
39	ManesarHaryana	151	151	Moderately Polluted	1
40	JalnaMaharashtra	151	151	Moderately Polluted	1
41	ArariaBihar	149	149	Moderately Polluted	1
42	BileipadaOdisha	148	148	Moderately Polluted	1
43	JodhpurRajasthan	148	133	Moderately Polluted	5
44	PuneMaharashtra	147	119	Moderately Polluted	7
45	KanpurUttar Pradesh	147	142	Moderately Polluted	3
46	MuzaffarpurBihar	144	87	Moderately Polluted	3
47	AgartalaTripura	144	144	Moderately Polluted	1
48	GurugramHaryana	143	134	Moderately Polluted	4
49	KatniMadhya Pradesh	143	143	Moderately Polluted	1
50	BulandshahrUttar Pradesh	143	143	Moderately Polluted	1
51	FaridabadHaryana	142	124	Moderately Polluted	3
52	SagarMadhya Pradesh	142	142	Moderately Polluted	1
53	SingrauliMadhya Pradesh	142	142	Moderately Polluted	1
54	BharatpurRajasthan	142	142	Moderately Polluted	1
55	PaliRajasthan	140	140	Moderately Polluted	1
56	HajipurBihar	139	139	Moderately Polluted	1
57	BelapurMaharashtra	138	138	Moderately Polluted	1
58	Navi MumbaiMaharashtra	138	115	Moderately Polluted	6
59	AlwarRajasthan	138	129	Moderately Polluted	2
60	BarautUttar Pradesh	138	138	Moderately Polluted	1
61	AurangabadBihar	137	101	Moderately Polluted O₃	4
62	ChandrapurMaharashtra	137	129	Moderately Polluted	2
63	HowrahWest Bengal	137	109	Moderately Polluted	5
64	VatvaGujarat	135	135	Moderately Polluted	1
65	TalcherOdisha	135	135	Moderately Polluted	1
66	VaranasiUttar Pradesh	135	123	Moderately Polluted	4
67	BhopalMadhya Pradesh	134	112	Moderately Polluted	3
68	KhurjaUttar Pradesh	134	134	Moderately Polluted	1
69	UlhasnagarMaharashtra	133	119	Moderately Polluted	2
70	VadodaraGujarat	132	132	Moderately Polluted	1
71	SataraMaharashtra	132	132	Moderately Polluted	1
72	DharuheraHaryana	131	131	Moderately Polluted	1
73	BundiRajasthan	131	131	Moderately Polluted	1
74	GayaBihar	129	92	Moderately Polluted	2
75	SiwanBihar	129	129	Moderately Polluted	1
76	MahadMaharashtra	129	129	Moderately Polluted	1
77	BaddiHimachal Pradesh	127	127	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
78	DombivliMaharashtra	127	127	Moderately Polluted	1
79	JaisalmerRajasthan	127	127	Moderately Polluted	1
80	GorakhpurUttar Pradesh	127	127	Moderately Polluted	1
81	NarnaulHaryana	126	126	Moderately Polluted	1
82	ChuruRajasthan	126	126	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
83	JhalawarRajasthan	126	126	Moderately Polluted	1
84	BaghpatUttar Pradesh	126	126	Moderately Polluted	1
85	BalasoreOdisha	124	124	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
86	RajamahendravaramAndhra Pradesh	123	123	Moderately Polluted	1
87	MalegaonMaharashtra	123	123	Moderately Polluted	1
88	MotihariBihar	122	122	Moderately Polluted	1
89	BhubaneswarOdisha	122	118	Moderately Polluted O₃	2
90	Mandi GobindgarhPunjab	122	122	Moderately Polluted	1
91	AmbalaHaryana	121	121	Moderately Polluted	1
92	ThaneMaharashtra	121	121	Moderately Polluted	1
93	NagaurRajasthan	121	121	Moderately Polluted	1
94	AhmednagarMaharashtra	120	120	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
95	NagpurMaharashtra	120	112	Moderately Polluted	4
96	DewasMadhya Pradesh	119	119	Moderately Polluted	1
97	GummidipoondiTamil Nadu	119	119	Moderately Polluted	1
98	KolkataWest Bengal	119	91	Moderately Polluted	7
99	SuratGujarat	118	98	Moderately Polluted	2
