Ranking · Updated October 2026
Most pet friendly cities in India for dogs, 2026: a 25-city index of air, heat and vet access
Bengaluru is the most pet friendly big city in India for dogs on public data, scoring 77.6 out of 100 in our 25-city index. Hyderabad (73.7) and Coimbatore (72.9) follow, while Delhi ranks last at 5.8. The index weighs 2025 CPCB air quality at 40%, IMD heatwave days at 30% and registered vets per lakh people at 30%.
Key findings
- Bengaluru tops our 25-city pet friendly index with 77.6 out of 100, ahead of Hyderabad at 73.7 and Coimbatore at 72.9.
- Delhi ranks 25th with 5.8, below Noida (10.6) and Gurugram (12.9); all three NCR cities sit in the bottom three.
- Hyderabad had good or satisfactory air on 85.2% of days in 2025, the best of the 25 cities; Gurugram had 20.4%.
- Delhi recorded poor, very poor or severe air on 164 of 364 bulletin days in 2025, including every day of November and December.
- Gurugram and Jaipur sit in states that averaged 11.0 heatwave days each April to June from 2020 to 2024; Guwahati's Assam averaged 0.2.
- India had 87,914 registered veterinary practitioners on 31 March 2024; Punjab has 16.0 per lakh people and Delhi 2.7.
- The top two cities stay first and second whether the three factors are weighted 40-30-30, equally, or air and heat only.
- Pune approved its first dedicated dog park, on a 3-acre plot in Kharadi, in August 2025; Delhi's Jangpura pet park, built in 2023, was still not open in June 2026.
Which are the most pet friendly cities in India?
On public data, Bengaluru is the most pet friendly big city in India for dogs. It scores 77.6 out of 100 in our index of 25 cities. Hyderabad (73.7), Coimbatore (72.9), Chennai (71.5) and Guwahati (70.0) complete the top five.
The index uses three things that affect a dog's daily life and that India measures officially. They are clean-air days, the state's heatwave days and registered vets per lakh people. Each city gets 0 to 100 on each factor, and we weight air at 40% and the other two at 30%.
Delhi ranks last with 5.8. Noida (10.6) and Gurugram (12.9) are just above it, so the three NCR cities fill the bottom three places. Jaipur (17.8) and Lucknow (19.2) follow.
Index: 40% share of 2025 days with good or satisfactory AQI (CPCB), 30% state heatwave days 2020 to 2024 (IMD via MoSPI), 30% registered vets per lakh (DAHD, 2024). Full table below.
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| Label | score |
|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 77.6 |
| Hyderabad | 73.7 |
| Coimbatore | 72.9 |
| Chennai | 71.5 |
| Guwahati | 70.0 |
| Surat | 68.5 |
| Raipur | 63.7 |
| Mumbai | 62.3 |
| Nagpur | 59.7 |
| Dehradun | 59.6 |
| Indore | 56.2 |
| Pune | 55.5 |
| Ludhiana | 49.4 |
| Ahmedabad | 48.3 |
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| Rank | City | State | Index score | Clean-air days 2025 (%) | Heatwave days a year (state, 2020 to 2024) | Vets per lakh (state, 2024) | Air score | Heat score | Vet score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 77.6 | 84.6 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 36.0 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 73.7 | 85.2 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 100.0 | 87.0 | 25.2 |
| 3 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 72.9 | 82.8 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 96.3 | 70.4 | 44.4 |
| 4 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 71.5 | 80.5 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 92.7 | 70.4 | 44.4 |
| 5 | Guwahati | Assam | 70.0 | 62.6 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 65.1 | 100.0 | 46.7 |
| 6 | Surat | Gujarat | 68.5 | 78.6 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 89.8 | 79.6 | 29.0 |
| 7 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 63.7 | 81.0 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 93.5 | 75.9 | 11.8 |
| 8 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 62.3 | 61.0 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 62.7 | 77.8 | 46.3 |
| 9 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 59.7 | 56.9 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 56.3 | 77.8 | 46.3 |
| 10 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 59.6 | 72.2 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 79.9 | 33.3 | 58.7 |
| 11 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 56.2 | 79.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 91.5 | 57.4 | 7.8 |
| 12 | Pune | Maharashtra | 55.5 | 50.0 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 45.7 | 77.8 | 46.3 |
| 13 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 49.4 | 51.0 | 10.8 | 16.0 | 47.2 | 1.9 | 100.0 |
| 14 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 48.3 | 45.9 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 39.4 | 79.6 | 29.0 |
| 15 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 47.8 | 64.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 67.7 | 68.5 | 0.5 |
| 16 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 41.6 | 65.0 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 68.8 | 20.4 | 26.4 |
| 17 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 41.5 | 42.5 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 34.1 | 33.3 | 59.4 |
| 18 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 34.1 | 62.3 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 64.7 | 24.1 | 3.3 |
| 19 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 33.6 | 43.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 35.0 | 57.4 | 7.8 |
| 20 | Patna | Bihar | 20.0 | 39.8 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 29.9 | 25.9 | 0.8 |
| 21 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 19.2 | 38.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 27.5 | 24.1 | 3.3 |
| 22 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 17.8 | 33.8 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 31.8 |
| 23 | Gurugram | Haryana | 12.9 | 20.4 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.0 |
| 24 | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 10.6 | 24.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 24.1 | 3.3 |
| 25 | Delhi | Delhi | 5.8 | 21.7 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 |
Read the score as a comparison of the 25 cities, not an absolute grade. A score of 0 means a city was the worst of the group on every factor it is scored on, not that dogs cannot live there.
