which cities are rising, and which are fading
50 cities, six rankings, measured the same way everywhere. No surveys. No paid places.
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
all cities ×- – The busiest air gatewaysRewiring · no published figure not reported
- 34th Most sun and wind power built nearbyElectrifying · of 50 cities 142 MW
- 43rd Where cities are growing fastestDemographic turn · of 50 cities 2%
- – The biggest metro and rapid-transit networksLeapfrogging · no published figure not reported
- 40th Where cities are covering the most new landPlanetary pressure · of 50 cities 23%
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Most sun and wind power built nearby
Large solar and wind plants operating within 100 km of the city, megawatts, September 2026. · Fact
- 1 Berlin Germany 9,997 MW
- 2 Shanghai China 6,192 MW
- 3 Dubai UAE 5,169 MW
- 4 Tokyo Japan 4,651 MW
- 5 Shenzhen China 4,441 MW
- 6 London UK 4,227 MW
- 7 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 3,706 MW
- 8 Los Angeles USA 3,421 MW
- 9 Paris France 3,317 MW
- 10 Madrid Spain 3,174 MW
- 11 Bengaluru India 2,655 MW
- 12 Santiago Chile 2,581 MW
- 13 Istanbul Türkiye 2,384 MW
- 14 Hong Kong China 2,162 MW
- 15 Manila Philippines 1,901 MW
- 16 Karachi Pakistan 1,853 MW
- 17 Beijing China 1,722 MW
- 18 Seoul South Korea 1,633 MW
- 19 Chicago USA 1,316 MW
- 20 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1,154 MW
- 21 New York USA 1,054 MW
- 22 Mexico City Mexico 1,032 MW
- 23 Bangkok Thailand 983 MW
- 24 Jakarta Indonesia 405 MW
- 25 Johannesburg South Africa 358 MW
- 26 Singapore Singapore 330 MW
- 27 Mumbai India 248 MW
- 28 Delhi India 246 MW
- 29 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 204 MW
- 30 Bogotá Colombia 158 MW
- 31 Dhaka Bangladesh 143 MW
- 32 Nairobi Kenya 143 MW
- 33 Sydney Australia 143 MW
- 34 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 142 MW
- 35 Cairo Egypt 116 MW
- 36 Lahore Pakistan 104 MW
- 37 Kolkata India 84 MW
- 38 Baghdad Iraq 75 MW
- 39 São Paulo Brazil 74 MW
- 40 Buenos Aires Argentina 65 MW
- 41 Lagos Nigeria 52 MW
- 42 Tehran Iran 28 MW
- 43 Chengdu China 11 MW
- 44 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 0 MW
- 45 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 0 MW
- 46 Khartoum Sudan 0 MW
- 47 Kinshasa DR Congo 0 MW
- 48 Lima Peru 0 MW
- 49 Luanda Angola 0 MW
- 50 Moscow Russia 0 MW
Source: Global Energy Monitor, Global Integrated Power Tracker (September 2026) · 2026 data. Utility-scale plants as tracked by Global Energy Monitor; the smallest plant it tracks differs by country (about 1 MW in some, much larger in others), and rooftop solar is not counted, so cities are not measured on exactly the same scale. The 100 km circle crosses borders (Berlin includes western Poland). Plants nearby are not the power a city uses: Luanda and Kinshasa run largely on dams further away.
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