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Every city CPCB measures

Name: Air quality index for every reporting city in India
Creator: Swechha
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289 cities reported an air quality index at 06:00 IST, 15 November 2026. 190 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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289

cities reporting

across 31 states and union territories

564

stations behind them

220 cities are a single monitor

190

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 289 cities, and where they sit

Every figure below was read at 06:00 IST, 15 November 2026 — one hour, all 564 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 289 cities

Every city reporting to CPCB at 06:00 IST, 15 November 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	DelhiDelhi	426	353	Severe	58
2	NoidaUttar Pradesh	424	310	Severe	7
3	GurugramHaryana	405	325	Severe	4
4	MoradabadUttar Pradesh	374	332	Very Poor	6
5	PanchgaonHaryana	369	369	Very Poor	1
6	GhaziabadUttar Pradesh	365	296	Very Poor	9
7	BhiwadiRajasthan	347	324	Very Poor	2
8	FaridabadHaryana	343	313	Very Poor	3
9	MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh	343	324	Very Poor	2
10	BallabgarhHaryana	334	334	Very Poor	1
11	Greater NoidaUttar Pradesh	331	289	Very Poor	5
12	KhoraUttar Pradesh	330	330	Very Poor	1
13	BahadurgarhHaryana	329	329	Very Poor	1
14	MeerutUttar Pradesh	321	275	Very Poor	5
15	GajraulaUttar Pradesh	310	310	Very Poor	1
16	LucknowUttar Pradesh	310	234	Very Poor	6
17	BileipadaOdisha	303	303	Very Poor	1
18	ManesarHaryana	301	301	Very Poor	1
19	AnparaUttar Pradesh	300	300	Poor	1
20	KanpurUttar Pradesh	299	246	Poor	3
21	ModinagarUttar Pradesh	299	299	Poor	1
22	Yamuna NagarHaryana	290	290	Poor	1
23	BathindaPunjab	286	286	Poor	1
24	KhairthalRajasthan	281	281	Poor	1
25	BhagalpurBihar	278	249	Poor	2
26	BarautUttar Pradesh	274	274	Poor	1
27	BhiwaniHaryana	273	273	Poor	1
28	KurukshetraHaryana	273	273	Poor	1
29	FatehabadHaryana	269	269	Poor	1
30	KarnalHaryana	264	264	Poor	1
31	SonipatHaryana	263	263	Poor	1
32	Charkhi DadriHaryana	262	262	Poor	1
33	SingrauliMadhya Pradesh	261	261	Poor	1
34	RaebareliUttar Pradesh	260	201	Poor	2
35	DharuheraHaryana	258	258	Poor	1
36	BaghpatUttar Pradesh	257	257	Poor	1
37	Sri GanganagarRajasthan	254	254	Poor	1
38	PuneMaharashtra	251	158	Poor	7
39	BulandshahrUttar Pradesh	249	249	Poor	1
40	ArariaBihar	244	244	Poor	1
41	KolkataWest Bengal	236	157	Poor	7
42	SiwanBihar	232	232	Poor	1
43	KhannaPunjab	232	232	Poor	1
44	Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra	231	175	Poor	7
45	KhurjaUttar Pradesh	231	231	Poor	1
46	VaranasiUttar Pradesh	227	192	Poor	4
47	PatnaBihar	226	162	Poor	6
48	DarbhangaBihar	225	225	Poor	1
49	AhmedabadGujarat	222	154	Poor	8
50	KaithalHaryana	222	222	Poor	1
51	NagpurMaharashtra	219	202	Poor	4
52	SirsaHaryana	218	218	Poor	1
53	HowrahWest Bengal	217	179	Poor	5
54	HajipurBihar	216	216	Poor	1
55	SaharsaBihar	214	214	Poor	1
56	GwaliorMadhya Pradesh	214	168	Poor	3
57	BharatpurRajasthan	213	213	Poor	1
58	Fatehpur SikriUttar Pradesh	213	213	Poor	1
59	NarnaulHaryana	210	210	Poor	1
60	MuzaffarpurBihar	209	148	Poor	3
61	MumbaiMaharashtra	209	133	Poor	24
62	MandikheraHaryana	208	208	Poor	1
63	DewasMadhya Pradesh	207	207	Poor NO₂	1
64	AmbalaHaryana	203	203	Poor	1
65	NashikMaharashtra	201	173	Poor	4
66	RohtakHaryana	200	200	Moderately Polluted	1
67	LudhianaPunjab	199	199	Moderately Polluted	1
68	JaipurRajasthan	199	168	Moderately Polluted	6