How we built the pet friendly city index
We used only official data that exists for every city in the list. Air quality comes from 364 daily CPCB AQI bulletins for 2025, counted city by city. Heatwave days come from IMD's state figures for April to June, published by MoSPI. Vet numbers come from a Lok Sabha reply of 2 December 2025.
Each factor was scaled from 0 (worst of the 25) to 100 (best). The index is 0.4 times the air score plus 0.3 times the heat score plus 0.3 times the vet score. Air gets the most weight because it is measured for the city itself.
Heat and vets are state figures given to each city in that state. So Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur share Maharashtra's values, and Noida, Lucknow and Kanpur share Uttar Pradesh's. We left out Kerala and Chandigarh because IMD's state table has no heatwave figures for them.
| Factor | Measure | Level | Weight | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean air | Share of 2025 days with AQI good (0 to 50) or satisfactory (51 to 100) | City | 40% | CPCB daily AQI bulletins, 2 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 |
| Heat | Average heatwave days, April to June, 2020 to 2024 (lower is better) | State | 30% | IMD via MoSPI EnviStats India 2025 |
| Vet access | Registered veterinary practitioners per lakh people, 31 March 2024 | State | 30% | Lok Sabha question 279, 2 Dec 2025; NCRB 2024 population |
| Not scored | Dog parks, registration rules, stray dog counts | City | 0% | Shown as context; no comparable data for all 25 cities |
Which Indian cities have the cleanest air for dogs?
Hyderabad had the most clean-air days in 2025: AQI was good or satisfactory on 85.2% of days, or 310 of 364. Bengaluru (84.6%), Coimbatore (82.8%), Raipur (81.0%) and Chennai (80.5%) follow.
The NCR is at the other end. Gurugram had good or satisfactory air on 20.4% of its 334 bulletin days, Delhi on 21.7% and Noida on 24.2%. Delhi's average AQI for 2025 was 200.5, against 74.9 in Bengaluru.
Dogs breathe the same air at nose height, often while exercising. Our air quality and dogs report covers what poor AQI means for walks.
Source: CPCB daily AQI bulletins, 364 bulletins from 2 January to 31 December 2025 (1 January bulletin not available). Some cities have fewer days because a bulletin did not list them.