100	DausaRajasthan	117	117	Moderately Polluted	1
101	ModinagarUttar Pradesh	117	117	Moderately Polluted	1
102	PatnaBihar	116	81	Moderately Polluted	6
103	BhiwandiMaharashtra	116	116	Moderately Polluted	1
104	HyderabadTelangana	115	73	Moderately Polluted	13
105	SrikakulamAndhra Pradesh	114	114	Moderately Polluted	1
106	UjjainMadhya Pradesh	114	114	Moderately Polluted	1
107	DholpurRajasthan	114	114	Moderately Polluted	1
108	SasaramBihar	113	113	Moderately Polluted	1
109	GuwahatiAssam	112	80	Moderately Polluted	4
110	MandikheraHaryana	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
111	AmbernathMaharashtra	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
112	ChittorgarhRajasthan	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
113	JabalpurMadhya Pradesh	111	97	Moderately Polluted	3
114	ByasanagarOdisha	111	111	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
115	PanchgaonHaryana	110 ?	110	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
116	AngulOdisha	110	110	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
117	PratapgarhRajasthan	110	110	Moderately Polluted	1
118	FirozabadUttar Pradesh	110	75	Moderately Polluted	2
119	Yamuna NagarHaryana	108	108	Moderately Polluted	1
120	KalyanMaharashtra	108	107	Moderately Polluted	2
121	PurniaBihar	107	107	Moderately Polluted	1
122	DungarpurRajasthan	107	107	Moderately Polluted	1
123	KotaRajasthan	107	93	Moderately Polluted O₃	3
124	UdaipurRajasthan	107	107	Moderately Polluted	1
125	AsansolWest Bengal	107	86	Moderately Polluted	4
126	MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh	104	104	Moderately Polluted	1
127	AjmerRajasthan	102	102	Moderately Polluted	1
128	JhunjhunuRajasthan	102	102	Moderately Polluted	1
129	ChhapraBihar	101	101	Moderately Polluted	1
130	BengaluruKarnataka	101	46	Moderately Polluted	8
131	ParbhaniMaharashtra	101	101	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
132	AmritsarPunjab	101	101	Moderately Polluted	1
133	RaichurKarnataka	99	99	Satisfactory	1
134	DhuleMaharashtra	99	99	Satisfactory	1
135	BaranRajasthan	99	99	Satisfactory	1
136	KarauliRajasthan	99	99	Satisfactory O₃	1
137	Sri GanganagarRajasthan	99	99	Satisfactory	1
138	BhilwaraRajasthan	98	98	Satisfactory	1
139	RatlamMadhya Pradesh	97	97	Satisfactory NO₂	1
140	SangliMaharashtra	97	97	Satisfactory O₃	1
141	BarmerRajasthan	97	97	Satisfactory	1
142	Mira-BhayandarMaharashtra	96	96	Satisfactory	1
143	JaloreRajasthan	96	96	Satisfactory	1
144	HaldiaWest Bengal	96	96	Satisfactory	1
145	BhagalpurBihar	95	80	Satisfactory	2
146	NashikMaharashtra	95	87	Satisfactory	4
147	BallabgarhHaryana	94	94	Satisfactory	1
148	TensaOdisha	94	94	Satisfactory	1
149	DehradunUttarakhand	94	94	Satisfactory	1
150	RaipurChhattisgarh	93	84	Satisfactory	4
151	CuttackOdisha	93	93	Satisfactory O₃	1
152	JalgaonMaharashtra	91	91	Satisfactory	1
153	RourkelaOdisha	91	53	Satisfactory	3
154	LudhianaPunjab	90	90	Satisfactory	1
155	SikarRajasthan	90	90	Satisfactory	1
156	BarrackporeWest Bengal	90	90	Satisfactory	1
157	AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh	89	89	Satisfactory	1
158	MungerBihar	89	89	Satisfactory CO	1
159	BarbilOdisha	89	89	Satisfactory O₃	1
160	BaripadaOdisha	89	89	Satisfactory	1
161	AkolaMaharashtra	88	88	Satisfactory	1
