List of least polluted cities by particulate matter concentration
February 27, 2024
Below is a list of 526 cities sorted by their annual mean concentration of PM2.5 (µg/m3) in 2022.[1][2] By default the least polluted cities which have fewest particulates in the air come first. Click on the arrows next to the table's headers to have the most polluted cities ranked first.
Please note that constraints exist in this type of lists. For instance, some places like Africa and South America lack air pollution reporting tools, so their pollution levels are probably not reflected in this list. Moreover, many cities from a certain country are featured in the list may only mean that they have large and wide air pollution monitoring networks, which may or may not be an indicator of heavy pollution.
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Below is a list of 526 cities sorted by their annual mean concentration of PM2 5 µg m3 in 2022 1 2 By default the least polluted cities which have fewest particulates in the air come first Click on the arrows next to the table s headers to have the most polluted cities ranked first Please note that constraints exist in this type of lists For instance some places like Africa and South America lack air pollution reporting tools so their pollution levels are probably not reflected in this list Moreover many cities from a certain country are featured in the list may only mean that they have large and wide air pollution monitoring networks which may or may not be an indicator of heavy pollution Rank Country Region City Average PM2 5 ug m3 1 Switzerland Zurich 0 492 Australia Perth 1 613 South Africa Richards Bay 2 384 Australia Hobart 2 665 Iceland Reykjavik 3 386 Ukraine Kryvyi Rih 3 427 Australia Launceston 3 518 Australia Wollongong 3 79 Australia Sydney 3 8510 United States Honolulu 3 9111 Sweden Uppsala 4 0712 Finland Turku 4 1713 Vietnam Haiphong 4 2814 Vietnam Huế 4 3215 Finland Tampere 4 3816 Australia Newcastle 4 4617 Australia Adelaide 4 4918 Estonia Tallinn 4 5719 Canada Halifax 4 6820 Canada Vancouver 4 6921 Ukraine Ternopil 4 7722 Finland Oulu 4 823 Spain Castellon de la Plana 4 8224 Norway Trondheim 4 8525 Sweden Stockholm 526 Norway Bergen 5 0327 Australia Canberra 5 0728 United Kingdom Edinburgh 5 1229 Australia Brisbane 5 1830 Reunion Saint Denis 5 2131 United States Providence 5 2332 Ukraine Ivano Frankivsk 5 2533 United States Tucson 5 2534 Finland Helsinki 5 3335 Portugal Funchal 5 3936 New Zealand Aotearoa Auckland 5 4137 Taiwan Taitung City 5 4538 United Kingdom Glasgow 5 4939 United States Albuquerque 5 5140 South Africa Klerksdorp 5 5241 Finland Vantaa 5 5642 New Zealand Aotearoa Wellington 5 6143 Japan Naha 5 7344 United States The Bronx 5 8345 Canada Winnipeg 5 946 Canada Calgary 5 9347 Australia Melbourne 5 9548 Spain Burgos 5 9649 Canada Victoria 5 9850 Sweden Gothenburg 5 9851 United States Denver 6 2352 United States Omaha 6 2553 Chile Calama 6 2754 New Zealand Aotearoa Christchurch 6 3355 Canada Toronto 6 3656 United States Manhattan 6 457 Norway Stavanger 6 4258 United States Salem 6 4359 Canada Quebec City 6 4460 China Lhasa 6 4861 Canada Mississauga 6 4862 United