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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 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
208
146.1K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
185
2.7M followers
3 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
170
11.7M followers
4 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
169
6.6K followers
5 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
160
1.7M followers
6 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
154
382.4K followers
7 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
138
225.2K followers
8 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
121
22.4K followers
9 Beijing, China Beijing, China
116
6.9M followers
10 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
114
9.4K followers
11 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
110
15.1K followers
12 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
102
68.2K followers
13 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
102
339.7K followers
14 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
94
23.8K followers
15 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
91
320.9K followers
16 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
90
2.1M followers
17 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
88
1.7M followers
18 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
88
6.4M followers
19 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
86
25.6K followers
20 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
84
1.4M followers
21 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
79
80.6K followers
22 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
78
683.1K followers
23 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
76
19.7K followers
24 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
75
63.6K followers
25 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
74
32.7K followers
26 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
74
319.3K followers
27 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
74
1.5M followers
28 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
73
29.9K followers
29 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
73
93.7K followers
30 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
72
2.2M followers
31 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
71
5.3M followers
32 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
69
1.5M followers
33 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
68
37K followers
34 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
67
51.4K followers
35 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
67
326.8K followers
36 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
65
99.9K followers
37 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
61
84.5K followers
38 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
59
59.7K followers
39 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
59
6.4K followers
40 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
58
395.1K followers
41 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
58
34.7K followers
42 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
56
1.3M followers
43 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
56
114.9K followers
44 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
54
13.7K followers
45 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
53
323.4K followers
46 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
53
384.8K followers
47 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
53
368.1K followers
48 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
52
80.1K followers
49 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
50
190K followers
50 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
49
79.6K followers
51 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
47
6M followers
52 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
46
671.6K followers
53 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
45
304.3K followers
54 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
42
294.1K followers
55 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
41
379K followers
56 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
41
774.3K followers
57 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
41
49.1K followers
58 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
41
62.7K followers
59 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
41
80.3K followers
60 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
41
1M followers
61 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
39
253.3K followers
62 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
39
200.2K followers
63 Nice, France Nice, France
38
453.4K followers
64 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
38
63.4K followers
65 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
38
38.5K followers
66 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
37
25.8K followers
67 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
36
35.2K followers
68 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
35
169.4K followers
69 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
34
977.9K followers
70 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
34
22.1K followers
71 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
33
860.8K followers
72 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
32
21.2K followers
73 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
31
49.1K followers
74 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
31
139.9K followers
75 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
31
105.9K followers
76 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
30
234.9K followers
77 Paris, France Paris, France
30
5.5M followers
78 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
29
13.8K followers
79 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
29
194.7K followers
80 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
29
62K followers
81 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
29
20.4K followers
82 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
28
283.2K followers
83 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
26
121.1K followers
84 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
25
84.6K followers
85 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
25
108.4K followers
86 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
25
141.9K followers
87 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
25
27.6K followers
88 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
24
14.6K followers
89 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
24
38.2K followers
90 Denver, USA Denver, USA
24
1.5M followers
91 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
24
235.2K followers
92 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
23
339.6K followers
93 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
23
24.4K followers
94 Houston, USA Houston, USA
23
27.3K followers
95 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
22
1M followers
96 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
22
73.6K followers
97 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
22
13K followers
98 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
21
37.9K followers
99 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21
2.2M followers
100 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
19
95.4K followers
101 Lyon, France Lyon, France
18
486.9K followers
102 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
18
115.4K followers
103 New York City, USA New York City, USA
18
1.8M followers
104 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
18
296.2K followers
105 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
17
22.2K followers
106 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
17
109.6K followers
107 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
17
272.6K followers
108 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
17
271.9K followers
109 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
16
114.2K followers
110 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
16
43.3K followers
111 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
16
1.6M followers
112 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
16
580.2K followers
113 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
15
25.8K followers
114 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
15
331.9K followers
115 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
15
45.4K followers
116 Portland, USA Portland, USA
14
126.5K followers
117 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
13
15.2K followers
118 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
8
67.6K followers
119 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
0
221.2K followers

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