Table 2: The world's top 29 megacities, listed by number of inhabitants in decreasing order (see Table 1). The 2002-2012 LST trends (oC/11y) are for the two MODIS sensors, Terra and Aqua, at 1°×1°; NA = not available. Statistically significant slopes at a 95% (i.e., P < 0.05). In parentheses, the (R2; P -value) are also indicated.

The top 29 Largest Megacities Terra -MODIS Trend Aqua -MODIS Trend
Day Night Day Night
1 Japan Tokyo -0.049
(0.2944; 0.2660) 		-0.048
(0.1535; 0.5142) 		-0.06
(0.1897; 0.4636) 		NA
2 China Guangzhou NA 0.093
(0.1708; 0.4892) 		NA NA
3 Indonesia Jakarta 0.067
(0.2126; 0.1798)		 0.095
(0.4065; 0.0473)		 -0.03
(0.0402; 0.5788)		 0.052
(0.1971; 0.1987)
4 China Shanghai NA -0.045
(0.0665; 0.4719) 		NA -0.129
(0.3545; 0.1584)
5 Republic of
Korea		 Seoul 0.054
(0.0749; 0.4154) 		0.016
(0.0067; 0.8111) 		-0.01
(0.0012; 0.9249) 		NA
6 Mexico Mexico City 0.064
(0.0128; 0.7403)		 0.07
(0.1157; 0.3704)		 0.23
(0.1411; 0.2847) 		0.056
(0.2686; 0.1249)
7 India Delhi NA 0.023
(0.0280; 0.6226)		 NA 0.067
(0.1514; 0.2369)
8 Pakistan Karachi -0.001
(0.0000; 0.9921)		 0.028
(0.0086; 0.7867)		 0.10
(0.0429; 0.5411)		 0.119
(0.1425; 0.2524)
9 Philippines Quezon City NA NA NA NA
10 United States
of America		 New York 0.016
(0.0041; 0.8515)		 0.012
(0.0044; 0.8461)		 -0.03
(0.0067; 0.8104)		 0.005
(0.0006; 0.9414)
11 Brazil São Paulo -0.094
(0.1943; 0.1748)		 -0.058
(0.0983; 0.3478)		 -0.20
(0.2331; 0.1326)		 -0.114
(0.1351; 0.2661)
12 India Mumbai NA NA NA NA
13 United States
of America		 Los Angeles -0.03
(0.0134; 0.7344)		 -0.049
(0.0800; 0.3994)		 -0.03
(0.0196; 0.6810)		 -0.062
(0.1315; 0.2731)
14 Japan Osaka 0.005
(0.0007; 0.9445)		 0.088
(0.2444; 0.2130)		 0.05
(0.0726; 0.4833)		 -0.086
(0.2148; 0.4318)
15 China Beijing -0.048
(0.0164; 0.7075)		 0.042
(0.0782; 0.4050)		 0.04
(0.0139; 0.7299)		 0.024
(0.0364; 0.5741)
16 Russia Moscow 0.183
(0.0803; 0.3985)		 0.188
(0.2729;0.0992)		 0.30
(0.2123; 0.1538)		 0.272
(0.4365; 0.0269)
17 Egypt Cairo 0.099
(0.3589; 0.0515)		 0.10
(0.4261; 0.0295)		 0.19
(0.4963; 0.0155)		 0.078
(0.2730; 0.0992)
18 Bangladesh Dhaka NA NA NA NA
19 India Kolkata NA NA NA NA
20 Argentina Buenos Aires -0.03
(0.0126; 0.7425)		 -0.071
(0.0617; 0.4613)		 -0.16
(0.1605; 0.2221)		 -0.194
(0.2542; 0.1138)
21 Thailand Bangkok NA NA NA NA
22 Turkey Istanbul 0.062
(0.0431; 0.5403)		 0.146
(0.3246; 0.0673)		 0.12
(0.1123; 0.3137)		 0.135
(0.2502; 0.1171)
23 Iran Tehran 0.027
(0.0052; 0.8331)		 0.093
(0.1002; 0.3429)		 -0.05
(0.0157; 0.7133)		 0.051
(0.0336; 0.5896)
24 United
Kingdom		 London -0.269
(0.3019; 0.0800)		 -0.142
(0.4567; 0.0224)		 -0.30
(0.4102; 0.0460)		 -0.191
(0.6933; 0.0015)
25 Nigeria Lagos NA NA NA NA
26 Brazil Rio de Janeiro -0.089
(0.1744; 0.2013)		 -0.039
(0.0492; 0.5120)		 -0.20
(0.2543; 0.1137)		 -0.076
(0.1068; 0.3267)
27 France Paris -0.256
(0.3255; 0.0668)		 -0.166
(0.3162; 0.0718)		 -0.32
(0.5257; 0.0177)		 -0.188
(0.5331; 0.0107)
28 China Shenzhen NA 0.092
(0.1633; 0.3686)		 -0.09
(0.1106; 0.4209)		 -0.001
(0.0002; 0.9812)
29 China Tianjin -0.044
(0.0588; 0.4725)		 0.058
(0.3035; 0.0790)		 0.11
(0.1523; 0.2353)		 0.033
(0.0862; 0.4102)

Note: The top 10 megacities in the Monsoon Asian Integrated Region are indicated in bold.