States Saint Paul 6 6663 Canada Ottawa 6 6964 United States Phoenix 6 765 Norway Oslo 6 7366 United States El Paso 6 7367 United States Portland 6 7568 United States Boston 6 7569 Canada Edmonton 6 7570 Ireland Dublin 6 8471 Japan Sapporo 6 8572 United States Queens 6 8573 Costa Rica San Jose 6 8674 United Kingdom Reading 6 9175 Japan Sendai 6 9176 United States Brooklyn 6 9577 Canada Kitchener 6 9678 South Africa Worcester 6 9879 United Kingdom Newport 6 9980 United States Miami 6 9981 United States Washington D C 6 9982 Japan Kanazawa 7 0283 United States Hartford 7 0584 Ukraine Kyiv 7 0885 Japan Niigata 7 1186 United States San Francisco 7 1487 United States Salt Lake City 7 1588 Curacao Willemstad 7 289 United States Staten Island 7 290 Canada Hamilton 7 291 Japan Shizuoka 7 2692 Belgium Namur 7 2993 Canada Montreal 7 3194 Japan Nagano 7 3895 United States Boise 7 496 United States San Jose 7 4397 Spain Zaragoza 7 4398 United Kingdom Belfast 7 5199 Portugal Lisbon 7 52100 United States Philadelphia 7 58101 Sweden Malmo 7 6102 United States Sacramento 7 6103 United States Raleigh 7 61104 United States Richmond 7 62105 United States Oakland 7 63106 United States Columbus 7 67107 France Dijon 7 68108 United States Baltimore 7 71109 United States Madison 7 78110 United States Fort Worth 7 8111 France Toulon 7 83112 Belgium Liege 7 86113 United States Charlotte 7 91114 United States Dallas 7 93115 Japan Akita 7 93116 Denmark Copenhagen 7 99117 Canada Surrey 7 99118 Australia Darwin 7 99119 Belgium Charleroi 8 01120 Japan Yokohama 8 01121 Ukraine Dnipro 8 02122 France Perpignan 8 02123 France Caen 8 05124 United States Chicago 8 08125 Germany Freiburg 8 09126 United Kingdom Coventry 8 12127 Taiwan Keelung 8 13128 United Kingdom London 8 14129 France Besancon 8 17130 Japan Toyama 8 2131 Puerto Rico San Juan 8 21132 Germany Darmstadt 8 24133 Austria Graz 8 26134 United Kingdom Plymouth 8 27135 United States Milwaukee 8 28136 Russia Krasnoyarsk 8 31137 Japan Chiba 8 35138 United States Springfield 8 35139 South Africa Gqeberha Port Elizabeth 8 37140 United Kingdom Preston 8 41141 United Kingdom Liverpool 8 43142 Spain Las Palmas 8 46143 United States Jacksonville 8 46144 United States Seattle 8 47145 United States Austin 8 5146 Japan Gifu 8 54147 Netherlands Groningen 8 56148 United States Nashville 8 58149 Spain San Sebastian Donostia 8 6150 United States Tallahassee 8 64151 France Saint Etienne 8 65152 Germany Wiesbaden 8 65153 France Nantes 8 69154 United States Memphis 8 7155 Japan Nagoya 8 7156 United States Oklahoma City 8 72157 United States Little Rock 8 79158 France Nimes 8 82159 United Kingdom Swansea 8 83160 Austria Salzburg 8 86161 Japan Utsunomiya 8 92162 United Kingdom Sheffield 8 93163 United States Jackson 8 93164 Germany Kassel 8 94165 Japan Tokyo 8 97166 Spain Huelva 8 99167 Japan Takamatsu 9168 France Tours 9 03169 United Kingdom Birmingham 9 04170 Japan Kochi 9 05171 Japan Saitama 9 07172 United Kingdom Leicester 9 08173 Japan Wakayama 9 1174 Japan Nagasaki 9 11175 France Bordeaux 9 12176 France Rennes 9 15177 Croatia Rijeka 9 15178 France Montpellier 9 2179 United States San Antonio 9 21180 Germany Cologne 9 24181 