Two Polish cities ranked among the world’s most congested urban areas in 2025, according to the annual Traffic Index published by navigation‑device maker TomTom.
Lodz, Poland’s fourth‑largest city with about 650,000 residents, placed fourth globally with a congestion level of 72.8 percent — meaning travel times were nearly three‑quarters slower than under free‑flowing conditions. Lublin, a city of roughly 330,000 in the east, ranked sixth with a congestion level of 70.4 percent.
Mexico City topped the list at 75.9 percent, followed by Bengaluru in India at 74.4 percent and Dublin in Ireland at 72.9 percent.
TomTom said the index is based on anonymous GPS data from cities worldwide and measures how much traffic slows compared with uncongested travel.
The company noted that congestion worsened in every Polish city included in the index compared with 2024. In Lodz, commuters lost an average of 135 hours a year to rush‑hour traffic, while Lublin residents lost 117 hours.
A separate global ranking released last year by transport analytics firm Inrix — which uses a different methodology — found that Warsaw had Europe’s sixth‑highest number of hours lost to traffic jams.