69	HisarHaryana	195	195	Moderately Polluted	1
70	PanipatHaryana	194	194	Moderately Polluted	1
71	BhopalMadhya Pradesh	194	170	Moderately Polluted	3
72	DeegRajasthan	194	194	Moderately Polluted	1
73	AsansolWest Bengal	194	154	Moderately Polluted	4
74	JindHaryana	193	193	Moderately Polluted	1
75	AgraUttar Pradesh	192	144	Moderately Polluted	6
76	VadodaraGujarat	190	190	Moderately Polluted	1
77	BhavnagarGujarat	189	189	Moderately Polluted	1
78	MalegaonMaharashtra	189	189	Moderately Polluted	1
79	FirozabadUttar Pradesh	189	141	Moderately Polluted	2
80	Mandi GobindgarhPunjab	188	188	Moderately Polluted	1
81	MandideepMadhya Pradesh	187	187	Moderately Polluted	1
82	PalwalHaryana	186	186	Moderately Polluted	1
83	AurangabadBihar	185	149	Moderately Polluted	4
84	PatialaPunjab	184	184	Moderately Polluted	1
85	TonkRajasthan	184	184	Moderately Polluted	1
86	DamohMadhya Pradesh	183	183	Moderately Polluted	1
87	MadhubaniBihar	182	182	Moderately Polluted	1
88	BarrackporeWest Bengal	181	181	Moderately Polluted	1
89	Navi MumbaiMaharashtra	178	134	Moderately Polluted	6
90	KakinadaAndhra Pradesh	176	176	Moderately Polluted	1
91	SuratGujarat	176	138	Moderately Polluted	2
92	TalcherOdisha	176	176	Moderately Polluted	1
93	PrayagrajUttar Pradesh	176	129	Moderately Polluted	3
94	ChandrapurMaharashtra	175	174	Moderately Polluted	2
95	AlwarRajasthan	172	171	Moderately Polluted	2
96	HanumangarhRajasthan	172	172	Moderately Polluted	1
97	JodhpurRajasthan	172	151	Moderately Polluted	5
98	AnkleshwarGujarat	170	170	Moderately Polluted	1
99	SikarRajasthan	170	170	Moderately Polluted	1
100	AgartalaTripura	170	170	Moderately Polluted	1
101	GayaBihar	169	138	Moderately Polluted	3
102	VrindavanUttar Pradesh	169	158	Moderately Polluted	2
103	MotihariBihar	168	168	Moderately Polluted	1
104	UdaipurRajasthan	167	167	Moderately Polluted	1
105	UjjainMadhya Pradesh	166	166	Moderately Polluted	1
106	AmritsarPunjab	166	166	Moderately Polluted	1
107	IndoreMadhya Pradesh	165	109	Moderately Polluted	4
108	PurniaBihar	163	163	Moderately Polluted	1
109	ChandigarhChandigarh	162	123	Moderately Polluted	2
110	BegusaraiBihar	161	161	Moderately Polluted	1
111	KatniMadhya Pradesh	161	161	Moderately Polluted	1
112	RourkelaOdisha	161	127	Moderately Polluted	3
113	GopalganjBihar	159	159	Moderately Polluted	1
114	VirarMaharashtra	159	159	Moderately Polluted	1
115	BundiRajasthan	157	157	Moderately Polluted	1
116	GummidipoondiTamil Nadu	157	157	Moderately Polluted	1
117	DombivliMaharashtra	155	155	Moderately Polluted	1
118	UlhasnagarMaharashtra	153	141	Moderately Polluted	2
119	GandhinagarGujarat	152	126	Moderately Polluted	3
120	JaloreRajasthan	151	151	Moderately Polluted	1
121	KashipurUttarakhand	151	151	Moderately Polluted	1
122	KatiharBihar	147	147	Moderately Polluted	1
123	VatvaGujarat	147	147	Moderately Polluted	1
124	MathuraUttar Pradesh	147	147	Moderately Polluted	1
125	BaddiHimachal Pradesh	146	146	Moderately Polluted	1
126	BhiwandiMaharashtra	145	145	Moderately Polluted	1
127	NandedMaharashtra	145	145	Moderately Polluted	1
128	ChittorgarhRajasthan	145	145	Moderately Polluted	1
129	JalgaonMaharashtra	144	144	Moderately Polluted	1
130	HapurUttar Pradesh	144	144	Moderately Polluted	1
131	DhuleMaharashtra	143	143	Moderately Polluted	1
132	PaliRajasthan	140	140	Moderately Polluted	1
133	AmravatiMaharashtra	139	111	Moderately Polluted	2
134	KishanganjBihar	138	138	Moderately Polluted	1
135	PithampurMadhya Pradesh	137	137	Moderately Polluted	1
136	MahadMaharashtra	135	135	Moderately Polluted	1
137	ByrnihatAssam	133	125	Moderately Polluted	2
