2017-2024
World's most polluted cities
The most polluted cities according to data aggregated from over 80,000 data points.
2024
World Air Quality Report
2024
World Air Quality Report
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0-5Meets WHO guideline
5.1-10Exceeds by 1 to 2 times
10.1-15Exceeds by 2 to 3 times
15.1-25Exceeds by 3 to 5 times
25-35Exceeds by 5 to 7 times
35.1-50Exceeds by 7 to 10 times
>50.1Exceeds by over 10 times
| Rank | City | 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 |  Bhiwani, India | 66.2 | 80.4 | 60.9 | 65.3 | 69.8 | 78.5 | 54.7 | 25.2 | 29 | 42.9 | 77.8 | 140.4 | 69.2 | 66.1 | 73.5 | 53.8 | 39 | 61.6 | -- | -- |
| 52 | Munger, India | 65.8 | 88.5 | 70.4 | 79.5 | 70.1 | 55.6 | 76.4 | 75 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 50.7 | 87.8 | 83.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 53 |  Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 65.8 | 194.5 | 81.8 | 48.2 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 25.3 | 35.3 | 56.6 | 104.6 | 134.9 | 59.5 | 48.5 | 51.4 | 42.4 | 40.8 | -- | -- |
| 54 | Talcher, India | 65.7 | 127.1 | 84.9 | 63.9 | 87.6 | 44.2 | 36.3 | 23.1 | 27.6 | 31.4 | 51.6 | 97.1 | 92.3 | 59 | 43.7 | 43 | 42.6 | 38.4 | 58 | -- |
| 55 | Manesar, India | 65.4 | 102.7 | 74.4 | 52.8 | 55.1 | 69.8 | 55.7 | 32.7 | 31.4 | 47.2 | 74.2 | 109.5 | 79.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 56 | Agartala, India | 64.3 | 127.6 | 104.8 | 80.7 | 63.3 | 45.7 | 32.5 | 21.1 | 22.5 | 25.6 | 43.9 | 68.3 | 110 | 77.4 | 42.3 | 39.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 57 | Panipat, India | 63.8 | 71.2 | 56.4 | 65.3 | 48 | 63.8 | 69.6 | 44 | 44.6 | 46 | 70.5 | 106.8 | 78.5 | 23.5 | 28.4 | 18.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 58 |  Thach That, Vietnam | 63.5 | -- | -- | -- | 78.7 | 41.6 | 17 | 21 | 31.6 | 35.5 | 71.6 | 104.5 | 132.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 59 | Dholpur, India | 62.8 | 134.2 | 98.5 | 79.8 | 43.7 | 47.8 | 55.6 | 68.8 | 25 | 32.4 | 38.1 | 64.8 | 67.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 60 | Nalbari, India | 61.6 | 150.4 | 116.5 | 81.2 | 53.8 | 32.5 | 29.8 | 21.8 | 31.1 | 39.6 | 33.9 | 37.9 | 92.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 61 | Hisar, India | 61.5 | 79.1 | 65.7 | 47.8 | 43.9 | 68.7 | 56.8 | 29.3 | 21.2 | 35.4 | 76.3 | 123.9 | 92.4 | 67.3 | 72.3 | 89 | 81.1 | 81 | -- | -- |
| 62 | Siwan, India | 61.3 | 80 | 70.1 | 70.9 | 31.9 | 66.5 | 49.9 | 37.3 | 58.3 | 64 | 37.6 | 79.6 | 70.6 | 90.6 | 58.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 63 | Buxar, India | 61.1 | -- | 115.9 | 61.6 | 48.3 | 99.1 | 80.8 | 29.3 | 22 | 17.2 | 50.5 | 101.6 | 64.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 64 |  South Tangerang, Indonesia | 61.1 | 43.8 | 51.2 | 49 | 62.2 | 84.7 | 81.1 | 70.7 | 75.9 | 59.1 | 68.4 | 57.2 | 30.5 | 71.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 65 | Ludhiana, India | 60.8 | 83.3 | 53.4 | 44.6 | 47 | 63.8 | 73.2 | 43.5 | 37.4 | 44.4 | 63.9 | 108.5 | 67.8 | 60.4 | 60.7 | 71.8 | 45.2 | 49.3 | 55.1 | -- |