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| Label | % |
|---|---|
| Hyderabad | 85.2% |
| Bengaluru | 84.6% |
| Coimbatore | 82.8% |
| Raipur | 81.0% |
| Chennai | 80.5% |
| Indore | 79.7% |
| Surat | 78.6% |
| Dehradun | 72.2% |
| Bhubaneswar | 65.0% |
| Kolkata | 64.3% |
| Guwahati | 62.6% |
| Kanpur | 62.3% |
| Mumbai | 61.0% |
| Nagpur | 56.9% |
| Ludhiana | 51.0% |
| Pune | 50.0% |
| Ahmedabad | 45.9% |
| Bhopal | 43.1% |
| Visakhapatnam | 42.5% |
| Patna | 39.8% |
| Lucknow | 38.2% |
| Jaipur | 33.8% |
| Noida | 24.2% |
| Delhi | 21.7% |
| Gurugram | 20.4% |
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| City | Days with data | Good | Satisfactory | Moderate | Poor or worse | Severe | Good or satisfactory (%) | Average AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | 364 | 0 | 310 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 85.2 | 81.9 |
| Bengaluru | 364 | 41 | 267 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 84.6 | 74.9 |
| Coimbatore | 360 | 136 | 162 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 82.8 | 69.6 |
| Raipur | 364 | 118 | 177 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 70.3 |
| Chennai | 364 | 36 | 257 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 80.5 | 79.5 |
| Indore | 364 | 78 | 212 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 79.7 | 76.5 |
| Surat | 290 | 121 | 107 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 78.6 | 77.7 |
| Dehradun | 335 | 106 | 136 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 72.2 | 80.6 |
| Bhubaneswar | 354 | 64 | 166 | 66 | 58 | 0 | 65.0 | 108.9 |
| Kolkata | 364 | 97 | 137 | 103 | 27 | 0 | 64.3 | 98.5 |
| Guwahati | 364 | 91 | 137 | 86 | 50 | 0 | 62.6 | 103.7 |
| Kanpur | 363 | 40 | 186 | 126 | 11 | 0 | 62.3 | 96.8 |
| Mumbai | 364 | 55 | 167 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 88.4 |
| Nagpur | 364 | 90 | 117 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 56.9 | 95.8 |
| Ludhiana | 357 | 20 | 162 | 166 | 9 | 0 | 51.0 | 102.9 |
| Pune | 364 | 38 | 144 | 167 | 15 | 0 | 50.0 | 104.9 |
| Ahmedabad | 364 | 33 | 134 | 185 | 12 | 0 | 45.9 | 106.2 |
| Bhopal | 364 | 61 | 96 | 178 | 29 | 0 | 43.1 | 111.6 |
| Visakhapatnam | 341 | 16 | 129 | 146 | 50 | 0 | 42.5 | 126.5 |
| Patna | 364 | 10 | 135 | 165 | 54 | 0 | 39.8 | 130.5 |
| Lucknow | 364 | 16 | 123 | 189 | 36 | 0 | 38.2 | 125.2 |
| Jaipur | 364 | 5 | 118 | 215 | 26 | 0 | 33.8 | 126.6 |
| Noida | 364 | 7 | 81 | 171 | 105 | 14 | 24.2 | 177.3 |
| Delhi | 364 | 0 | 79 | 121 | 164 | 8 | 21.7 | 200.5 |
| Gurugram | 334 | 9 | 59 | 118 | 148 | 0 | 20.4 | 184.3 |
Which cities have the most bad-air days for walking dogs?
Delhi had the most: 164 days of poor, very poor or severe AQI in 2025, including 8 severe days. Gurugram had 148 and Noida 105, with 14 severe days in Noida.
Four index cities had no poor-air day at all in 2025: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Raipur. Mumbai and Indore had just 1 each.
Source: CPCB daily AQI bulletins, 2025. Poor is AQI 201 to 300, very poor 301 to 400, severe above 400.
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| Label | days |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 164 |
| Gurugram | 148 |
| Noida | 105 |
| Bhubaneswar | 58 |
| Patna | 54 |
| Guwahati | 50 |
| Visakhapatnam | 50 |
| Lucknow | 36 |
| Bhopal | 29 |
| Kolkata | 27 |
| Jaipur | 26 |
| Dehradun | 17 |
| Pune | 15 |
| Surat | 14 |
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Source: CPCB daily AQI bulletins. January has 30 bulletin days because the 1 January bulletin is not available.
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| Label | days |
|---|---|
| Jan | 28 |
| Feb | 16 |
| Mar | 9 |
| Apr | 20 |
| May | 7 |
| Jun | 5 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 0 |
| Oct | 18 |
| Nov | 30 |
| Dec | 31 |
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Delhi's clean months are the monsoon months. It had no poor-air day from July to September 2025, and good or satisfactory air on 29 of 31 days in July. Then every day of November and December was poor or worse.
Which cities are too hot for dogs?
By IMD's heatwave count, the north is hardest. Haryana (Gurugram) and Rajasthan (Jaipur) averaged 11.0 heatwave days each April to June from 2020 to 2024. Punjab (Ludhiana) averaged 10.8 and Delhi 9.2.
The south and east get far fewer. Assam (Guwahati) averaged 0.2, Karnataka (Bengaluru) 1.2 and Telangana (Hyderabad) 1.6. Maharashtra, home to Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, averaged 2.6.
Heatwave days miss humidity, which also stresses dogs. Chennai and Mumbai have long, humid hot seasons that this count does not capture. Our heatwave and dog heatstroke report goes deeper.
