Most Polluted Cities in 2016

Name: Most Polluted Cities in India — 2016
Creator: AQI Now
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12 months of data · Source: cpcb

This archive captures the most polluted cities in India for 2016, compiled from 12 months of daily CPCB station readings across 16 cities. Gaya, Bihar was India's most polluted city of the year with an annual average AQI of 262. The national average AQI across tracked cities was 175.

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Monthly Summary

Month	Avg AQI	Cities	Most Polluted
January	305	13	Faridabad(AQI 415)
February	225	13	Muzaffarpur(AQI 316)
March	170	13	Varanasi(AQI 252)
April	173	13	Varanasi(AQI 276)
May	154	12	Jodhpur(AQI 239)
June	132	11	Jodhpur(AQI 261)
July	80	16	Delhi(AQI 133)
August	74	15	Howrah(AQI 319)
September	85	15	Jodhpur(AQI 137)
October	185	15	Gaya(AQI 360)
November	259	16	Faridabad(AQI 385)
December	256	16	Varanasi(AQI 398)

Most Polluted Cities in 2016

#	City	Avg AQI	Days
1	GayaBihar	262	28
2	VaranasiUttar Pradesh	244	29
3	DelhiDelhi	241	31
4	LucknowUttar Pradesh	238	29
5	FaridabadHaryana	232	18
6	MuzaffarpurBihar	221	28
7	PatnaBihar	214	25
8	KanpurUttar Pradesh	211	27
9	HowrahWest Bengal	211	22
10	AgraUttar Pradesh	207	31
11	JodhpurRajasthan	191	27
12	AurangabadMaharashtra	156	22
13	BengaluruKarnataka	97	31
14	VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh	81	16
15	Navi MumbaiMaharashtra	78	12
16	AhmedabadGujarat	66	24