162	SolapurMaharashtra	88	88	Satisfactory	2
163	HanumangarhRajasthan	88	88	Satisfactory	1
164	AmravatiMaharashtra	87	84	Satisfactory	2
165	SivasagarAssam	86	86	Satisfactory O₃	1
166	JorapokharJharkhand	86	86	Satisfactory	1
167	RairangpurOdisha	86	86	Satisfactory	1
168	KakinadaAndhra Pradesh	85	85	Satisfactory	1
169	RohtakHaryana	85	85	Satisfactory	1
170	BeedMaharashtra	85	85	Satisfactory	1
171	RajsamandRajasthan	85	85	Satisfactory O₃	1
172	DarbhangaBihar	84	84	Satisfactory O₃	1
173	BoisarMaharashtra	84	84	Satisfactory	1
174	TirupatiAndhra Pradesh	83	83	Satisfactory	1
175	SuakatiOdisha	83	83	Satisfactory	1
176	BathindaPunjab	83	83	Satisfactory	1
177	RajkotGujarat	82	82	Satisfactory NO₂	1
178	ChennaiTamil Nadu	82	59	Satisfactory O₃	7
179	FatehabadHaryana	81	81	Satisfactory	1
180	HapurUttar Pradesh	81	81	Satisfactory	1
181	DavanagereKarnataka	80	80	Satisfactory	1
182	BanswaraRajasthan	77	77	Satisfactory O₃	1
183	SirohiRajasthan	77	77	Satisfactory O₃	1
184	DurgapurWest Bengal	77	68	Satisfactory	3
185	NalbariAssam	76	76	Satisfactory	1
186	SitamarhiBihar	76	76	Satisfactory CO	1
187	SrinagarJammu and Kashmir	76	48	Satisfactory	2
188	KhannaPunjab	76	76	Satisfactory	1
189	KurnoolAndhra Pradesh	75	75	Satisfactory	1
190	KatiharBihar	75	75	Satisfactory	1
191	BilaspurChhattisgarh	75	75	Satisfactory	1
192	Charkhi DadriHaryana	74	74	Satisfactory	1
193	VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh	73	63	Satisfactory	3
194	ChandigarhChandigarh	73	66	Satisfactory	2
195	BelgaumKarnataka	73	73	Satisfactory	1
196	HisarHaryana	72	72	Satisfactory	1
197	RishikeshUttarakhand	72	72	Satisfactory	1
198	TirumalaAndhra Pradesh	71	71	Satisfactory NO₂	1
199	RaebareliUttar Pradesh	71	71	Satisfactory	1
200	MangurahaBihar	70	70	Satisfactory	1
201	TumidihChhattisgarh	70	70	Satisfactory NO₂	1
202	PalwalHaryana	70	70	Satisfactory	1
203	ShamliUttar Pradesh	70	70	Satisfactory	1
204	KunjemuraChhattisgarh	69	69	Satisfactory	1
205	BhiwaniHaryana	69	69	Satisfactory	1
206	SirsaHaryana	69	69	Satisfactory	1
207	LaturMaharashtra	69	69	Satisfactory	1
208	NandedMaharashtra	69	69	Satisfactory O₃	1
209	JhansiUttar Pradesh	69	69	Satisfactory	1
210	SiliguriWest Bengal	68	68	Satisfactory	1
211	ChittoorAndhra Pradesh	67	67	Satisfactory	1
212	BrajrajnagarOdisha	67	67	Satisfactory	1
213	BegusaraiBihar	66	66	Satisfactory	1
214	KohimaNagaland	64	64	Satisfactory SO₂	1
215	ThoothukudiTamil Nadu	64	64	Satisfactory	1
216	KadapaAndhra Pradesh	63	63	Satisfactory	1
217	AnparaUttar Pradesh	63	63	Satisfactory	1
218	EluruAndhra Pradesh	62	62	Satisfactory	1
219	DharwadKarnataka	61	61	Satisfactory	1
220	VirarMaharashtra	61	61	Satisfactory	1
221	GunturAndhra Pradesh	60	60	Satisfactory	1
222	MaiharMadhya Pradesh	59	59	Satisfactory NO₂	1
223	NayagarhOdisha	59	59	Satisfactory	1
224	JalandharPunjab	59	59	Satisfactory CO	1
225	PatialaPunjab	59	59	Satisfactory	1
226	NelloreAndhra Pradesh	58	58	Satisfactory	1
227	BhilaiChhattisgarh	58	57	Satisfactory	2
228	KolhapurMaharashtra	58	52	Satisfactory O₃	2
229	MadhubaniBihar	56	56	Satisfactory	1
230	JindHaryana	56	56	Satisfactory	1
231	AnantapurAndhra Pradesh	55	55	Satisfactory	1
232	MiluparaChhattisgarh	55	55	Satisfactory	1
233	NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh	54	54	Satisfactory	1
