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2023

World Air Quality Report

NEWSROOM
AQI US legend

0-50

Good

51-100

Moderate

101-150

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200

Unhealthy

201-300

Very unhealthy

301+

Hazardous

Rank Major city, country/region AQI USFollowers
1 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
162
1.4M followers
2 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
153
145.9K followers
3 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
152
121K followers
4 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
151
11.7M followers
5 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
120
225.1K followers
6 Delhi, India Delhi, India
113
2.7M followers
7 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
105
1.5M followers
8 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
103
2.2M followers
9 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
100
339.5K followers
10 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
99
1.7M followers
11 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
98
25.6K followers
12 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
94
139.8K followers
13 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
88
5.3M followers
14 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
86
395K followers
15 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
82
1.7M followers
16 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
81
234.5K followers
17 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
80
19.7K followers
18 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
79
80.6K followers
19 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
78
283.1K followers
20 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
78
68.1K followers
21 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
77
59.7K followers
22 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
77
79.6K followers
23 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
76
1.5M followers
24 Beijing, China Beijing, China
76
6.9M followers
25 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
73
29.8K followers
26 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
72
382K followers
27 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
72
326.6K followers
28 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
70
15.1K followers
29 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
68
1.3M followers
30 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
68
378.8K followers
31 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
65
99.8K followers
32 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
65
63.6K followers
33 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
65
682.9K followers
34 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
63
1.3M followers
35 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
63
93.6K followers
36 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
63
51.4K followers
37 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
62
293.7K followers
38 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
61
22.4K followers
39 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
61
6.4M followers
40 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
60
319.1K followers
41 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
59
20.4K followers
42 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
57
12.9K followers
43 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
57
105.8K followers
44 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
57
2.1M followers
45 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
57
80.1K followers
46 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
57
38.4K followers
47 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
56
169.3K followers
48 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
56
49K followers
49 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
56
34.7K followers
50 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
55
84.4K followers
51 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
55
234.7K followers
52 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
55
671.2K followers
53 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
53
384.3K followers
54 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
52
6M followers
55 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
50
9.3K followers
56 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
50
977.5K followers
57 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
50
194.4K followers
58 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
50
114.6K followers
59 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
48
84.5K followers
60 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
48
253.3K followers
61 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
48
320.3K followers
62 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
45
23.7K followers
63 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
45
108.3K followers
64 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
45
62.5K followers
65 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
45
80.2K followers
66 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
43
323.2K followers
67 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
43
63.3K followers
68 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
41
37.9K followers
69 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
41
6.4K followers
70 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
41
27.6K followers
71 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
40
21.1K followers
72 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
40
32.6K followers
73 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
40
38.1K followers
74 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
38
141.8K followers
75 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
37
1M followers
76 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
36
339.2K followers
77 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
36
13.8K followers
78 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
36
22K followers
79 New York City, USA New York City, USA
36
1.8M followers
80 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
35
49K followers
81 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
33
304.2K followers
82 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
33
189.4K followers
83 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
33
367.6K followers
84 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
33
1M followers
85 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
31
37K followers
86 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
31
35.1K followers
87 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
31
25.8K followers
88 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
30
13.7K followers
89 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
29
860.3K followers
90 Nice, France Nice, France
28
453.2K followers
91 Paris, France Paris, France
26
5.5M followers
92 Houston, USA Houston, USA
26
27.2K followers
93 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
23
24.4K followers
94 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
21
22.2K followers
95 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
21
25.8K followers
96 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
20
61.9K followers
97 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
18
73.6K followers
98 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
17
95.3K followers
99 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
17
773.5K followers
100 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
17
113.9K followers
101 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
17
109.5K followers
102 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
17
2.2M followers
103 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
17
199.8K followers
104 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
17
115.2K followers
105 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
17
43.2K followers
106 Lyon, France Lyon, France
16
486.7K followers
107 Denver, USA Denver, USA
14
1.5M followers
108 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
14
579.8K followers
109 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
13
272.4K followers
110 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
13
271.8K followers
111 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
13
45.3K followers
112 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
10
67.5K followers
113 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
10
331.6K followers
114 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
9
15.2K followers
115 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
7
295.9K followers
116 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
6
14.6K followers
117 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
6
1.6M followers
118 Portland, USA Portland, USA
6
126.3K followers
119 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
5
221K followers

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