World's Most Polluted Cities in 2019 - PM2.5 Ranking

Rank	City	2019 AVG	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	2018 AVG	2017 AVG
301	Huaihua, China	35.4	69.5	37.7	31.9	28.3	29.4	18.3	19.6	28.7	34	30.2	40.6	54.8	33.1	38.1
302	Shanghai, China	35.4	49.3	41.6	50.9	40	33	29.3	26.1	24.5	21.7	31.1	27.4	49.2	36	38.9
303	Gulbarga, India	35.4	140.3	62.3	56	38.5	40.6	21.1	12.1	13.5	13.3	25.4	57.1	51.1	-	-
304	Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina	35.3	77.2	71.5	44	22.8	13.6	20.3	18.4	19.9	20	26.9	26.8	50.7	43.1	-
305	Meycauayan, Philippines	35.3	32.1	49.9	49.6	34.8	44.1	28.3	29	23.8	31.6	38.1	35.4	30.5	-	-
306	Mueang Mae Hong Son, Thailand	35.3	29.4	46.8	116.1	99.7	21.3	11.5	5.9	4.7	10.1	9.5	13.1	24.6	-	-
307	Xingbin Qu, China	35.2	55.9	35	41.9	30.7	28.5	18.2	18.9	25.5	35.4	31.1	46.8	53.6	39.5	48.1
308	Meishan, China	35.2	66.3	48	40.2	32.4	28.5	20.3	17.4	19.8	25	25.3	36.4	61.6	36.2	47.1
309	Neijiang, China	35.2	71.4	58.4	40.5	29.8	31	18.6	12	20	25.1	19.9	36	59.9	36.8	47.6
310	Patiala, India	35.2	39.7	10.3	47.4	49.3	40.4	42.4	17.7	12.5	21.3	42.2	55.7	75.9	44.1	-
311	Islamabad, Pakistan	35.2	37	24.9	18.6	17.2	14.6	20.5	31.7	29.8	42.9	40	48.8	96.3	38.6	39.2
312	Xianning, China	35.1	74.6	50.9	32.7	30.1	28.1	18.3	15.9	21	30.4	28.1	38	52	36.7	46.5
313	Xinyu, China	35.1	49.7	30	37.2	31.4	33.2	25	20.3	28.4	33.7	41.8	41.3	47.6	37.7	47.6
314	Benxi, China	35.1	55.6	57.9	46.9	29.5	24.8	20.8	22.8	18	21.3	40	31.2	52.9	31.6	38.3
315	Chandrapur, India	35.1	63.9	35.5	42.7	30.4	43.8	23.6	9.7	22	15.1	34.2	58.3	40.3	41.4	44.8
316	Jiaxing, China	35	54.4	45.7	42.9	35.7	31.5	26.3	22.8	22.7	24.5	33.5	31.5	48.3	38.1	41.5
317	Nanchang, China	34.9	56.4	31.8	33.9	26.4	30.2	20.2	18.6	23.3	29.9	41.2	45.4	59	28.4	40.9
318	Zenica, Bosnia Herzegovina	34.8	46	39.9	25.8	21.9	20.7	29.5	23.1	26.8	28.2	44.8	41.8	66.4	-	-
319	Vanderbijlpark, South Africa	34.7	-	-	-	25.6	53.9	59.3	56.8	42	25.9	20.9	14.8	12.9	-	-
320	Chennai, India	34.6	74.9	35.8	30.4	23	39.1	34	28.5	21.1	22.3	20.5	48	40.2	43.2	39.8
321	Si Samrong, Thailand	34.6	-	-	93.4	58.9	25.5	10.2	11.2	9.6	24.5	27.8	36.4	62.1	-	-
322	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	34.6	32.1	19	23.7	21.3	35.4	51.1	46.4	48.4	49.7	48.8	17.1	21.5	37.6	-
323	Kunshan, China	34.5	50.4	49.7	50.8	36.1	28.4	24.5	22.9	23	20.9	32.3	29.2	46.7	36.1	39.9
324	Shizuishan, China	34.5	60.7	40.4	35.4	34.7	38.7	23.5	22.1	17.8	18.7	33.1	39.2	49	40.4	45.5