138	SagarMadhya Pradesh	133	104	Moderately Polluted	2
139	ParbhaniMaharashtra	133	133	Moderately Polluted	1
140	HyderabadTelangana	133	74	Moderately Polluted	14
141	HaldiaWest Bengal	131	131	Moderately Polluted	1
142	PanchkulaHaryana	130	130	Moderately Polluted	1
143	BareillyUttar Pradesh	130	113	Moderately Polluted	2
144	ShamliUttar Pradesh	130	130	Moderately Polluted	1
145	DurgapurWest Bengal	130	115	Moderately Polluted	3
146	VasaiMaharashtra	129	108	Moderately Polluted	2
147	SuakatiOdisha	129	129	Moderately Polluted	1
148	JhalawarRajasthan	129	129	Moderately Polluted	1
149	AmbernathMaharashtra	128	128	Moderately Polluted	1
150	BikanerRajasthan	128	128	Moderately Polluted	1
151	RatlamMadhya Pradesh	125	125	Moderately Polluted NO₂	1
152	KalyanMaharashtra	125	116	Moderately Polluted	3
153	JorapokharJharkhand	122	122	Moderately Polluted	1
154	JabalpurMadhya Pradesh	122	86	Moderately Polluted	3
155	NayagarhOdisha	122	122	Moderately Polluted	1
156	ChhapraBihar	119	119	Moderately Polluted	1
157	ParadeepOdisha	119	119	Moderately Polluted	1
158	KotaRajasthan	119	101	Moderately Polluted	3
159	SrikakulamAndhra Pradesh	118	118	Moderately Polluted	1
160	SitamarhiBihar	118	118	Moderately Polluted CO	1
161	AkolaMaharashtra	118	118	Moderately Polluted	1
162	Mira-BhayandarMaharashtra	118	118	Moderately Polluted	1
163	RishikeshUttarakhand	118	118	Moderately Polluted	1
164	AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh	117	117	Moderately Polluted	1
165	NelloreAndhra Pradesh	117	117	Moderately Polluted	1
166	DausaRajasthan	116	116	Moderately Polluted	1
167	NagaurRajasthan	116	116	Moderately Polluted	1
168	BuxarBihar	115	115	Moderately Polluted	1
169	JalnaMaharashtra	115	115	Moderately Polluted	1
170	Sawai MadhopurRajasthan	114	114	Moderately Polluted	1
171	BengaluruKarnataka	113	74	Moderately Polluted	11
172	VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
173	MysuruKarnataka	112	112	Moderately Polluted O₃	1
174	DehradunUttarakhand	112	112	Moderately Polluted	1
175	SolapurMaharashtra	110	96	Moderately Polluted	3
176	JhunjhunuRajasthan	110	110	Moderately Polluted	1
177	SiliguriWest Bengal	110	110	Moderately Polluted	1
178	JamuiBihar	108	108	Moderately Polluted	1
179	SamastipurBihar	108	108	Moderately Polluted	1
180	KorbaChhattisgarh	108	83	Moderately Polluted	2
181	PratapgarhRajasthan	108	108	Moderately Polluted	1
182	ThaneMaharashtra	107	106	Moderately Polluted	2
183	BhilwaraRajasthan	107	107	Moderately Polluted	1
184	BoisarMaharashtra	106	106	Moderately Polluted	1
185	KeonjharOdisha	106	106	Moderately Polluted	1
186	ArrahBihar	105	105	Moderately Polluted	1
187	AhmednagarMaharashtra	104	104	Moderately Polluted	1
188	ChennaiTamil Nadu	102 ?	94	Moderately Polluted	7
189	GorakhpurUttar Pradesh	102	102	Moderately Polluted	1
190	ChuruRajasthan	101	101	Moderately Polluted	1
191	GuwahatiAssam	100	78	Satisfactory	4
192	KiulBihar	100	100	Satisfactory	1
193	RaipurChhattisgarh	100	89	Satisfactory	3
194	BanswaraRajasthan	100	100	Satisfactory	1
195	RamanagaraKarnataka	99	99	Satisfactory	1
196	BaranRajasthan	99	99	Satisfactory	1
197	TumidihChhattisgarh	98	98	Satisfactory	1
198	BaripadaOdisha	98	98	Satisfactory	1
199	MangurahaBihar	97	97	Satisfactory	1
200	RaichurKarnataka	97	97	Satisfactory	1
201	BelapurMaharashtra	97	97	Satisfactory	1
202	NalbariAssam	96	96	Satisfactory	1
203	MehsanaGujarat	96	96	Satisfactory	1
204	RajkotGujarat	95	95	Satisfactory	1
205	YadgirKarnataka	95	95	Satisfactory	1
206	AjmerRajasthan	95	95	Satisfactory	1