United Kingdom Manchester 9 25182 Netherlands Amsterdam 9 26183 France Orleans 9 32184 Japan Osaka 9 35185 France Clermont Ferrand 9 35186 Japan Kobe 9 43187 Austria Vienna 9 45188 Netherlands The Hague 9 49189 Germany Munster 9 55190 France Nice 9 58191 Japan Kagoshima 9 59192 Spain Valencia 9 63193 United States Indianapolis 9 63194 United States Atlanta 9 64195 Japan Hiroshima 9 65196 Germany Karlsruhe 9 66197 Spain Salamanca 9 74198 Japan Nara 9 8199 Germany Dresden 9 82200 United Kingdom Norwich 9 83201 Spain Madrid 9 84202 United States Houston 9 85203 United States San Diego 9 85204 Germany Dusseldorf 9 86205 United Kingdom Southend on Sea 9 87206 United States Detroit 9 89207 United Kingdom Bristol 9 93208 Germany Potsdam 9 94209 Singapore Singapore 9 96210 Spain Oviedo 9 96211 Belgium Brussels 9 98212 Spain Vitoria Gasteiz 9 99213 Netherlands Maastricht 10214 Netherlands Rotterdam 10 01215 Russia Moscow 10 07216 Japan Ōita 10 07217 Chile Los Angeles 10 08218 Brazil Sao Jose dos Campos 10 08219 Germany Hamburg 10 1220 France Toulouse 10 13221 United Kingdom Cardiff 10 13222 Netherlands Nijmegen 10 16223 Germany Stuttgart 10 18224 Netherlands Haarlem 10 2225 Taiwan Taipei 10 25226 Japan Kyoto 10 29227 Italy Livorno 10 4228 Argentina Buenos Aires 10 41229 Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife 10 41230 United Kingdom Leeds 10 41231 Netherlands Breda 10 42232 France Metz 10 51233 South Africa Cape Town 10 51234 Spain Bilbao 10 57235 France Rouen 10 58236 Japan Matsuyama 10 59237 Lithuania Kaunas 10 62238 Japan Fukuoka 10 62239 United States Fresno 10 64240 Netherlands Dordrecht 10 65241 Taiwan Taoyuan City 10 7242 Belgium Antwerp 10 7243 France Grenoble 10 72244 Taiwan Hsinchu 10 78245 France Lyon 10 86246 Spain Malaga 10 96247 France Nancy 10 98248 Austria Linz 11 05249 Japan Kumamoto 11 06250 Ukraine Lviv 11 09251 France Marseille 11 12252 Spain Seville 11 12253 Japan Miyazaki 11 15254 Netherlands Utrecht 11 2255 Japan Okayama 11 28256 Belgium Gent 11 29257 Czech Republic Pilsen 11 39258 Spain Valladolid 11 42259 Slovakia Bratislava 11 53260 Iran Sanandaj 11 55261 Germany Berlin 11 55262 Spain Barcelona 11 59263 Hungary Budapest 11 63264 France Paris 11 65265 France Lille 11 78266 Italy Trieste 11 83267 Poland Bydgoszcz 11 88268 Italy Florence 11 91269 Czech Republic Prague 11 96270 Hungary Gyor 11 96271 Hungary Pecs 12 01272 Spain Palma 12 09273 Mexico Pachuca de Soto 12 11274 France Amiens 12 12275 South Korea Suncheon 12 16276 Italy Rome 12 44277 China Haikou 12 44278 United States Los Angeles 12 49279 Poland Lodz 12 62280 Chile Concepcion 12 73281 Czech Republic Olomouc 12 9282 Czech Republic Brno 13 07283 Chile Valparaiso 13 13284 Poland Gdansk 13 16285 Spain Granada 13 17286 Hungary Kecskemet 13 25287 Taiwan Taichung 13 26288 Guatemala Guatemala City 13 27289 Romania Bucharest 13 33290 Brazil Sao Paulo 13 41291 Netherlands Eindhoven 13 42292 South Korea Jeju City 13 44293 Spain Cordoba 13 48294 Ecuador Quito 13 52295 Poland Poznan 13 65296 Turkey Sivas 13 69297 South Korea Yeosu 13 74298 Italy Bologna 13 75299 Turkey Eskisehir 13 78300 Poland Warsaw 13 8301 South Africa Middelburg 13 97302 South