Most Polluted Cities in 2017

Name: Most Polluted Cities in India — 2017
Creator: AQI Now
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12 months of data · Source: cpcb

This archive captures the most polluted cities in India for 2017, compiled from 12 months of daily CPCB station readings across 20 cities. Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was India's most polluted city of the year with an annual average AQI of 398. The national average AQI across tracked cities was 160.

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Monthly Summary

Month	Avg AQI	Cities	Most Polluted
January	243	15	Gurugram(AQI 371)
February	199	16	Patna(AQI 335)
March	153	18	Varanasi(AQI 258)
April	155	19	Gurugram(AQI 288)
May	150	23	Gurugram(AQI 287)
June	119	23	Gurugram(AQI 290)
July	82	24	Gurugram(AQI 152)
August	60	3	Delhi(AQI 98)
September	126	21	Ludhiana(AQI 386)
October	190	33	Ghaziabad(AQI 372)
November	235	45	Ghaziabad(AQI 433)
December	212	49	Ghaziabad(AQI 406)

Most Polluted Cities in 2017

#	City	Avg AQI	Days
1	MoradabadUttar Pradesh	398	22
2	BhiwadiRajasthan	360	14
3	LucknowUttar Pradesh	350	27
4	MuzaffarpurBihar	302	28
5	KanpurUttar Pradesh	293	8
6	GhaziabadUttar Pradesh	285	29
7	LudhianaPunjab	272	16
8	GurugramHaryana	271	25
9	NoidaUttar Pradesh	260	27
10	FaridabadHaryana	258	25
11	VaranasiUttar Pradesh	244	26
12	AgraUttar Pradesh	243	30
13	GayaBihar	234	21
14	DelhiDelhi	224	30
15	PatnaBihar	221	23
16	Mandi GobindgarhPunjab	195	7
17	AmritsarPunjab	189	13
18	JodhpurRajasthan	176	22
19	HyderabadTelangana	150	27
20	VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh	125	28