Table 1: The world's 29 largest megacities, listed by population (2010) in decreasing order, including latitude, longitude, available LST data and population size. Note: The 10 largest megacities in the Integrated Asian Monsoon Region are indicated in bold; and NA = not available.

	Country	City	Continent	Lat (deg)	Lon (deg)	LST Data MODIS 8-d, 1 km	Pop (mil)
1	Japan	Tokyo	Asia	35.43	139.4	2003-2014	34.6
2	China	Guangzhou	Asia	23.11	113.25	2003-2014	26.3
3	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	-6.17	106.82	NA	25.8
4	China	Shanghai	Asia	31.23	121.47	2003-2014	25.8
5	Republic of Korea	Seoul	Asia	37.56	126.99	2003-2014	25.6
6	Mexico	Mexico City	North America	19.50	-99.11	NA	23.5
7	India	Delhi	Asia	28.66	77.21	2003-2008 nighttime	23.5
8	Pakistan	Karachi	Asia	24.86	67.05	2003-2011	22.1
9	Philippines	Quezon City	Asia	14.63	121.03	NA	21.8
10	United States of America	New York	North America	40.70	-73.91	NA	21.5
11	Brazil	São Paulo	South America	-23.53	-46.61	NA	21.3
12	India	Mumbai	Asia	18.96	72.82	NA	21.1
13	United States of America	Los Angeles	North America	34.08	-118.37	NA	17.1
14	Japan	Osaka	Asia	34.66	135.50	2003-2014	16.8
15	China	Beijing	Asia	39.90	116.38	2003-2014	16.7
16	Russia	Moscow	Europe	55.75	37.61	NA	16.2
17	Egypt	Cairo	Africa	30.05	31.25	NA	15.9
18	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	23.72	90.40	2003-2013 nighttime	15.9
19	India	Kolkata	Asia	22.56	88.36	2003-2014 nighttime	15.8
20	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	-5.26	-79.96	NA	14.4
21	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	13.750	100.517	NA	14.2
22	Turkey	Istanbul	Asia	41.019	28.965	NA	13.7
23	Iran	Tehran	Asia	35.672	51.424	NA	13.7
24	United Kingdom	London	Europe	51.500	-0.117	NA	13.2
25	Nigeria	Lagos	Africa	6.453	3.396	NA	13.0
26	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	South America	-22.900	-43.233	NA	12.8
27	France	Paris	Europe	48.867	2.333	NA	10.6
28	China	Shenzhen	Asia	22.544	114.110	NA	10.0
29	China	Tianjin	Asia	39.128	117.185	NA	10.0