SmogRank / History / December 3, 2023

Most polluted cities on December 3, 2023

1,808 cities ranked by their average PM2.5 over the day; the worst was Lahore, Pakistan, at 219.0 µg/m³. Each city's own local calendar day.

← Lahore 219.0 µg/m³ 200 µg/m³15 WHO 24-hour guideline
Every city ranked for December 3, 2023, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Lahorelow-cost sensorsPunjab, Pakistan
    29414.6×
  2. 2SalorTashkent Region, Uzbekistan
    2179.5×
  3. 3DelhiDelhi, India
    2048.6×
  4. 4Ulan BatorUlaanbaatar, Mongolia
    2008.3×
  5. 5N'DjamenaN’Djaména, Chad
    1877.1×
  6. 6Dhakalow-cost sensorsDhaka Division, Bangladesh
    1846.8×
  7. 7DushanbeDushanbe, Tajikistan
    1644.9×
  8. 8Islamabadlow-cost sensorsIslamabad, Pakistan
    1584.3×
  9. 9MumbaiMaharashtra, India
    1554.1×
  10. 10Ciudad Benito JuárezNuevo León, Mexico
    1544.0×
  11. 11ManamaManama, Bahrain
    1523.8×
  12. 12CairoCairo, Egypt
    1463.6×
  13. 13Banja LukaSrpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1453.6×
  14. 14BeijingBeijing, China
    1353.3×
  15. 15Abujalow-cost sensorsFCT, Nigeria
    1343.3×
  16. 16BadgerAlaska, United States
    1263.0×
  17. 17Kathmandulow-cost sensorsBagmati Province, Nepal
    1102.6×
  18. 18Victoria de DurangoDurango, Mexico
    1062.5×
  19. 19SaltilloCoahuila, Mexico
    1032.4×
  20. 20Şabāḩ as SālimMubārak al Kabīr, Kuwait
    1012.4×
  21. 21HyderabadTelangana, India
    992.3×
  22. 22KavadarciKavadarci, North Macedonia
    992.3×
  23. 23Santa CatarinaNuevo León, Mexico
    972.3×
  24. 24ShenyangLiaoning, China
    962.2×
  25. 25TijuanaBaja California, Mexico
    942.2×
  26. 26Tuen MunTuen Mun, Hong Kong
    942.2×
  27. 27Wan ChaiWan Chai, Hong Kong
    942.1×
  28. 28CorkMunster, Ireland
    932.1×
  29. 29KigaliKigali, Rwanda
    922.1×
  30. 30MonterreyNuevo León, Mexico
    912.1×
  31. 31Ciudad General EscobedoNuevo León, Mexico
    912.0×
  32. 32Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisÎle-de-France, France
    912.0×
  33. 33BakuBaki, Azerbaijan
    902.0×
  34. 34GuangzhouGuangdong, China
    902.0×
  35. 34NogalesArizona, United States
    902.0×
  36. 36ComptonCalifornia, United States
    892.0×
  37. 37MexicaliBaja California, Mexico
    892.0×
  38. 38Ciudad ApodacaNuevo León, Mexico
    881.9×
  39. 39OsornoLos Lagos Region, Chile
    871.9×
  40. 40Spišská Nová VesKošice Region, Slovakia
    871.9×
  41. 41Mong KokYau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
    871.9×
  42. 42ThessaloníkiCentral Macedonia, Greece
    861.9×
  43. 42CholulaPuebla, Mexico
    861.9×
  44. 44Tin Shui WaiYuen Long, Hong Kong
    851.8×
  45. 45Tsuen WanTsuen Wan, Hong Kong
    851.8×
  46. 46Tai PoTai Po, Hong Kong
    841.8×
  47. 46San Francisco TlalcilalcalpanMéxico, Mexico
    841.8×
  48. 48JakartaJakarta, Indonesia
    831.8×
  49. 49AsprópyrgosAttica, Greece
    831.7×
  50. 49KazincbarcikaBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
    831.7×
  51. 49Cadereyta JiménezNuevo León, Mexico
    831.7×
  52. 52Sham Shui PoSham Shui Po District, Hong Kong
    821.7×
  53. 53Sau Mau PingKwun Tong District, Hong Kong
    821.7×
  54. 54Puerto VarasLos Lagos Region, Chile
    821.7×
  55. 55VictoriaCentral and Western, Hong Kong
    821.7×
  56. 56PristinaPristina, Kosovo
    811.7×
  57. 57Almatylow-cost sensorsAlmaty, Kazakhstan
    811.7×
  58. 58CalexicoCalifornia, United States
    801.7×
  59. 59SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    801.7×
  60. 59DoleBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
    801.7×
  61. 59NogalesSonora, Mexico
    801.7×
  62. 62YangonYangon, Myanmar
    801.6×
  63. 62QuinteroValparaiso, Chile
    801.6×
  64. 62FresnoCalifornia, United States
    801.6×
  65. 65WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    801.6×