| 66 | Pali, India | 60.2 | 92.1 | 46.2 | 64.8 | 59.5 | 62 | 50.5 | 39.6 | 27.1 | 35.9 | 54.2 | 72.2 | 102.4 | 53.9 | 57 | 55.9 | 46.4 | 54.6 | 82.3 | -- |
| 67 | Bulandshahr, India | 60.1 | 106.7 | 70.4 | 46.7 | 47.4 | 57.3 | 41.7 | 25 | 17.3 | 27.6 | 75.5 | 120.5 | 81.3 | 58.7 | 70.9 | 80.8 | 98.4 | 89.4 | -- | -- |
| 68 | Purnia, India | 60 | 109.8 | 81.8 | 45.3 | 34.8 | 35.5 | 30.3 | 39.5 | 22.1 | 36.9 | 63.1 | 83.2 | 88.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 69 | Panchkula, India | 59.7 | 85.8 | 41.6 | 33.9 | 45.3 | 88.2 | 84.5 | 41.2 | 24.2 | 38.5 | 64.8 | 92.8 | 63.8 | 51.2 | 59.3 | 48.3 | 42.8 | 45.9 | 56.2 | 52.8 |
| 70 | Mandideep, India | 59.5 | 62.1 | 80.3 | 69.5 | 45.8 | 57.3 | 41.9 | 19.4 | 18.5 | 29.7 | 68.6 | 126 | 98.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 71 | Meerut, India | 58.7 | 102.9 | 56.6 | 40.2 | 36.6 | 55.8 | 33.4 | 26.5 | 18.3 | 33.3 | 89.1 | 132.6 | 77.3 | 78.9 | 72.6 | 80.6 | 82.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 72 | Haripur, Pakistan | 58.6 | 188.4 | 68.7 | 45.8 | 26.5 | 33.4 | 34 | 32.3 | 26.2 | 37.2 | 50.5 | 77.1 | 91.2 | 64.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 73 | Barrackpore, India | 58.4 | 107.3 | 83.1 | 55.9 | 58.7 | 27.3 | 31 | 23.9 | 37 | 34.7 | 45.1 | 97.1 | 116.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 74 |  Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 58.2 | 34.6 | 33.9 | 33 | 23.5 | 68 | 93.4 | 96.5 | 83.6 | 62.9 | 61.9 | 53.1 | 45.7 | 40.8 | 15.5 | 44.6 | -- | 32.1 | -- | -- |
| 75 | Bhiwadi, India | 57.9 | -- | 62.7 | 39.8 | 47.8 | 77.9 | 44.1 | 34.5 | 22.8 | 38.2 | 68.6 | 129.1 | 74.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 76 | Sonipat, India | 57.4 | 104.1 | 63.7 | 30.3 | 27.9 | 50.9 | 61.2 | 24.1 | 16.9 | 20.5 | 76.3 | 141.9 | 73.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 77 | Rajgir, India | 57.3 | 151.8 | 67.6 | 49.5 | 29.3 | 38.3 | 54.5 | 15.2 | 11.8 | 31 | 53.2 | 86.4 | 70.1 | 75.3 | 63.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 78 | Amritsar, India | 57.3 | 72.2 | 56.7 | 36.8 | 46.6 | 62.5 | 67.8 | 41.7 | 34.9 | 34.4 | 58.5 | 109.9 | 62.9 | 58.9 | 49.2 | 55 | 47.1 | 47.2 | 60.6 | -- |
| 79 | Howrah, India | 57.1 | 106.2 | 71.1 | 50.8 | 51 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 21.1 | 26.4 | 29.2 | 45.7 | 108.1 | 120.7 | 51 | 50.5 | 58 | 53.7 | 55.9 | 64.2 | -- |
| 80 | Purwakarta, Indonesia | 56.9 | 44.7 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 51.2 | 91.1 | 61.1 | 66 | 79.5 | 59.4 | 62.4 | 47.9 | 34.4 | 62.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 81 | Kurukshetra, India | 56.7 | 87.2 | 56.7 | 36.7 | 46.5 | 70.5 | 63.7 | 28.2 | 19.9 | 28.9 | 82.2 | 102.5 | 60.5 | 64 | 73.8 | 68.1 | 67.2 | 56.1 | -- | -- |
