The world's most congested metro areas 2023

The Manila and Bogota metropolitan areas tied as the most congested metro areas during rush hours in 2023. In Manila and Bogota, the average time lost to waiting in traffic in metropolitan areas was 117 hours at rush hours that year. Furthermore, the Lima and Bucharest metropolitan areas were the third and fourth most congested metro areas in the world in 2023, with 116 and 112 hours lost in rush hour traffic, respectively.

Most congested metropolitan areas in the world by amount of time lost per year during rush hours in 2023 (in hours)

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January 2024

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Colombia, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, United Kingdom

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Metro area is defined by a circle that covers the city and the surrounding rural areas. The circles were made at the beginning of the Traffic Index and with help from people local to the area where possible.

Time lost per year is described as the average duration of time lost due to traffic delays over the course of a year. 230 working days is assumed (therefore 230 trips per year).

Time lost in traffic is described as the difference in travel times between the same trip in optimal conditions (free-flow travel times) and the current congested travel times.

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