325	Thogummi, India	34.5	113.8	61.6	23.1	17.4	28.9	24	13.1	13.8	9.9	15.8	57.2	51.9	-	-
326	Jijiang, China	34.4	-	-	-	33.8	37.5	30.5	23.7	25	29.6	25.4	38.2	64.7	-	-
327	Liuzhou, China	34.4	52	25.5	36.7	32.6	31.5	21	20.3	29	37.7	30.7	45.4	49	39.4	43.6
328	Jian, China	34.4	49.8	27.8	34.1	27.2	34	24.7	20.3	29.5	34.9	42.2	43.4	44	39.1	52
329	Jilin, China	34.4	55.1	72.6	58.2	30.1	20.6	18.2	19.5	13.2	16.1	27.5	25.2	57.1	32.4	46.6
330	Chaloem Phra Kiat, Thailand	34.4	65.9	50.6	42.5	27.2	24.6	20.6	17.7	16.3	30.2	35.5	42.8	51.3	-	-
331	Dalian, China	34.3	53.2	49.9	57	30.1	28.7	22.3	23.1	15.6	24.6	39.4	24.4	43	29.3	32.9
332	Shooshtar, Iran	34.3	36	27.3	18	15.2	29.8	36.2	41.3	44.1	37.5	37.9	55.9	34.3	-	-
333	Kupti, India	34.2	75.6	10.3	49	37.8	42.7	24.2	10.9	14.6	9.8	29.1	68.4	55.3	-	-
334	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	34.1	85.2	50.8	28.4	22	12.7	17.4	17.3	21	19.1	35.8	27.7	74.3	38.4	-
335	Ankang, China	34	100.6	67	30	25	28.8	18.6	13.3	14.6	17.2	16.1	31.3	48.4	36.3	38
336	Yiwu, China	34	200.2	25.4	38.4	30.1	31	24.7	18.1	22.4	30.2	36.7	41.8	51.6	33.7	38.3
337	Guigang, China	33.9	41.9	32.8	32.9	28.8	26.2	20.7	19	26.8	37.9	34.9	51.2	53	38.7	41.1
338	Jeungpyeong, South Korea	33.9	51.4	47.6	50.5	28.1	32.8	24.6	18	21	16.1	23.2	32.5	33.7	-	-
339	Ban Pong, Thailand	33.6	27.5	46.9	100.5	79.3	40.7	7.4	7.2	6.9	14.3	15.6	21.4	34.6	-	-
340	Ziyang, China	33.5	77.9	56.4	36.1	24.7	27.3	15.1	13.6	17.2	21.5	18.6	35.5	56.8	38.3	27.7
341	Changzhou Qu, China	33.4	35.7	27.6	32.9	26.8	23.4	26.5	26.8	30.8	37.9	39.2	47.4	46.9	40.9	45.4
342	Xining, China	33.3	56.1	38.9	34.2	32.9	35.6	20.8	22	17.1	20	27.4	46.3	47.7	41.7	38
343	Guozhen, China	33.3	-	-	-	-	41.3	19.7	17.5	19.3	22.6	25.2	49.8	71.4	-	-
344	Haimen, China	33.2	50.9	47.4	48.3	30.2	27.9	22.5	23.2	21.1	18.4	33.5	30.4	45.5	32.7	35.5
345	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33.2	-	45.9	39.8	22.3	17.3	14.2	23.7	16.1	17.1	24.9	83.1	67	-	-
346	Konya, Turkey	33.2	41.9	29.6	26.9	25.9	30.3	23.1	23.5	21.9	25.2	29.7	66.4	53.4	-	-
347	Wuwei, China	33.1	41.8	44.9	37.7	30.6	51.3	19.8	17.6	18.3	28.1	26.3	41.2	39.8	42.2	43.8
348	Lampang, Thailand	33.1	75.6	62.1	78.1	58.2	27.8	11.2	11.2	9	18.7	20.8	25.5	43.6	23.3	19.5
349	Yulin, China	33	52.1	44.4	35	32.3	33.5	24.6	20.5	17.5	23.3	29.2	40.4	43.9	35.2	34.1
350	Amaravati, India	33	109.6	36	25.4	20.8	39	21.1	13.2	11.4	-	20.5	-	59.8	35.6	-

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