Source: IMD state figures published in MoSPI EnviStats India 2025. Each city takes its state's value.
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| Label | days |
|---|---|
| Gurugram (Haryana) | 11.0 |
| Jaipur (Rajasthan) | 11.0 |
| Ludhiana (Punjab) | 10.8 |
| Delhi (Delhi) | 9.2 |
| Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | 8.8 |
| Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | 8.4 |
| Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | 8.4 |
| Noida (Uttar Pradesh) | 8.4 |
| Patna (Bihar) | 8.2 |
| Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | 7.4 |
| Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) | 7.4 |
| Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | 4.8 |
| Indore (Madhya Pradesh) | 4.8 |
| Kolkata (West Bengal) | 3.6 |
| Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 3.4 |
| Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) | 3.4 |
| Raipur (Chhattisgarh) | 2.8 |
| Mumbai (Maharashtra) | 2.6 |
| Nagpur (Maharashtra) | 2.6 |
| Pune (Maharashtra) | 2.6 |
| Ahmedabad (Gujarat) | 2.4 |
| Surat (Gujarat) | 2.4 |
| Hyderabad (Telangana) | 1.6 |
| Bengaluru (Karnataka) | 1.2 |
| Guwahati (Assam) | 0.2 |
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| State | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 to 2024 average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haryana | 3 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 11.0 |
| Rajasthan | 6 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 11.0 |
| Punjab | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 10.8 |
| Delhi | 4 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 9.2 |
| Odisha | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8.8 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 8.4 |
| Bihar | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8.2 |
| Uttarakhand | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 7.4 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7.4 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4.8 |
| West Bengal | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3.6 |
| Tamil Nadu | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Chhattisgarh | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2.8 |
| Maharashtra | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2.6 |
| Gujarat | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.4 |
| Telangana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Karnataka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Assam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
Which cities have the most vets per person?
India had 87,914 registered veterinary practitioners on 31 March 2024, the government told the Lok Sabha on 2 December 2025. Spread across states, the gap is wide.
Among the states in our index, Punjab has the most, with 16.0 registered vets per lakh people. Andhra Pradesh (10.6), Uttarakhand (10.5) and Assam (8.9) follow. Delhi has the fewest, at 2.7, with West Bengal and Bihar at 2.7 and 2.8.
The register counts all veterinary practitioners, most of whom work with livestock. A city's pet clinics are not counted separately, so this is a measure of overall vet supply. See our vets per lakh report for vacancies and hospitals.
Sources: Lok Sabha unstarred question 279, 2 December 2025 (registered vets on 31 March 2024); population projections for 2024 as published by NCRB. Rate computed by dogeats.in.
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| Label | per lakh |
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| Punjab | 16.0 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 10.6 |
| Uttarakhand | 10.5 |
| Assam | 8.9 |
| Maharashtra | 8.8 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8.6 |
| Haryana | 8.4 |
| Karnataka | 7.4 |
| Rajasthan | 6.9 |
| Gujarat | 6.5 |
| Odisha | 6.2 |
| Telangana | 6.0 |
| Chhattisgarh | 4.2 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3.7 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3.1 |
| Bihar | 2.8 |
| West Bengal | 2.7 |
| Delhi | 2.7 |
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| State | Registered vets | Population 2024 (lakh) | Vets per lakh |
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| Punjab | 4,947 | 309.9 | 16.0 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5,643 | 534.0 | 10.6 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,236 | 118.0 | 10.5 |
| Assam | 3,208 | 361.6 | 8.9 |
| Maharashtra | 11,257 | 1,276.8 | 8.8 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6,610 | 771.7 | 8.6 |
| Haryana | 2,571 | 306.9 | 8.4 |
| Karnataka | 5,082 | 682.6 | 7.4 |
| Rajasthan | 5,669 | 821.9 | 6.9 |
| Gujarat | 4,743 | 726.5 | 6.5 |
| Odisha | 2,882 | 466.6 | 6.2 |
| Telangana | 2,306 | 383.2 | 6.0 |
| Chhattisgarh | 1,298 | 306.4 | 4.2 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,266 | 879.5 | 3.7 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,421 | 2,388.8 | 3.1 |
| Bihar | 3,586 | 1,292.1 | 2.8 |
| West Bengal | 2,724 | 997.2 | 2.7 |
| Delhi | 585 | 218.8 | 2.7 |
Does the ranking change with different weights?
