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Air quality in India

Capital: New DelhiEnglish, Hindi, Bengali, TeluguUpdated October 2026
54µg/m³ national average

Air quality in India

People in India breathe an average of 54 µg/m³ of PM2.5 (2023), 11× the WHO guideline. Severely polluted.

Air quality by place in India

Measured annual averages from the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database.

PlacePM2.5YearLevel
Manali13 µg/m³2021Moderate
Pondicherry20 µg/m³2021Polluted
Mysore20 µg/m³2021Polluted
Dharamshala22 µg/m³2021Polluted
Shimla22 µg/m³2021Polluted
Madurai25 µg/m³2021Polluted
Goa26 µg/m³2021Very polluted
Chennai26 µg/m³2021Very polluted
Darjeeling28 µg/m³2020Very polluted
Kochi30 µg/m³2021Very polluted
Bangalore31 µg/m³2021Very polluted
Kovalam35 µg/m³2016Very polluted
Hyderabad39 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Pushkar45 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Pune45 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Ahmedabad46 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Kolkata48 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Mumbai49.5 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Amritsar51 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Bodh Gaya52 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Udaipur55 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Jaipur58 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Varanasi60 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Jodhpur75 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Agra85 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Delhi107 µg/m³2021Severely polluted
Srinagar113 µg/m³2016Severely polluted
Gurgaon120 µg/m³2016Severely polluted

Air quality by place

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