  66. 65GivorsAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
    801.6×
  67. 67Kwai ChungKwai Tsing District, Hong Kong
    801.6×
  68. 68Tepeji del Río de OcampoHidalgo, Mexico
    781.6×
  69. 69Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany
    781.6×
  70. 70San Salvador TizatlalliMéxico, Mexico
    781.6×
  71. 71WaregemFlanders, Belgium
    771.6×
  72. 72FanlingNorth District, Hong Kong
    771.5×
  73. 72DunkirkHauts-de-France, France
    771.5×
  74. 72OurenseGalicia, Spain
    771.5×
  75. 72SarajevoFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    771.5×
  76. 76BensheimHesse, Germany
    761.5×
  77. 77WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany
    761.5×
  78. 78JeddahMecca Region, Saudi Arabia
    761.5×
  79. 78Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany
    761.5×
  80. 78TolucaMéxico, Mexico
    761.5×
  81. 81SkopjeGrad Skopje, North Macedonia
    761.5×
  82. 81IzegemFlanders, Belgium
    761.5×
  83. 81Long BeachCalifornia, United States
    761.5×
  84. 84IaşiIași County, Romania
    751.5×
  85. 84Sha TinSha Tin, Hong Kong
    751.5×
  86. 86PérigueuxNew Aquitaine, France
    751.5×
  87. 87SaarbrückenSaarland, Germany
    751.5×
  88. 87Jurupa ValleyCalifornia, United States
    751.5×
  89. 89PátraWest Greece, Greece
    751.5×
  90. 89DěčínÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia
    751.5×
  91. 89CoyhaiqueAysén, Chile
    751.5×
  92. 92TraunUpper Austria, Austria
    741.4×
  93. 92RintelnLower Saxony, Germany
    741.4×
  94. 92Hanau am MainHesse, Germany
    741.4×
  95. 92GardanneProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    741.4×
  96. 92AricaArica y Parinacota Region, Chile
    741.4×
  97. 92FairbanksAlaska, United States
    741.4×
  98. 98EschbornHesse, Germany
    741.4×
  99. 98TalcahuanoBiobio, Chile
    741.4×
  100. 100RoeselareFlanders, Belgium
    741.4×
  101. 100MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    741.4×
  102. 102DijonBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
    741.4×
  103. 103KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    741.4×
  104. 104Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany
    741.4×
  105. 104MonacoMunicipality of Monaco, Monaco
    741.4×
  106. 104MelunÎle-de-France, France
    741.4×
  107. 104CoulommiersÎle-de-France, France
    741.4×
  108. 104Puerto MonttLos Lagos Region, Chile
    741.4×
  109. 104Puerto AysénAysén, Chile
    741.4×
  110. 110MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany
    731.4×
  111. 111OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany
    731.4×
  112. 111DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    731.4×
  113. 111BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    731.4×
  114. 111ThionvilleGrand Est, France
    731.4×
  115. 111CreilHauts-de-France, France
    731.4×
  116. 116WiesbadenHesse, Germany
    731.4×
  117. 116OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany
    731.4×
  118. 116TocopillaAntofagasta, Chile
    731.4×
  119. 119HannoverLower Saxony, Germany
    731.4×
  120. 119ToulouseOccitanie, France
    731.4×
  121. 121MenenFlanders, Belgium
    721.4×
  122. 121BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    721.4×
  123. 121RoubaixHauts-de-France, France
    721.4×
  124. 121La UniónLos Ríos Region, Chile
    721.4×
  125. 121CelayaGuanajuato, Mexico
    721.4×
  126. 126NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    721.4×
  127. 126MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    721.4×
  128. 126MichelstadtHesse, Germany
    721.4×
  129. 126Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    721.4×
  130. 126IrapuatoGuanajuato, Mexico
    721.4×
  131. 131DarmstadtHesse, Germany
    721.4×
  132. 131VerdunGrand Est, France
    721.4×
  133. 131Valašské MeziříčíZlín, Czechia
    721.4×
