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Cities with the Highest Level of Air Pollution
This list features the cities with the highest air pollution levels in 2024. The concentration of air pollution is given in micrograms per cubic meter air or µg/m3.
RANK | CITY | COUNTRY | AIR INDEX (µg/m3) |
1 | Lahore | Pakistan | 150.4 |
2 | New Delhi | India | 78.7 |
3 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 72.9 |
4 | Delhi | India | 70.9 |
5 | Peshawar | Pakistan | 67.1 |
6 | Ghaziabad | India | 53.4 |
7 | Patna | India | 51.3 |
8 | Muzaffarnagar | India | 50.5 |
9 | Lucknow | India | 48.9 |
10 | Chandigarh | India | 46.8 |
11 | Jaipur | India | 46.4 |
12 | Petah Tikva | Israel | 44.8 |
13 | Hāpur | India | 44.8 |
14 | Baghdad | Iraq | 41.9 |
15 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 41.2 |
16 | Anyang | China | 40.3 |
17 | Nagpur | India | 40.3 |
18 | Visakhapatnam | India | 40.3 |
19 | Pretoria | South Africa | 40.3 |
20 | Kathmandu | India | 39.9 |
21 | Kolkata | India | 39.9 |
22 | Bhopal | India | 39.6 |
23 | Kampala | Uganda | 39.2 |
24 | Xinxiang | China | 39.2 |
25 | Lanzhou | China | 39.2 |
References
Smart Air (2025) Top 25 Cities with Worst Air Quality (2024 AQI Rankings). Available at: https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/top-cities-worst-air-pollution/ (Accessed: 6 July 2025).
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