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2023
World Air Quality Report
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Good
51-100
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101-150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
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201-300
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301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 189 | 146.1K followers |
| 2 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 158 | 1.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 154 | 11.7M followers |
| 4 |  | Delhi, India | 145 | 2.7M followers |
| 5 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 144 | 6.6K followers |
| 6 | | Kolkata, India | 132 | 1.4M followers |
| 7 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 122 | 225.2K followers |
| 8 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 117 | 23.8K followers |
| 9 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 105 | 382.3K followers |
| 10 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 102 | 68.2K followers |
| 11 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 99 | 339.7K followers |
| 12 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 92 | 5.3M followers |
| 13 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 84 | 51.4K followers |
| 14 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 80 | 15.1K followers |
| 15 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 78 | 63.6K followers |
| 16 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 76 | 80.6K followers |
| 17 |  | Guangzhou, China | 76 | 1.5M followers |
| 18 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 76 | 80.1K followers |
| 19 |  | Seoul, South Korea | 76 | 6.4M followers |
| 20 | | Shanghai, China | 75 | 2.1M followers |
| 21 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 74 | 395.1K followers |
| 22 | | Medan, Indonesia | 74 | 1.3M followers |
| 23 |  | Madrid, Spain | 73 | 326.8K followers |
| 24 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 72 | 59.7K followers |
| 25 | | Wuhan, China | 72 | 319.3K followers |
| 26 | | Incheon, South Korea | 71 | 22.4K followers |
| 27 | | Mumbai, India | 70 | 1.5M followers |
| 28 | | Beijing, China | 70 | 6.9M followers |
| 29 |  | Chicago, USA | 70 | 43.2K followers |
| 30 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 69 | 109.5K followers |
| 31 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 68 | 25.6K followers |
| 32 |  | Santiago, Chile | 68 | 93.7K followers |
| 33 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 66 | 2.2M followers |
| 34 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 65 | 20.4K followers |
| 35 | | Chengdu, China | 63 | 1.7M followers |
| 36 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 63 | 683.1K followers |
| 37 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 63 | 671.6K followers |
| 38 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 63 | 114.8K followers |
| 39 |  | Accra, Ghana | 60 | 6.4K followers |
| 40 | | Batam, Indonesia | 59 | 1.3M followers |
| 41 |  | Doha, Qatar | 59 | 99.9K followers |
| 42 | | Shenzhen, China | 59 | 384.7K followers |
| 43 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 58 | 38.5K followers |
| 44 | | Los Angeles, USA | 58 | 6M followers |
| 45 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 55 | 84.5K followers |
| 46 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 55 | 19.7K followers |
| 47 | | Hangzhou, China | 54 | 320.8K followers |
| 48 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 53 | 221.2K followers |
| 49 |  | Kyoto, Japan | 53 | 80.3K followers |
| 50 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 52 | 29.9K followers |
| 51 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 52 | 253.3K followers |
| 52 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 50 | 49.1K followers |
| 53 | | Busan, South Korea | 50 | 189.9K followers |
| 54 | | Warsaw, Poland | 48 | 323.3K followers |
| 55 | | Osaka, Japan | 48 | 62.6K followers |
| 56 |  | Berlin, Germany | 45 | 194.6K followers |
| 57 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 43 | 379K followers |
| 58 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 42 | 368K followers |
| 59 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 39 | 37K followers |
| 60 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 39 | 21.2K followers |
| 61 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 39 | 9.4K followers |
| 62 |  | Lyon, France | 37 | 486.9K followers |
| 63 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 37 | 35.2K followers |
| 64 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 37 | 860.7K followers |
| 65 |  | Rome, Italy | 37 | 63.4K followers |
| 66 |  | Oslo, Norway | 36 | 32.7K followers |
| 67 | | Paris, France | 35 | 5.5M followers |
| 68 | | Chongqing, China | 35 | 169.4K followers |
| 69 |  | Tehran, Iran | 33 | 1M followers |
| 70 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 33 | 977.8K followers |
| 71 | | Kobe, Japan | 33 | 27.6K followers |
| 72 | | Tokyo, Japan | 33 | 1M followers |
| 73 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 32 | 49K followers |
| 74 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 31 | 67.5K followers |
| 75 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 31 | 61.9K followers |
| 76 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 31 | 22.1K followers |
| 77 | | Nice, France | 30 | 453.4K followers |
| 78 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 30 | 37.9K followers |
| 79 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 30 | 79.6K followers |
| 80 |  | Vienna, Austria | 29 | 141.9K followers |
| 81 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 27 | 105.9K followers |
| 82 |  | Melbourne, Australia | 27 | 294K followers |
| 83 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 26 | 283.2K followers |
| 84 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 26 | 121.1K followers |
| 85 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 26 | 73.6K followers |
| 86 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 26 | 38.1K followers |
| 87 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 26 | 200K followers |
| 88 | | Krakow, Poland | 25 | 304.3K followers |
| 89 | | Munich, Germany | 25 | 339.4K followers |
| 90 |  | Athens, Greece | 25 | 25.8K followers |
| 91 | | London, United Kingdom | 25 | 235.1K followers |
| 92 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 23 | 84.6K followers |
| 93 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 23 | 14.6K followers |
| 94 | | Milano, Italy | 23 | 114.2K followers |
| 95 | | Detroit, USA | 23 | 24.4K followers |
| 96 | | New York City, USA | 23 | 1.8M followers |
| 97 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 22 | 234.8K followers |
| 98 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 21 | 95.3K followers |
| 99 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 21 | 139.9K followers |
| 100 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 21 | 2.2M followers |
| 101 |  | Montreal, Canada | 21 | 108.4K followers |
| 102 |  | Lima, Peru | 21 | 34.7K followers |
| 103 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 18 | 272.5K followers |
| 104 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 17 | 13.8K followers |
| 105 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 16 | 13.7K followers |
| 106 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 15 | 115.4K followers |
| 107 | | Seattle, USA | 14 | 296.1K followers |
| 108 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 12 | 22.2K followers |
| 109 | | Denver, USA | 12 | 1.5M followers |
| 110 | | Toronto, Canada | 11 | 331.8K followers |
| 111 | | Canberra, Australia | 11 | 271.9K followers |
| 112 | | Sydney, Australia | 11 | 1.6M followers |
| 113 | | Portland, USA | 11 | 126.4K followers |
| 114 | | Houston, USA | 10 | 27.3K followers |
| 115 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 9 | 25.8K followers |
| 116 | | Minneapolis, USA | 9 | 15.2K followers |
| 117 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 8 | 13K followers |
| 118 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 7 | 45.4K followers |
| 119 | | San Francisco, USA | 5 | 580.1K followers |
| 120 | | Moscow, Russia | 4 | 774.1K followers |
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