| 82 |  Akasia, South Africa | 56.5 | 10.7 | -- | -- | 19.6 | 36.9 | 46.4 | 37.7 | 61.4 | 90.5 | 60.3 | 69.4 | 85.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 83 | Yamuna Nagar, India | 56.4 | 72.3 | 68 | 46.1 | 47.5 | 61.1 | 56.9 | 30 | 22.6 | 27.8 | 77.8 | 96.4 | 68.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 84 | Samastipur, India | 56 | 92.6 | 86.3 | 51 | 64.6 | 51.8 | 24 | 42.1 | 59.2 | 20.9 | 28.9 | 92.1 | 62.9 | 85.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 85 | Bikaner, India | 55.7 | 131.1 | 62.1 | 37.5 | 29.3 | 47.2 | 56.3 | 26.4 | 18.6 | 24.4 | 47.3 | 113.3 | 74.6 | 52.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 86 | Lucknow, India | 55.6 | 83.3 | 52.3 | 51.4 | 55.3 | 61.9 | 51.5 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 26.1 | 55 | 104.1 | 79.5 | 53.5 | 64.7 | 86 | 86.2 | 90.3 | 115.7 | 119.2 |
| 87 | Tangerang, Indonesia | 55.6 | 34 | 38.2 | 42 | 48.4 | 73 | 73.9 | 77.4 | 77.8 | 61.7 | 60.7 | 54.2 | 30.8 | 54.1 | 30.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 88 | Jhunjhunun, India | 55.4 | 98.2 | 69.3 | 42.8 | 30.9 | 46.2 | 52 | 20.8 | 13.8 | 22.5 | 54.2 | 118.1 | 94.7 | 54.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 89 |  Kashgar, China | 55.2 | 87.1 | 163.6 | 57.5 | 65.3 | 53 | 14.8 | 19.2 | 26.4 | 39.6 | 36.8 | 44.9 | 59.2 | 72.3 | 73.4 | 83.2 | 81 | 87.1 | 95.7 | 97.5 |
| 90 | Aurangabad, India | 55.1 | 76.8 | 78.4 | 41.7 | 36.1 | 37 | 39.4 | 46.7 | 39 | 18.5 | 32 | 74.6 | 97.5 | 64 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 91 | Tonk, India | 54.4 | 95.8 | 75.6 | 54.2 | 32.9 | 33.9 | 27.8 | 15.3 | 11.4 | 23.8 | 55 | 100.4 | 92.4 | 55.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 92 | Jind, India | 53.7 | 74.8 | 53.8 | 34.5 | 33.8 | 54.1 | 43.9 | 20.8 | 15.1 | 29.6 | 77.3 | 137.5 | 77.4 | 64.6 | 77.9 | 84.1 | 81.6 | 85.4 | 91.6 | 126.5 |
| 93 | Jaipur, India | 53.7 | 103 | 58.4 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 50.7 | 41 | 26.6 | 21.8 | 28.9 | 61.4 | 94.2 | 81.1 | 51.2 | 54.2 | 56.6 | 43.8 | 50.5 | 67.6 | 88.3 |
| 94 | Kizilsu, China | 53.5 | 56.9 | 153.8 | 58.8 | 72.9 | 57 | 23.2 | 27 | 36.7 | 46 | 34.9 | 33.4 | 46.9 | 54.2 | 52.8 | 43.9 | 52 | 48.6 | 60 | 43.4 |
| 95 | Gwalior, India | 53.5 | 102 | 68.5 | 52.2 | 37.4 | 45.4 | 30 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 25 | 53.3 | 107.1 | 86.8 | 63.9 | 56.8 | 52 | 61.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 96 | Kota, India | 53.5 | 119.4 | 68.4 | 48.4 | 37.4 | 40.3 | 29.8 | 24 | 20.1 | 21.3 | 49.9 | 90.9 | 92.7 | 56.3 | 56 | 57 | 42.1 | 49.1 | 52.7 | -- |
| 97 | Chittorgarh, India | 53.4 | 87.7 | 50.7 | 41.4 | 37 | 48.6 | 46.5 | 40.2 | 33.8 | 50 | 44.3 | 80.7 | 78 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 98 |  Santa Maria, Peru | 53.4 | -- | -- | 20.9 | 43.2 | 73 | 93.7 | 76.1 | 69.2 | 54.6 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 25.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 99 | Kaithal, India | 53.3 | 80.2 | 55 | 39.2 | 34.1 | 54.6 | 40.4 | 32.4 | 19.4 | 29 | 82 | 109.8 | 66.8 | 68.5 | 68.7 | 57.8 | 54.3 | 50 | -- | -- |
| 100 | Guwahati, India | 53.2 | 126.7 | 93.3 | 81 | 60.5 | 34.9 | 22.8 | 15.4 | 25.7 | 26.5 | 30 | 43 | 79.7 | 105.4 | 51 | 53.1 | 62.1 | -- | -- | -- |
