"According to data collected by House Fresh, the world's most polluted city is Byrnihat in India, with an average concentration of 128.2 micrograms of toxic PM2.5 particles per cubic metre (µg/m³). That makes Byrnihat 25 times more polluted than the World Health Organisation's recommended safe levels of just five µg/m³. This is followed by Delhi in India (108.3µg/m³) and Karaganda in Kazakhstan (104.8µg/m³)."
"Overall, Asia is the worst continent for air pollution, with nine of the 10 most polluted cities on Earth. Asia is also home to the world's second most polluted capital city, New Delhi, which is a smaller municipality within Delhi and has air particulate levels of 91.6µg/m³ - 18 times higher than the safe limit. According to air monitoring service IQAir's 2024 report, the intense levels of pollution in South Asia are due to 'industrial emissions, biomass burning, coal-fired power, and transportation.'"
"In Asia, the cleanest cities for air pollution are largely located in Kazakhstan and Japan, with Japan boasting five of the 10least polluted towns. Europe, by contrast, has some of the world's lowest rates of air pollution and is home to half of the 20 least polluted cities. The title of least polluted city in Europe goes to Faro, a fairly large city on Portugal's south coast, with average particulate"
Byrnihat, India registers the highest average PM2.5 concentration at 128.2 micrograms per cubic metre, about 25 times the World Health Organization safe level of 5 µg/m³. Delhi (108.3 µg/m³) and Karaganda, Kazakhstan (104.8 µg/m³) rank next. All ten of the world's most polluted cities are located in Asia and Africa, with nine of the ten in Asia. New Delhi records 91.6 µg/m³, roughly 18 times the safe limit. IQAir's 2024 report attributes South Asia's intense pollution to industrial emissions, biomass burning, coal-fired power, and transportation. Kazakhstan and Japan feature many of the cleanest towns, and Europe holds half of the 20 least polluted cities.
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