World Most Polluted Cities in 2018 - PM2.5 Ranking

Rank	City	2017 AVG	2018 AVG	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
1	Gurugram, India	145.6	135.8	133.6	106.7	108.2	116.3	130.6	210.8	57	69.6	66.9	178.3	197.3	208.2
2	Ghaziabad, India	144.6	135.2	255.1	153.9	113.7	88.1	108.6	134.9	48	43.2	49.1	161.6	211.3	247.2
3	Faisalabad, Pakistan	-	130.4	222.1	141.6	89.2	138.7	69.7	81	48.9	50.3	54.9	129.9	184.2	275.3
4	Faridabad, India	123	129.1	178.8	135.7	87.5	97.6	133	134.8	61.7	74.5	71.2	150.1	201.9	202.6
5	Bhiwadi, India	-	125.4	-	-	-	150.7	152	176.8	63.5	83.6	70.3	126.8	154.7	177.6
6	Noida, India	134	123.6	232.2	143.6	98.8	75.8	75.6	123.5	40.7	41.5	62.6	138.4	200.5	228.1
7	Patna, India	118.5	119.7	198	143.3	113.9	87.4	74.4	114.3	44.1	54.3	63.5	113.1	202.3	243.1
8	Hotan, China	91.9	116	89	70.2	186.4	307.9	182.4	108.5	124.9	91.9	62.8	43.4	47.2	70.4
9	Lucknow, India	119.2	115.7	214.4	130.2	105.7	92	101.3	140.6	34.8	34.8	45.5	120.6	187.2	180.3
10	Lahore, Pakistan	133.2	114.9	229.9	127	91.8	66.2	66	60.9	58.8	48.2	55.3	141.5	181	251.1
11	Delhi, India	108.2	113.5	204.6	130.2	90.4	84.2	83.7	110.7	37.7	37.5	40.9	130.7	194.2	218.8
12	Jodhpur, India	81.9	113.4	127.2	112.8	103.8	120.7	143.4	218.8	59.8	62.4	58.5	107.6	128.8	107.9
13	Muzaffarpur, India	107.4	110.3	207.7	157.4	97.9	64	46.8	64.5	22.7	24	42.9	98.4	207.2	230.6
14	Varanasi, India	117.5	105.3	136.9	121.1	106.7	68.7	71.1	127.7	36.5	39.4	52.4	107.7	173.6	204.7
15	Moradabad, India	-	104.9	-	-	-	107.5	84.9	142.1	44.2	47.6	57.1	133.4	138.5	193.3
16	Agra, India	110.6	104.8	203.1	112.9	84.7	71.6	79.2	95.1	35.9	31.7	34.6	101.3	172.4	214.4
17	Dhaka, Bangladesh	79.7	97.1	202.3	160.6	110	70.2	43.4	29.5	23.3	27.3	-	-	131.2	152.7
18	Gaya, India	102.6	96.6	101.2	102.9	131.1	134	86	111.3	34.9	36	47.5	78	138	168
19	Kashgar, China	97.5	95.7	127.5	102.2	184.5	195.6	73.4	53.3	54	41.2	58.2	67.2	78	111.6
20	Jind, India	126.5	91.6	191.3	86.7	56.4	55.3	59.7	47.2	29.8	34.6	39.5	115.8	208.9	174.6
21	Kanpur, India	119.2	88.2	218.5	94.2	67.6	55.8	70.3	91.7	32.3	36.7	43.1	145.4	253.1	-
22	Singrauli, India	-	86.8	-	-	-	95.6	74.8	85.7	47.3	28.9	40.3	93.7	138.4	173.5
23	Kolkata, India	76.7	85.4	226.5	123.4	81.5	41.6	26.8	41.3	26.2	25.5	39	72.6	136.1	179.1
24	Pali, India	-	82.3	-	-	-	112.8	119.3	166.7	49.3	49.1	42.7	66.8	91.1	69.5
