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2025

World Air Quality Report

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AQI⁺ US legend
0-50Good
51-100Moderate
101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200Unhealthy
201-300Very unhealthy
301+Hazardous
RankMajor city, country/regionAQI⁺ USFollowers
1
flagLahore, Pakistan
208
1.1M followers
2
flagDelhi, India
171
3.3M followers
3
flagKolkata, India
166
1.6M followers
4
flagSarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
164
787.8K followers
5
flagMumbai, India
161
1.8M followers
6
flagAlmaty, Kazakhstan
153
846.3K followers
7
flagTashkent, Uzbekistan
139
1.6M followers
8
flagRotterdam, Netherlands
136
189.8K followers
9
flagDhaka, Bangladesh
129
496.8K followers
10
flagUlaanbaatar, Mongolia
124
136.4K followers
11
flagKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
122
18.5K followers
12
flagJakarta, Indonesia
102
2.3M followers
13
flagWrocław, Poland
101
445.4K followers
14
flagKabul, Afghanistan
95
63.4K followers
15
flagMexico City, Mexico
93
626.2K followers
16
flagLondon, United Kingdom
93
1.2M followers
17
flagBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
92
617K followers
18
flagWarsaw, Poland
91
826.9K followers
19
flagBratislava, Slovakia
91
88.7K followers
20
flagBucharest, Romania
90
214.1K followers
21
flagBelgrade, Serbia
87
1.3M followers
22
flagRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
85
400.3K followers
23
flagZagreb, Croatia
83
274.3K followers
24
flagKraków, Poland
83
609K followers
25
flagDakar, Senegal
82
52.1K followers
26
flagBudapest, Hungary
78
164.6K followers
27
flagBrussels, Belgium
75
354.8K followers
28
flagManama, Bahrain
75
81.3K followers
29
flagBirmingham, United Kingdom
75
367.5K followers
30
flagKarachi, Pakistan
75
312.9K followers
31
flagDubai, United Arab Emirates
75
1.2M followers
32
flagDoha, Qatar
71
334K followers
33
flagVienna, Austria
71
489K followers
34
flagKathmandu, Nepal
71
452.4K followers
35
flagChongqing, China
71
512.8K followers
36
flagMilan, Italy
70
519.7K followers
37
flagLjubljana, Slovenia
70
208.4K followers
38
flagParis, France
69
15.4M followers
39
flagBerlin, Germany
69
868.8K followers
40
flagShanghai, China
69
3.5M followers
41
flagBarcelona, Spain
68
624.3K followers
42
flagSofia, Bulgaria
68
278.2K followers
43
flagIncheon, South Korea
67
195.2K followers
44
flagOslo, Norway
66
195.8K followers
45
flagAccra, Ghana
66
27.9K followers
46
flagChengdu, China
64
2.4M followers
47
flagPrague, Czech Republic
64
291.1K followers
48
flagIstanbul, Turkey
63
562.8K followers
49
flagKuwait City, Kuwait
62
174.2K followers
50
flagCopenhagen, Denmark
61
209.4K followers
51
flagYangon, Myanmar
60
235K followers
52
flagBeijing, China
60
18.5M followers
53
flagKrasnoyarsk, Russia
59
159.3K followers
54
flagSkopje, North Macedonia
59
253K followers
55
flagKaohsiung, Taiwan
59
1.1M followers
56
flagTel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
58
239.9K followers
57
flagHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
58
2.9M followers
58
flagHouston, USA
57
136.7K followers
59
flagAthens, Greece
56
191.6K followers
60
flagWuhan, China
56
656.5K followers
61
flagKyoto, Japan
56
270K followers
62
flagHangzhou, China
56
808.1K followers
63
flagSeoul, South Korea
56
17.7M followers
64
flagAmsterdam, Netherlands
55
571.2K followers
65
flagSingapore, Singapore
55
1.4M followers
66
flagBusan, South Korea
55
1.1M followers
67
flagGuangzhou, China
55
2M followers
68
flagJerusalem, Israel
53
99.4K followers
69
flagCairo, Egypt
53
281.1K followers
70
flagOsaka, Japan
53
672.2K followers
71
flagRome, Italy
52
435.7K followers
72
flagAlgiers, Algeria
50
50.7K followers
73
flagMunich, Germany
50
702.9K followers
74
flagShenzhen, China
50
874.3K followers
75
flagHong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
50
1.2M followers
76
flagMadrid, Spain
50
783.1K followers
77
flagNairobi, Kenya
50
79.6K followers
78
flagAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
49
37K followers
79
flagPristina, Kosovo
49
114.8K followers
80
flagPhnom Penh, Cambodia
47
1.1M followers
81
flagKampala, Uganda
46
39.9K followers
82
flagKuching, Malaysia
45
110.8K followers
83
flagMontreal, Canada
44
353.7K followers
84
flagMinneapolis, USA
44
95.3K followers
85
flagNice, France
41
601.8K followers
86
flagBogota, Colombia
39
146K followers
87
flagBaku, Azerbaijan
39
87.4K followers
88
flagJohannesburg, South Africa
39
111.7K followers
89
flagBangkok, Thailand
38
17.3M followers
90
flagStockholm, Sweden
34
255K followers
91
flagSantiago, Chile
34
180.3K followers
92
flagBern, Switzerland
33
223.3K followers
93
flagLisbon, Portugal
33
208.4K followers
94
flagKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
33
1.2M followers
95
flagKobe, Japan
33
69.1K followers
96
flagTokyo, Japan
33
1.7M followers
97
flagHelsinki, Finland
30
224.4K followers
98
flagWashington D.C., USA
30
180.9K followers
99
flagHanoi, Vietnam
30
3.6M followers
100
flagLos Angeles, USA
29
16.3M followers
101
flagMedan, Indonesia
28
1.4M followers
102
flagMoscow, Russia
28
1.3M followers
103
flagSalt Lake City, USA
28
269K followers
104
flagDetroit, USA
27
77.1K followers
105
flagTaipei, Taiwan
26
1.5M followers
106
flagKyiv, Ukraine
26
677.6K followers
107
flagDublin, Ireland
26
125.9K followers
108
flagNew York, USA
26
2.6M followers
109
flagLima, Peru
25
68.5K followers
110
flagLyon, France
22
705.3K followers
111
flagDenver, USA
22
2M followers
112
flagChiang Mai, Thailand
22
16M followers
113
flagCanberra, Australia
21
506.8K followers
114
flagSeattle, USA
21
794.8K followers
115
flagMelbourne, Australia
20
869.6K followers
116
flagPortland, USA
20
449.5K followers
117
flagSan Francisco, USA
20
1.1M followers
118
flagBaghdad, Iraq
19
298.6K followers
119
flagChicago, USA
19
228.6K followers
120
flagSydney, Australia
19
1.9M followers
121
flagSao Paulo, Brazil
17
183.6K followers
122
flagVancouver, Canada
17
569.6K followers
123
flagToronto, Canada
13
1.1M followers
124
flagTehran, Iran
11
1.6M followers
125
flagAuckland, New Zealand
3
259.5K followers
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World Air Quality Report

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