207	MungerBihar	94	94	Satisfactory	1
208	DholpurRajasthan	93	93	Satisfactory	1
209	DhanbadJharkhand	92	92	Satisfactory NO₂	1
210	SirohiRajasthan	92	92	Satisfactory	1
211	KunjemuraChhattisgarh	91	91	Satisfactory	1
212	AngulOdisha	91	91	Satisfactory	1
213	JhansiUttar Pradesh	90	90	Satisfactory	1
214	RairangpurOdisha	89	89	Satisfactory	1
215	BarmerRajasthan	89	89	Satisfactory	1
216	VapiGujarat	88	88	Satisfactory	1
217	ChittoorAndhra Pradesh	85	85	Satisfactory	1
218	MiluparaChhattisgarh	85	85	Satisfactory	1
219	SangliMaharashtra	85	85	Satisfactory	1
220	RajsamandRajasthan	85	85	Satisfactory	1
221	BadlapurMaharashtra	84	84	Satisfactory	1
222	BarbilOdisha	84	84	Satisfactory	1
223	VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh	83	62	Satisfactory	3
224	BhilaiChhattisgarh	83	71	Satisfactory	3
225	CuttackOdisha	83	83	Satisfactory	1
226	KurnoolAndhra Pradesh	82	82	Satisfactory	1
227	Bihar SharifBihar	82	82	Satisfactory	1
228	MangaloreKarnataka	82	82	Satisfactory	1
229	KolhapurMaharashtra	82	56	Satisfactory	2
230	BhubaneswarOdisha	81	78	Satisfactory	2
231	KarauliRajasthan	81	81	Satisfactory	1
232	BalasoreOdisha	79	79	Satisfactory	1
233	JaisalmerRajasthan	79	79	Satisfactory NO₂	1
234	CuddaloreTamil Nadu	79	79	Satisfactory	1
235	BilaspurChhattisgarh	78	78	Satisfactory	1
236	LaturMaharashtra	77	77	Satisfactory	1
237	ShillongMeghalaya	76	55	Satisfactory CO	2
238	NaharlagunArunachal Pradesh	75	75	Satisfactory	1
239	TirumalaAndhra Pradesh	74	74	Satisfactory NO₂	1
240	TensaOdisha	72	72	Satisfactory	1
241	DungarpurRajasthan	72	72	Satisfactory	1
242	NagaonAssam	71	71	Satisfactory	1
243	BeedMaharashtra	71	71	Satisfactory	1
244	ChhalChhattisgarh	70	70	Satisfactory	1
245	ChikkaballapurKarnataka	70	70	Satisfactory	1
246	ThiruvananthapuramKerala	70	69	Satisfactory	2
247	SatnaMadhya Pradesh	70	70	Satisfactory	1
248	AnantapurAndhra Pradesh	69	69	Satisfactory	1
249	KoppalKarnataka	67	67	Satisfactory CO	1
250	KannurKerala	67	67	Satisfactory	1
251	BrajrajnagarOdisha	67	67	Satisfactory	1
252	GunturAndhra Pradesh	66	66	Satisfactory	1
253	KadapaAndhra Pradesh	66	66	Satisfactory	1
254	HubballiKarnataka	64	64	Satisfactory	1
255	ByasanagarOdisha	63	63	Satisfactory	1
256	EluruAndhra Pradesh	62	62	Satisfactory	1
257	ThoothukudiTamil Nadu	61	61	Satisfactory	1
258	SasaramBihar	60	60	Satisfactory	1
259	GadagKarnataka	60	60	Satisfactory CO	1
260	PuducherryPuducherry	59	59	Satisfactory	1
261	SilcharAssam	58	58	Satisfactory CO	1
262	LehLadakh	57	57	Satisfactory O₃	1
263	HingoliMaharashtra	57	57	Satisfactory	1
264	KohimaNagaland	57	57	Satisfactory SO₂	1
265	KalaburagiKarnataka	56	56	Satisfactory CO	1
266	ShivamoggaKarnataka	56	56	Satisfactory	1
267	SataraMaharashtra	56	56	Satisfactory	1
268	MachilipatnamAndhra Pradesh	55	55	Satisfactory	1
269	ThrissurKerala	54	54	Satisfactory	1
270	OngoleAndhra Pradesh	52	52	Satisfactory	1
271	RupnagarPunjab	50	50	Good	1
272	UdupiKarnataka	48	48	Good	1
273	BelgaumKarnataka	47	47	Good CO	1
274	ChamarajanagarKarnataka	45	45	Good	1
275	SivasagarAssam	42	42	Good	1
276	ChikkamagaluruKarnataka	42	42	Good	1
277	PamporeJammu and Kashmir	40	40	Good	1
278	MadikeriKarnataka	40	40	Good	1
279	DavanagereKarnataka	38	38	Good	1
280	EloorKerala	38	38	Good	1
281	MaiharMadhya Pradesh	38	38	Good	1
282	BagalkotKarnataka	36	36	Good	1
283	CoimbatoreTamil Nadu	36	36	Good CO	1
284	BettiahBihar	34	34	Good CO	1
285	GangtokSikkim	32	32	Good	1
286	DharwadKarnataka	27	27	Good NO₂	1
287	SrinagarJammu and Kashmir	23	22	Good	2
288	AizawlMizoram	19	19	Good	1
289	KarwarKarnataka	18	18	Good NO₂	1

