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If you live in any of these 20 cities, you spend the most time stuck In traffic…

Team Instarem

April 20, 2022

Sitting behind the wheel and looking at a bevvy of vehicles inching their way forward on the highway – if this scenario sounds a bit too familiar, you are one of the millions of people who drive to and from work each day (Kudos to you!).

In an era where companies are vying to grab the consumer’s attention with the sleekest of gadgets, fastest of cars and the promise of saving time, it’s ironic that people end up spending a big chunk of their day stuck behind the wheels daily.

Let’s look at the world’s worst cities where an average commuter spends anywhere between 1 hour and 1.5 hours stuck in the traffic.

20 Worst Cities To Commute In The World

Rank	City	Time Index (in minutes)
1	Lagos, Nigeria	66.78
2	San Jose, Costa Rica	64.02
3	Colombo, Sri Lanka	62.17
4	Los Angeles, CA, United States	61.07
5	Kolkata, India	60.36
6	Dhaka, Bangladesh	57.85
7	Delhi, India	57.37
8	Nairobi, Kenya	56.62
9	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	54.74
10	Mumbai, India	54.65
11	Manila, Philippines	54.02
12	Tehran, Iran	53.06
13	Jakarta, Indonesia	52.88
14	Bangalore, India	52.64
15	Mexico City, Mexico	52.45
16	Istanbul, Turkey	52.27
17	Bogota, Colombia	51.96
18	San Francisco, CA, United States	51.23
19	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	51.09
20	Moscow, Russia	51.08

Let’s look at how cities fare continents wise…

Africa

Rank	City	Time Index (in minutes)
1	Lagos, Nigeria	66.78
2	Nairobi, Kenya	56.62
3	Cairo, Egypt	50.21
4	Pretoria, South Africa	45.51
5	Cape Town, South Africa	43.09
6	Johannesburg, South Africa	40.68
7	Durban, South Africa	26.11

North America

Rank	City	Time Index (in minutes)
1	Los Angeles, CA, United States	61.07
2	San Francisco, CA, United States	51.23
3	Boston, MA, United States	45.36
4	Toronto, Canada	45.10
5	Detroit, MI, United States	45.09
6	Miami, FL, United States	43.02
7	New York, NY, United States	42.77
8	Houston, TX, United States	42.02
9	Chicago, IL, United States	41.91
10	Atlanta, GA, United States	41.86
11	Seattle, WA, United States	41.85
12	Honolulu, HI, United States	41.19
13	Washington, DC, United States	40.49
14	Philadelphia, PA, United States	40.26
15	Montreal, Canada	39.48
16	Nashville, TN, United States	38.98
17	San Jose, CA, United States	38.26
18	Mississauga, Canada	38.25
19	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	38.06
20	Oakland, CA, United States	37.69

South America

Rank	City	Time Index (in minutes)
1	Bogota, Colombia	51.96
2	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	51.09
3	Sao Paulo, Brazil	50.49
4	Lima, Peru	50.04
5	Buenos Aires, Argentina	48.15
6	Recife, Brazil	45.79
7	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	43.23
8	Quito, Ecuador	42.14
9	Medellin, Colombia	39.18
10	Montevideo, Uruguay	37.84
11	Santiago, Chile	36.99
12	Caracas, Venezuela	34.85
13	Curitiba, Brazil	32.24
14	Porto Alegre, Brazil	31.98
15	Brasilia, Brazil	29.74
16	Campinas, Brazil	27.96

Asia

Rank	City	Time Index (in minutes)
1	Colombo, Sri Lanka	62.17
2	Kolkata, India	60.36
3	Dhaka, Bangladesh	57.85
4	Delhi, India	57.37
5	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	54.74
6	Mumbai, India	54.65
7	Manila, Philippines	54.02
8	Tehran, Iran	53.06
9	Jakarta, Indonesia	52.88
10	Bangalore, India	52.64
11	Istanbul, Turkey	52.27
12	Chennai, India	47.53
13	Coimbatore, India	47.50
14	Shanghai, China	47.42
15	Bangkok, Thailand	46.18
16	Beijing, China	44.61
17	Pune, India	43.47
18	Hyderabad, India	42.80
19	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	42.56
20	Amman, Jordan	42.39

Europe

Rank	City	Time Index (in minutes)
1	Moscow, Russia	51.08
2	Saint Petersburg, Russia	48.35
3	London, United Kingdom	43.72
4	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	42.96
5	Paris, France	42.52
6	Rome, Italy	41.36
7	Bucharest, Romania	41.27
8	Manchester, United Kingdom	40.79
9	Novosibirsk, Russia	40.58
10	Dublin, Ireland	40.41
11	Tirana, Albania	39.93
12	Budapest, Hungary	38.97
13	Belfast, United Kingdom	38.92
14	Yekaterinburg, Russia	38.37
15	Antwerp, Belgium	38.32
16	Athens, Greece	38.08
17	Kharkiv, Ukraine	37.82
18	Brussels, Belgium	37.00
19	Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine	36.51
20	Milan, Italy	36.50

Source: https://www.numbeo.com/traffic/rankings.jsp

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