Korea Changwon 13 98303 Chile Quilpue 14304 Hong Kong China Hong Kong 14 22305 Cyprus Limassol 14 37306 Serbia Novi Sad 14 4307 Greece Thessaloniki 14 42308 South Korea Mokpo 14 47309 Macau China Macau 14 48310 Turkey Balikesir 14 49311 Greece Athens 14 58312 South Korea Ulsan 14 7313 Italy Prato 14 71314 South Korea Busan 14 75315 Poland Szczecin 15 13316 Israel Jerusalem 15 22317 Chile Chillan 15 26318 South Korea Chuncheon 15 27319 South Korea Pohang 15 36320 Israel Ashdod 15 37321 Chile Talca 15 39322 Colombia Bogota 15 4323 Italy Naples 15 47324 Israel Ashkelon 15 55325 Italy Turin 15 55326 Turkey Ankara 15 62327 South Korea Gwangju 15 79328 Slovakia Kosice 15 85329 South Korea Daegu 15 89330 China Shenzhen 15 99331 Georgia Tbilisi 16 04332 Israel Haifa 16 09333 China Hegang 16 09334 Taiwan Douliu 16 22335 South Africa Durban 16 32336 China Shantou 16 4337 South Korea Daejeon 16 41338 Thailand Chonburi 16 51339 South Korea Andong 16 55340 Turkey Denizli 16 6341 China Xiamen 16 61342 Mexico Morelia 16 63343 Italy Parma 16 66344 Poland Wroclaw 16 69345 Poland Tarnow 16 7346 Thailand Nakhon Pathom 16 75347 Hungary Miskolc 16 79348 Thailand Rayong 16 8349 Italy Brescia 16 95350 South Korea Seongnam si 17 05351 Cyprus Nicosia 17 06352 Colombia Medellin 17 13353 Kazakhstan Astana 17 22354 Italy Modena 17 26355 Chile Puerto Montt 17 34356 China Kunming 17 37357 Taiwan Tainan 17 41358 South Korea Jeonju 17 61359 Czech Republic Ostrava 17 65360 South Korea Seoul 17 67361 Algeria Algiers 17 68362 China Fuzhou 17 72363 China Guiyang 17 8364 India Mysore 17 83365 Mexico Mexico City 17 83366 Turkey Istanbul 17 94367 Poland Krakow 18 05368 Chile Temuco 18 19369 Turkey Izmit 18 21370 Israel Netanya 18 27371 Mexico Cuernavaca 18 34372 Mexico Puebla 18 53373 South Korea Incheon 18 6374 Serbia Belgrade 18 62375 China Qiqihar 18 69376 Israel Tel Aviv 18 74377 Mexico Monterrey 18 74378 Taiwan Kaohsiung 18 86379 Myanmar Yangon 19380 Turkey Samsun 19 04381 China Dongguan 19 21382 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 19 26383 Poland Katowice 19 35384 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zenica 19 35385 South Africa Vereeniging 19 4386 China Foshan 19 46387 South Korea Cheongju si 19 5388 Turkey Kayseri 19 51389 Iran Zanjan 19 53390 Sri Lanka Colombo 19 96391 South Korea Suwon 20 03392 Russia Novosibirsk 20 1393 North Macedonia Skopje 20 29394 Italy Milan 20 36395 Croatia Zagreb 20 38396 China Guangzhou 20 42397 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 20 48398 Thailand Bangkok 20 49399 China Ningbo 20 54400 Turkey Adapazari 20 6401 Ivory Coast Abidjan 20 62402 South Korea Sejong City 20 62403 China Yunfu 20 73404 Mexico Guadalajara 20 74405 Iran Urmia 20 93406 Iran Tabriz 21 2407 Israel Petah Tikva 21 3408 Chile Rancagua 21 34409 Thailand Lampang 21 36410 China Jieyang 21 67411 Iran Kermanshah 21 7412 Serbia Nis 21 83413 Turkey Adana 21 91414 Thailand Chiang Mai 21 92415 Chile Osorno 22 08416 South Africa Pretoria 22 17417 India Thiruvananthapuram 22 26418 Russia Tomsk 22 64419 Chile Santiago 22 69420 China Qingdao 22 89421 Kosovo Pristina 22 94422 Turkey Trabzon 22 95423 South Africa Johannesburg 