  134. 134Maebaru-chūōFukuoka, Japan
    721.3×
  135. 134LuxembourgLuxembourg, Luxembourg
    721.3×
  136. 134ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France
    721.3×
  137. 137AnsfeldenUpper Austria, Austria
    711.3×
  138. 137KortrijkFlanders, Belgium
    711.3×
  139. 137GroßostheimBavaria, Germany
    711.3×
  140. 137Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    711.3×
  141. 141AthensAttica, Greece
    711.3×
  142. 141EvergemFlanders, Belgium
    711.3×
  143. 141HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    711.3×
  144. 141BakersfieldCalifornia, United States
    711.3×
  145. 145AntwerpFlanders, Belgium
    711.3×
  146. 145GießenHesse, Germany
    711.3×
  147. 147KehlBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    711.3×
  148. 147ParisÎle-de-France, France
    711.3×
  149. 149WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    711.3×
  150. 149Romans-sur-IsèreAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
    711.3×
  151. 151BremenBremen, Germany
    711.3×
  152. 152LampertheimHesse, Germany
    701.3×
  153. 152KasselHesse, Germany
    701.3×
  154. 152MontbéliardBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
    701.3×
  155. 152BourgesCentre-Val de Loire, France
    701.3×
  156. 152FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    701.3×
  157. 157GionHiroshima, Japan
    701.3×
  158. 157TrierRheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    701.3×
  159. 157FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany
    701.3×
  160. 160CoquimboCoquimbo Region, Chile
    701.3×
  161. 161KoksijdeFlanders, Belgium
    701.3×
  162. 161BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germany
    701.3×
  163. 161PueblaPuebla, Mexico
    701.3×
  164. 161QuillotaValparaiso, Chile
    701.3×
  165. 161HualpénBiobio, Chile
    701.3×
  166. 166MaldegemFlanders, Belgium
    701.3×
  167. 166MühlhausenThuringia, Germany
    701.3×
  168. 168ForbachGrand Est, France
    691.3×
  169. 168DouaiHauts-de-France, France
    691.3×
  170. 168AmiensHauts-de-France, France
    691.3×
  171. 171ManlleuCatalonia, Spain
    691.3×
  172. 171ConcónValparaiso, Chile
    691.3×
  173. 171AugustaGeorgia, United States
    691.3×
  174. 174CraiovaDolj, Romania
    691.3×
  175. 174ÉtampesÎle-de-France, France
    691.3×
  176. 174Viña del MarValparaiso, Chile
    691.3×
  177. 177MolFlanders, Belgium
    691.2×
  178. 177Dún LaoghaireLeinster, Ireland
    691.2×
  179. 177TroyesGrand Est, France
    691.2×
  180. 177LunévilleGrand Est, France
    691.2×
  181. 181HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    691.2×
  182. 181TarbesOccitanie, France
    691.2×
  183. 181ReimsGrand Est, France
    691.2×
  184. 181DenainHauts-de-France, France
    691.2×
  185. 185NišCentral Serbia, Serbia
    691.2×
  186. 185KapellenFlanders, Belgium
    691.2×
  187. 185Marburg an der LahnHesse, Germany
    691.2×
  188. 185FuldaHesse, Germany
    691.2×
  189. 185VisaliaCalifornia, United States
    691.2×
  190. 190GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    681.2×
  191. 190FréjusProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    681.2×
  192. 190PhoenixArizona, United States
    681.2×
  193. 190HanfordCalifornia, United States
    681.2×
  194. 194MetzGrand Est, France
    681.2×
  195. 194LormontNew Aquitaine, France
    681.2×
  196. 194RiversideCalifornia, United States
    681.2×
  197. 197VentspilsVentspils, Latvia
    681.2×
  198. 197UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    681.2×
  199. 197HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany
    681.2×
  200. 197MeyzieuAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
    681.2×

Top 200 of 1,808 shown.

Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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