Only in the middle. With equal weights, Guwahati moves from fifth to third and Coimbatore from third to fourth. With air and heat only, Surat rises to third and Ludhiana falls from 13th to 21st, because its high vet count no longer counts.
The ends hold. Bengaluru and Hyderabad are first and second in all three versions, and Delhi is 25th or 24th.
| City | Rank (40-30-30) | Rank (equal weights) | Rank (air and heat only) |
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| Bengaluru | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hyderabad | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coimbatore | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Chennai | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Guwahati | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Surat | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Raipur | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Mumbai | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Nagpur | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Dehradun | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| Indore | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| Pune | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Ludhiana | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| Ahmedabad | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Kolkata | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| Bhubaneswar | 16 | 17 | 16 |
| Visakhapatnam | 17 | 16 | 18 |
| Kanpur | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| Bhopal | 19 | 18 | 15 |
| Patna | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| Lucknow | 21 | 21 | 20 |
| Jaipur | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Gurugram | 23 | 23 | 25 |
| Noida | 24 | 24 | 22 |
| Delhi | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Where are the public dog parks in Indian cities?
Public dog parks are rare, and several built ones have not opened. Hyderabad's municipal corporation opened a dog park at Kondapur in 2018 at a cost of Rs 1.1 crore. It has dog training equipment, a splash pool and separate kennels for big and small dogs.
Delhi's MCD developed a 1.5-acre pet park in Jangpura in 2023, but it was still shut in June 2026 while the MCD sought an operator. In Mumbai, a dog park on Hind Cycle Road in Worli was built but not open in April 2024 because the BMC had not taken it over.
Pune's municipal corporation approved its first dog park in August 2025, on a 3-acre plot in Kharadi, after two earlier sites fell through. Pimpri-Chinchwad opened one near Govind Chowk in Pimple Saudagar in early 2024, with a proposed entry fee of Rs 20.
| City | Dog park | Built or run by | Size or cost | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | Kondapur dog park | GHMC | Rs 1.1 crore | Opened 2018 | Oneindia, Sep 2018 |
| Delhi | Jangpura pet park | MCD | About 1.5 acres | Built 2023; not open in June 2026 | The Tribune, 3 Jun 2026 |
| Delhi | Old Rajinder Nagar dog park | North Delhi Municipal Corporation | Open 9 am to 5 pm | Open by early November 2021 | LatestLY (ANI), 5 Nov 2021 |
| Mumbai | Hind Cycle Road dog park, Worli | Built for BMC | Not stated | Not open in April 2024 | Citizen Matters, 26 Apr 2024 |
| Pune | Kharadi dog park | PMC | 3 acres | Approved August 2025 | Pune Pulse, 4 Aug 2025 |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | Pimple Saudagar dog park | PCMC | 65 gunthas; Rs 20 entry proposed | Opened early 2024 | Pune Pulse, 2 Mar 2024 |
We did not score dog parks because no city publishes a full list. Many parks used by dog owners are ordinary public parks, where civic rules on timing and leashes apply.
What do city rules on pet registration look like?
Rules vary as much as air and heat. In our index cities, Delhi's MCD charges Rs 500 to register a dog, Gurugram Rs 500, Ahmedabad Rs 2,000 and Chennai Rs 50 with a compulsory microchip. Bengaluru's licensing rules were still a draft in September 2026.
We left registration out of the score. A higher fee is not clearly worse for dogs, and several cities have no published fee. The details are in our dog registration fees by city report.
| City | Index rank | New registration fee (Rs) | Source date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 1 | Draft: 500 (50 for Indian or mixed breeds) | Sep 2026 |
| Hyderabad | 2 | Free on MyGHMC app | Aug 2024 |
| Chennai | 4 | 50 | Nov 2025 |
| Pune | 12 | 50 a year or 500 for 10 years | Jul 2024 |
| Ahmedabad | 14 | 2,000 | Oct 2025 |
| Bhopal | 19 | 150 | Jun 2026 |
| Jaipur | 22 | 1,000 plus GST | Jul 2026 |
| Gurugram | 23 | 500 | Jun 2026 |
| Noida | 24 | 500 a year | Oct 2021 |
| Delhi | 25 | 500 | MCD portal, Oct 2026 |
What should dog owners in low-ranked cities do?
Plan around the worst months. In Delhi, November and December 2025 had poor or worse air on all 61 days, so keep walks short and early. In Gurugram and Jaipur, the April to June heat is the bigger risk.