Above AQI 100Within it

Every state and union territory with a city reporting to CPCB at 06:00 IST, 15 November 2026, ordered by how many of its cities are above the limit.
State or union territory	Cities	Above 100	Worst city	AQI
Uttar Pradesh	29	28	Noida	424
Maharashtra	36	28	Pune	251
Rajasthan	36	26	Bhiwadi	347
Haryana	25	25	Gurugram	405
Bihar	29	23	Bhagalpur	278
Madhya Pradesh	15	13	Singrauli	261
Odisha	17	7	Bileipada	303
West Bengal	7	7	Kolkata	236
Gujarat	10	7	Ahmedabad	222
Punjab	7	6	Bathinda	286
Andhra Pradesh	15	5	Kakinada	176
Uttarakhand	3	3	Kashipur	151
Tamil Nadu	5	2	Gummidipoondi	157
Karnataka	21	2	Bengaluru	113
Delhi	1	1	Delhi	426
Tripura	1	1	Agartala	170
Chandigarh	1	1	Chandigarh	162
Himachal Pradesh	1	1	Baddi	146
Assam	6	1	Byrnihat	133
Telangana	1	1	Hyderabad	133
Jharkhand	2	1	Jorapokhar	122
Chhattisgarh	8	1	Korba	108
Meghalaya	1	0	Shillong	76
Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	Naharlagun	75
Kerala	4	0	Thiruvananthapuram	70
Puducherry	1	0	Puducherry	59
Ladakh	1	0	Leh	57
Nagaland	1	0	Kohima	57
Jammu and Kashmir	2	0	Pampore	40
Sikkim	1	0	Gangtok	32
Mizoram	1	0	Aizawl	19

22 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: 220 of these 289 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.

1 row carries a question mark. At Chennai 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. It is 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. 289 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 06:00 IST, 15 November 2026, 3,955 station-pollutant rows behind 564 stations.

Suggested citation

Swechha. Air quality index for every reporting city in India.
Reading from the Central Pollution Control Board network, observed 06:00 IST, 15 November 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 — 58 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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