234	ArrahBihar	54	54	Satisfactory CO	1
235	Bihar SharifBihar	54	54	Satisfactory	1
236	SaharsaBihar	54	54	Satisfactory	1
237	KorbaChhattisgarh	53	53	Satisfactory	1
238	MangaloreKarnataka	53	53	Satisfactory	1
239	SilcharAssam	52	52	Satisfactory	1
240	ChhalChhattisgarh	52	52	Satisfactory	1
241	KarnalHaryana	51	51	Satisfactory	1
242	PanchkulaHaryana	51	51	Satisfactory O₃	1
243	HubballiKarnataka	51	51	Satisfactory	1
244	NagaonAssam	50	50	Good	1
245	SatnaMadhya Pradesh	50	50	Good	1
246	RajgirBihar	48	48	Good	1
247	KishanganjBihar	47	47	Good	1
248	KaithalHaryana	47	47	Good O₃	1
249	RupnagarPunjab	47	47	Good CO	1
250	KarwarKarnataka	45	45	Good	1
251	KoppalKarnataka	44	44	Good	1
252	KannurKerala	44	44	Good	1
253	PanipatHaryana	43	43	Good O₃	1
254	ChamarajanagarKarnataka	43	43	Good	1
255	VijayapuraKarnataka	43	43	Good	1
256	ThiruvananthapuramKerala	43	31	Good	2
257	SamastipurBihar	39	39	Good	1
258	ShivamoggaKarnataka	39	39	Good O₃	1
259	KeonjharOdisha	38	38	Good SO₂	1
260	HaveriKarnataka	37	37	Good	1
261	BagalkotKarnataka	36	36	Good	1
262	PuducherryPuducherry	36	36	Good CO	1
263	RamanagaraKarnataka	35	35	Good O₃	1
264	LehLadakh	35 ?	146	Good	1
265	MysuruKarnataka	33	33	Good O₃	1
266	BuxarBihar	32	32	Good SO₂	1
267	KalaburagiKarnataka	32	32	Good	1
268	BettiahBihar	27	27	Good NO₂	1
269	ShillongMeghalaya	25	25	Good O₃	1
270	AizawlMizoram	25	25	Good	1
271	GangtokSikkim	22	22	Good	1
272	GadagKarnataka	12	12	Good O₃	1
273	MadikeriKarnataka	11	11	Good CO	1
274	DamohMadhya Pradesh	5	5	Good NO₂	1

Above AQI 100Within it

Every state and union territory with a city reporting to CPCB at 18:00 IST, 25 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	24	Khairthal	279
Uttar Pradesh	29	24	Fatehpur Sikri	250
Maharashtra	34	20	Mumbai	168
Haryana	24	11	Sonipat	221
Madhya Pradesh	15	11	Gwalior	197
Bihar	27	11	Araria	149
Gujarat	9	8	Ahmedabad	285
Odisha	17	7	Paradeep	191
Andhra Pradesh	15	3	Visakhapatnam	257
West Bengal	7	3	Howrah	137
Assam	6	2	Byrnihat	211
Punjab	8	2	Mandi Gobindgarh	122
Delhi	1	1	Delhi	249
Tripura	1	1	Agartala	144
Himachal Pradesh	1	1	Baddi	127
Tamil Nadu	3	1	Gummidipoondi	119
Telangana	1	1	Hyderabad	115
Karnataka	19	1	Bengaluru	101
Uttarakhand	2	0	Dehradun	94
Chhattisgarh	8	0	Raipur	93
Jharkhand	1	0	Jorapokhar	86
Jammu and Kashmir	1	0	Srinagar	76
Chandigarh	1	0	Chandigarh	73
Nagaland	1	0	Kohima	64
Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	Naharlagun	54
Kerala	2	0	Kannur	44
Puducherry	1	0	Puducherry	36
Ladakh	1	0	Leh	35
Meghalaya	1	0	Shillong	25
Mizoram	1	0	Aizawl	25
Sikkim	1	0	Gangtok	22

18 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: 212 of these 274 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 Panchgaon, 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. 274 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: Central Pollution Control Board, resource . Snapshot 18:00 IST, 25 October 2026, 3,682 station-pollutant rows behind 524 stations.

Suggested citation

Swechha. Air quality index for every reporting city in India.
Reading from the Central Pollution Control Board network, observed 18:00 IST, 25 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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