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Most polluted cities in China, 2024

3 cities in China ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 366 days; 3 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Beijing at 43.3 µg/m³, #18 of 1,686 cities in the world. Cleanest: Guangzhou at 24.8. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1BeijingBeijing
    43.38.7×
  2. 2ShanghaiShanghai
    25.95.2×
  3. 3GuangzhouGuangdong
    24.85.0×
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+

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