World's most polluted cities 2019 (PM2.5)
The most polluted cities according to data aggregated from over 60,000 data points.
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| 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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