25	Rohtak, India	96.7	81.6	133.5	85.1	93.4	108.1	93	128.4	38.8	45.6	48.7	54.3	-	-
26	Mandi Gobindgarh, India	-	78.6	80.9	66.9	50.3	54.4	71.8	142.9	49.9	-	-	-	80.6	68.7
27	Xingtai Shi, China	103.7	76.7	148.4	145.8	99.5	61.6	44.7	49.4	44.9	35.9	38.6	54.4	101.9	98.2
28	Shijiazhuang, China	98.8	76.7	128.5	120	114.3	66.5	53.9	48.5	46.8	36.8	38.1	61.5	108.5	97.9
29	Ahmedabad, India	-	76.1	88.8	102.8	71.8	89	54.5	96.5	54.8	41.8	23.5	100.4	102.2	90.2
30	Aksu, China	69.8	74.1	77.6	64.2	119.1	147.7	92.9	59	43.2	39.5	43.7	40.2	74.8	86.2
31	Handan, China	96.7	74	138.1	127.5	93.1	60.6	48.3	50.8	43.4	39.3	38	54.8	99.2	97.2
32	Anyang, China	81.1	72.9	130.8	109.4	93.4	59.1	44.4	42.4	39.4	39.7	33.6	62.9	116.7	106.6
33	Baoding, China	92.7	70.7	116.2	112.4	99.8	55.4	47	47.5	42.7	33.8	38.5	61.6	105.5	90.2
34	Linfen, China	80.6	68.2	142	102.8	83.4	56.1	50.8	42.5	49.4	46.4	30.4	40.6	85.2	89.8
35	Wujiaqu, China	74.1	67.8	201.4	158.7	39.4	24.5	29.5	19.3	17.6	18.9	19.1	31.8	82.7	176.4
36	Xianyang, China	77.8	67.8	149.2	98	103.8	54.9	44.8	32.3	28.3	31.4	25.4	58	91.6	96.6
37	Jaipur, India	88.3	67.6	100.9	79.7	54	59.9	62.6	106.7	42.6	40.6	39	70.1	83.5	79.2
38	Jiaozuo, China	74.8	66.9	117.2	86.3	91.1	59.5	52.5	45.7	47.5	40.7	34.3	51.7	92.6	85.4
39	Hengshui Shi, China	93.3	65.7	108.5	116.7	83.8	52.3	43.2	47	44.6	35.8	36.8	52.8	87.2	80.8
40	Xuzhou, China	67.4	65.5	136.1	91.9	92.6	66.7	47.9	38.9	27.6	30.1	31.9	52.8	90.3	80.1
41	Cangzhou Shi, China	88.7	65.2	108.5	112.2	86.9	52.3	43.5	48.9	42.5	34.8	38.6	53.7	89	73.4
42	Pingdingshan, China	67.3	65.1	118.4	88.3	73.4	51.2	56.1	38.7	33.5	38.2	38.8	54.2	86.5	105.6
43	Kaifeng, China	66.8	64.6	110.7	94.5	75.6	47.9	41.9	35.9	30.8	32.6	29.5	61.2	108.1	109.2
44	Asansol, India	-	64.4	-	-	-	64	49.5	73	36.3	27.5	37.2	69.7	93.3	98.8
45	Howrah, India	-	64.2	-	-	-	30.2	30.3	55.3	26.5	26	28.2	68.7	119.8	153.3
46	Xuchang, China	63.2	64.2	124.6	93.5	70.6	48.4	44	34.1	28.6	35.3	29.8	49.9	92.8	119.5
47	Zhengzhou, China	70	64.1	118.1	85.7	88.3	57.9	47.5	36.6	32	33.9	27.8	51	96.6	95.6
48	Tangshan, China	84.7	63.5	76.8	92.1	102.6	59.7	54	57.5	50.5	36.3	37.4	51.7	86.3	59.1
49	Puyang, China	68.8	63.5	116.6	80.3	75.5	52.4	40.4	37.4	33.3	32.8	28.8	58.6	103.5	103.1
50	Luohe, China	63.7	62.6	117.2	81.6	67.5	46.6	43.2	31.1	27.4	34	31.1	51.6	97.2	124.4

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