Most Polluted Cities in 2019

Name: Most Polluted Cities in India — 2019
Creator: AQI Now
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12 months of data · Source: cpcb

This archive captures the most polluted cities in India for 2019, compiled from 12 months of daily CPCB station readings across 20 cities. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh was India's most polluted city of the year with an annual average AQI of 337. The national average AQI across tracked cities was 138.

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Monthly Summary

Month	Avg AQI	Cities	Most Polluted
January	208	88	Patna(AQI 372)
February	157	94	Varanasi(AQI 281)
March	135	95	Varanasi(AQI 233)
April	144	95	Ghaziabad(AQI 258)
May	149	95	Ghaziabad(AQI 273)
June	125	97	Ballabgarh(AQI 227)
July	86	99	Jodhpur(AQI 187)
August	69	99	Hubballi(AQI 170)
September	70	104	Sirsa(AQI 143)
October	140	108	Panipat(AQI 271)
November	188	106	Patna(AQI 352)
December	184	105	Ghaziabad(AQI 368)

Most Polluted Cities in 2019

#	City	Avg AQI	Days
1	KanpurUttar Pradesh	337	27
2	PatnaBihar	311	29
3	MuzaffarpurBihar	303	25
4	FaridabadHaryana	303	25
5	GayaBihar	298	26
6	KolkataWest Bengal	297	31
7	TālcherOdisha	273	22
8	DelhiDelhi	271	31
9	PanipatHaryana	271	28
10	GhaziabadUttar Pradesh	268	31
11	BulandshahrUttar Pradesh	262	29
12	MoradabadUttar Pradesh	256	27
13	NoidaUttar Pradesh	255	30
14	BāghpatUttar Pradesh	251	29
15	LucknowUttar Pradesh	247	28
16	BallabgarhHaryana	245	26
17	SingrauliMadhya Pradesh	244	28
18	HapurUttar Pradesh	244	31
19	MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh	240	30
20	VaranasiUttar Pradesh	238	27