Pick a breed that suits the city. Heavy-coated and flat-faced breeds struggle most in the north's heat, and our best dog breeds by Indian city report matches breeds to places. Native dogs like the Indian Pariah Dog cope best with heat.
- Check the CPCB AQI before walks; poor (201 and above) days were 164 in Delhi and 0 in Bengaluru in 2025.
- On heatwave days, walk before 7 am and after sunset.
- Register your dog with the civic body; fees run from free in Hyderabad to Rs 2,000 in Ahmedabad.
- Find a vet before you need one; Delhi has 2.7 registered vets per lakh people.
Frequently asked questions
Which is the most pet friendly city in India?
On public data for 25 big cities, Bengaluru ranks first in our 2026 index with 77.6 out of 100. It had good or satisfactory air on 84.6% of days in 2025, and its state averaged 1.2 heatwave days a summer from 2020 to 2024.
Is Hyderabad pet friendly?
Yes, by this measure. Hyderabad ranks second with 73.7, and it had the most clean-air days of the 25 cities in 2025, at 85.2%. Its municipal corporation also opened one of India's first public dog parks, at Kondapur, in 2018.
Is Delhi a pet friendly city for dogs?
Delhi ranks last of 25 cities in our index with 5.8. It had poor or worse air on 164 days in 2025, averaged 9.2 heatwave days a summer from 2020 to 2024, and has 2.7 registered vets per lakh people.
Are there dog parks in Delhi?
Delhi's MCD developed a 1.5-acre pet park in Jangpura in 2023, but it was still not open in June 2026 while an operator was being chosen. An earlier dog park had opened in Old Rajinder Nagar by early November 2021, run by the then North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Are there dog parks in Pune?
Pune's municipal corporation approved its first dedicated dog park in August 2025, on a 3-acre plot in Kharadi. Neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad opened a dog park in Pimple Saudagar in early 2024.
Is Mumbai good for dogs?
Mumbai ranks eighth of 25 with 62.3. It had good or satisfactory air on 61.0% of 2025 days and just 1 poor-air day, and Maharashtra averaged 2.6 heatwave days. Humidity, which the index does not measure, adds to summer stress for dogs.
How is the pet friendly city index calculated?
Each city gets a 0 to 100 score for clean-air days in 2025 (CPCB), state heatwave days from 2020 to 2024 (IMD), and state vets per lakh people in 2024. Air counts for 40% and the other two for 30% each.
Which Indian cities have the cleanest air for dogs?
In 2025, Hyderabad (85.2%), Bengaluru (84.6%), Coimbatore (82.8%), Raipur (81.0%) and Chennai (80.5%) had the highest shares of good or satisfactory AQI days among the 25 cities in our index.
Methodology and limitations
Air: dogeats.in counted AQI categories in 364 CPCB daily AQI bulletins from 2 January to 31 December 2025, for each city by name. A city's share is good plus satisfactory days divided by the days it appeared. We spot-checked the parsed values against the bulletin PDFs.
Heat: IMD's average heatwave days by state for April to June, 2020 to 2024, from MoSPI EnviStats Statement 4.01. We checked them against RBI's Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 104. Vets: registered veterinary practitioners on 31 March 2024 from Lok Sabha unstarred question 279, divided by the 2024 projected population published in NCRB's Crime in India 2024.
Each factor was min-max scaled across the 25 cities to 0 to 100, with heat reversed so fewer days scores higher. The index is 40% air, 30% heat and 30% vets. We also ranked cities with equal weights and with air and heat only.
Sources
- Central Pollution Control Board, daily AQI bulletins, 2025 (31 December 2025 shown; one PDF per day), Daily AQI category and value for each city, 364 bulletins
- MoSPI, EnviStats India 2025, Component 4 (IMD data), State heatwave days, April to June, 2020 to 2024
- Lok Sabha unstarred question 279, Registered Veterinary Doctors, answered 2 December 2025, 87,914 registered vets by state on 31 March 2024
- Also consulted: RBI, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 104: state-wise average number of heat wave days (source: EnviStats India 2025), NCRB, Crime in India 2024, population annexure, The Tribune, 3 June 2026, Oneindia, September 2018, Pune Pulse, 4 August 2025, Pune Pulse, 2 March 2024, Citizen Matters, 26 April 2024, LatestLY (ANI), Old Rajinder Nagar dog park, MCD pet dog registration portal, MoSPI EnviStats India 2024, Statement 4.01 (heatwave days 2010 to 2023), Live dogeats.in reports on heatwave days and vets per lakh.
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