Panipat, with an AQI of 493, is currently the most polluted city in the world, as per Live AQI City Ranking last updated on October 23, 2024 IST.
An AQI of 401 to 500 is considered to be in the Hazardous range.
Panipat, an industrial planned city, is located in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1.
Ambient air pollution in India is estimated to cause 670,000 deaths annually and particularly aggravates respiratory and cardiovascular conditions including chronic bronchitis, lung cancer and asthma.
Karnal, also in Haryana, reported an AQI reading of 401, also in the Hazardous range.
Kairana, a city and a municipal board in Shamli district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, recorded an AQI reading of 390 – Severe category (between 301 and 400 is considered Severe)
The list of the most polluted 15 cities in the world is followed along with their AQIs:
- New Delhi, India (367)
- Bhiwadi, India (365)
- Hapur, India (314)
- Rohtak, India (313)
- Bhiwani, India (310)
- Ghaziabad, India (303)
- Mount Isa, Australia (302)
- Meerut, India (293: Unhealthy category range – mm 201-300)
- Sonipat, India (284)
- Kalyan, India (282)
- Muzaffarnagar, India (278)
- Saint Louis, United States (273)
[Real-time 100 Most Polluted Cities in The World – Live: World’s most polluted cities with the real-time rankings of AQI & PM2.5 data.]
