The 100 most air polluted cities in the
world (PM2.5 μg/m3)
|
City
|
Annual Average
|
Year
|
|
|
1
|
Zabol (Iran)
|
216.7
|
2012
|
|
2
|
Gwalior (India)
|
176.1
|
2012
|
|
3
|
Allahabad (India)
|
169.7
|
2012
|
|
4
|
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
|
155.5
|
2014
|
|
5
|
Al Jubail (Saudi Arabia)
|
151.7
|
2014
|
|
6
|
Patna (India)
|
148.9
|
2013
|
|
7
|
Raipur (India)
|
143.7
|
2012
|
|
8
|
Bamenda (Cameroon)
|
132.0
|
2012
|
|
9
|
Xingtai (China)
|
128.0
|
2014
|
|
10
|
Baoding (China)
|
126.0
|
2014
|
|
11
|
Delhi (India)
|
122.1
|
2013.2
|
|
12
|
Ludhiana (India)
|
121.9
|
2012
|
|
13
|
Dammam (Saudi Arabia)
|
120.9
|
2014
|
|
14
|
Shijiazhuang (China)
|
120.6
|
2014
|
|
15
|
Kanpur (India)
|
114.9
|
2012
|
|
16
|
Khanna (India)
|
113.8
|
2012
|
|
17
|
Firozabad (India)
|
113.3
|
2012
|
|
18
|
Lucknow (India)
|
112.9
|
2012
|
|
19
|
Handan (China)
|
111.8
|
2014
|
|
20
|
Peshawar (Pakistan)
|
111.0
|
2010
|
|
21
|
Amritsar (India)
|
108.1
|
2012
|
|
22
|
Gobindgarh (India)
|
107.6
|
2012
|
|
23
|
Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
|
107.0
|
2010
|
|
24
|
Hengshui (China)
|
106.7
|
2014
|
|
25
|
Narayangonj (Bangladesh)
|
105.8
|
2014
|
|
26
|
Boshehr (Iran)
|
105.0
|
2010
|
|
27
|
Agra (India)
|
104.8
|
2012
|
|
28
|
Kampala (Uganda)
|
104.3
|
2013
|
|
29
|
Tangshan (China)
|
101.5
|
2014
|
|
30
|
Jodhpur (India)
|
101.3
|
2012
|
|
31
|
Dehradun (India)
|
100.5
|
2012
|
|
32
|
Ahmedabad (India)
|
100.1
|
2013
|
|
33
|
Jaipur (India)
|
99.9
|
2012
|
|
34
|
Howrah (India)
|
99.6
|
2012
|
|
35
|
Faridabad (India)
|
98.2
|
2012
|
|
36
|
Yenbu (Saudi Arabia)
|
97.2
|
2014
|
|
37
|
Langfang (China)
|
95.5
|
2014
|
|
38
|
Dhanbad (India)
|
95.3
|
2012
|
|
39
|
Chittagong (Bangladesh)
|
95.1
|
2014
|
|
40
|
Ahvaz (Iran)
|
94.9
|
2010.25
|
|
41
|
Doha (Qatar)
|
93.4
|
2012
|
|
42
|
Bhopal (India)
|
92.6
|
2012
|
|
43
|
Khurja (India)
|
89.9
|
2012
|
|
44
|
Dhaka (Bangladesh)
|
89.7
|
2014
|
|
45
|
Kaduna (Nigeria)
|
89.6
|
2013
|
|
46
|
Gazipur (Bangladesh)
|
88.5
|
2014
|
|
47
|
Karachi (Pakistan)
|
88.4
|
2009
|
|
48
|
Cangzhou (China)
|
88.3
|
2014
|
|
49
|
Baghdad (Iraq)
|
87.9
|
2015
|
|
50
|
Al-Shuwaikh (Kuwait)
|
87.8
|
2014
|
|
51
|
Tianjin (China)
|
87.4
|
2014
|
|
52
|
Raebareli (India)
|
87.3
|
2012
|
|
53
|
Kabul (Afghanistan)
|
86.0
|
2009
|
|
54
|
Zhengzhou (China)
|
85.7
|
2014
|
|
55
|
Barisal (Bangladesh)
|
85.3
|
2014
|
|
56
|
Beijing (China)
|
85.2
|
2014
|
|
57
|
Al Wakrah (Qatar)
|
85.1
|
2012
|
|
58
|
Kota (India)
|
83.7
|
2012
|
|
59
|
Udaipur (India)
|
83.0
|
2012
|
|
60
|
Tetovo (FYR Macedonia)
|
81.5
|
2013
|
|
61
|
Alwar (India)
|
81.2
|
2012
|
|
62
|
Wuhan (China)
|
79.5
|
2014
|
|
63
|
Chandrapur (India)
|
79.4
|
2012
|
|
64
|
Anyang (China)
|
79.2
|
2014
|
|
65
|
Hefei (China)
|
78.6
|
2014
|
|
66
|
Pyin Oo Lwin (Myanmar)
|
77.9
|
2012
|
|
67
|
Shouguang (China)
|
77.5
|
2014
|
|
68
|
Indore (India)
|
76.4
|
2012
|
|
69
|
Taungoo (Myanmar)
|
76.2
|
2013
|
|
70
|
Greater Cairo (Egypt)
|
75.6
|
2013
|
|
71
|
Kyaukphyu (Myanmar)
|
75.6
|
2009
|
|
72
|
Jalandhar (India)
|
75.1
|
2012
|
|
73
|
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
|
75.1
|
2010
|
|
74
|
Akola (India)
|
74.4
|
2012
|
|
75
|
Makkah (Saudi Arabia)
|
74.4
|
2014
|
|
76
|
Jingzhou (China)
|
74.3
|
2014
|
|
77
|
Ali Subah Al-Salem (Kuwait)
|
74.1
|
2014
|
|
78
|
Varanasi (India)
|
73.9
|
2012
|
|
79
|
Changsha (China)
|
73.5
|
2014
|
|
80
|
Noida (India)
|
72.8
|
2012
|
|
81
|
Nanjing (China)
|
72.3
|
2014
|
|
82
|
Shenyang (China)
|
71.5
|
2014
|
|
83
|
Chengdu (China)
|
71.4
|
2014
|
|
84
|
Harbin (China)
|
71.0
|
2014
|
|
85
|
Namkham (Myanmar)
|
70.6
|
2012
|
|
86
|
Delta Region (Egypt)
|
70.6
|
2013
|
|
87
|
Kaifeng (China)
|
70.3
|
2014
|
|
88
|
Yichang (China)
|
70.0
|
2014
|
|
89
|
Yangquan (China)
|
69.8
|
2014
|
|
90
|
Pingdingshan (China)
|
69.8
|
2014
|
|
91
|
Xiangtan (China)
|
69.7
|
2014
|
|
92
|
Jalgaon (India)
|
69.6
|
2012
|
|
93
|
Xi'An (China)
|
69.5
|
2014
|
|
94
|
Zhuzhou (China)
|
69.3
|
2014
|
|
95
|
Meerut (India)
|
69.1
|
2012
|
|
96
|
Mawlamyaing (Myanmar)
|
69.0
|
2012
|
|
97
|
Laiwu (China)
|
68.3
|
2014
|
|
98
|
Al-Mansouriya (Kuwait)
|
68.3
|
2014
|
|
99
|
Jiaozuo (China)
|
68.3
|
2014
|
|
100
|
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
|
68.0
|
2014
|
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