23 22424 China Shanghai 23 49425 Laos Vientiane 23 52426 Turkey Kutahya 23 55427 China Nanning 23 66428 Turkey Erzurum 24 01429 China Hohhot 24 01430 Iran Qom 24 07431 Nepal Biratnagar 24 24432 Iran Kerman 24 29433 Ghana Accra 24 64434 Turkey Izmir 24 73435 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 24 88436 China Qinhuangdao 25 24437 Thailand Samut Prakan 25 34438 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 25 55439 China Changchun 25 72440 Vietnam Hanoi 25 76441 Mexico Toluca 25 8442 El Salvador San Salvador 26 05443 China Nanjing 26 18444 China Wuxi 26 22445 Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla 26 42446 Turkey Bursa 26 53447 China Suzhou 27 04448 China Xining 27 12449 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 27 22450 Iran Mashhad 27 22451 India Chennai 27 3452 South Africa Bloemfontein 27 42453 China Nanchang 27 63454 Peru Lima 27 68455 China Hangzhou 28 03456 Iran Khorramabad 28 3457 Iran Bandar Abbas 28 35458 Iran Shiraz 28 71459 India Shillong 29 19460 Kazakhstan Almaty 29 44461 China Chongqing 29 59462 China Shenyang 29 76463 India Thrissur 29 81464 China Beijing 29 89465 China Hefei 30 41466 China Fushun 30 51467 India Bangalore 30 55468 China Shiyan 30 8469 China Changzhou 31470 Indonesia Jakarta 31 41471 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 31 56472 China Harbin 31 63473 Uzbekistan Tashkent 32 3474 Turkey Konya 32 5475 China Yinchuan 32 59476 Iran Isfahan 32 87477 Iran Arak 33 58478 India Nashik 33 62479 China Zhuzhou 34480 China Lanzhou 34 04481 China Tianjin 34 38482 China Jinan 34 63483 Iran Karaj 35 38484 China Changsha 35 67485 Iran Tehran 36 7486 Nepal Kathmandu 36 74487 India Bhopal 37 05488 China Chengdu 37 13489 India Gandhinagar 37 61490 Tajikistan Dushanbe 39 44491 India Mumbai 40 47492 India Hyderabad 40 83493 Pakistan Islamabad 40 84494 India Visakhapatnam 40 9495 Pakistan Karachi 41 01496 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 41 65497 China Zhengzhou 42 88498 China Urumqi 42 92499 China Shijiazhuang 42 94500 China Taiyuan 43 05501 Mali Bamako 44502 China Xuchang 44 88503 Uganda Kampala 44 99504 China Xinxiang 46 05505 China Anyang 46 64506 India Kolkata 46 77507 China Xi an 48 11508 India Jaipur 49 98509 Iran Khorramshahr 51 44510 Kuwait Hawally 52 24511 India Chandigarh 53 16512 Bahrain Manama 57 38513 Nepal Pokhara 59 15514 South Africa East London 60 69515 India Lucknow 63 65516 Pakistan Peshawar 66 15517 India Hapur 67 02518 India Patna 67 2519 India Ghaziabad 74 72520 Iraq Baghdad 77 62521 India Muzaffarnagar 81 35522 India Delhi 84 39523 Bangladesh Dhaka 84 73524 India New Delhi 85 13525 Pakistan Lahore 111 63526 Saudi Arabia Dammam 124 11See also editList of most polluted cities by particulate matter concentration List of countries by air pollution Air quality monitoring Air purifierReferences edit Air Quality Open Data Platform 25 Most Polluted Cities in the World 2023 Rankings Portals nbsp Ecology nbsp Environment nbsp Lists Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of least polluted cities by particulate matter concentration amp oldid 1191242767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,