Most Polluted States in India

State-level air quality rankings based on median AQI across all cities in the state. Includes 36 states with at least one tracked city.

Most Polluted State

Median AQI 227

227

Cleanest State

Median AQI 5

States Tracked

Indian states

Last Updated

8h ago

updated 3× daily

All 36 States — Ranked by Median AQI

#	State	Median AQI	Worst	Best	Cities
1	Bihar	227	326	69	47
2	Delhi	170	170	170	4
3	Haryana	156	473	113	8
4	Punjab	148	339	87	6
5	West Bengal	147	296	117	19
6	Uttar Pradesh	133	274	44	70
7	Rajasthan	108	204	37	10
8	Jharkhand	105	200	70	6
9	Chandigarh UT	78	78	78	1
10	Chhattisgarh	61	82	32	28
11	Tripura	61	61	61	1
12	Manipur	61	61	61	1
13	Odisha	60	273	48	5
14	Sikkim	60	60	60	1
15	Assam	59	80	35	5
16	Nagaland	52	63	41	2
17	Madhya Pradesh	49	125	38	31
18	Himachal Pradesh	48	48	48	1
19	Jammu & Kashmir	43	48	38	2
20	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	41	52	29	3
21	Mizoram	40	40	40	1
22	Gujarat	38	57	32	9
23	Maharashtra	36	41	23	32
24	Telangana	34	44	34	5
25	Meghalaya	30	30	30	1
26	Puducherry	27	27	27	1
27	Uttarakhand	24	24	24	1
28	Arunachal Pradesh	24	24	24	1
29	Andhra Pradesh	22	72	9	14
30	Lakshadweep	17	17	17	1
31	Tamil Nadu	16	45	5	95
32	Goa	16	16	15	3
33	Karnataka	12	28	6	12
34	Kerala	12	18	2	56
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	10	10	10	1
36	Ladakh	5	6	3	2

Median AQI is calculated from all tracked cities in the state. States with only 1 city show the same value for median/worst/best.