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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
179
145.6K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
174
2.7M followers
3 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
170
1.3M followers
4 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
160
11.7M followers
5 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
158
2.2M followers
6 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
152
1.7M followers
7 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
151
366.1K followers
8 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
137
68K followers
9 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
132
224.8K followers
10 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
132
5.3M followers
11 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
128
9.3K followers
12 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
128
381.5K followers
13 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
124
6.3K followers
14 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
105
99.6K followers
15 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
105
22.3K followers
16 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
102
6.3M followers
17 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
98
2.1M followers
18 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
97
80.5K followers
19 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
93
63.6K followers
20 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
90
25.4K followers
21 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
87
23.5K followers
22 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
87
318.3K followers
23 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
86
1.4M followers
24 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
84
29.8K followers
25 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
83
339.1K followers
26 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
83
1.5M followers
27 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
83
79.5K followers
28 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
82
79.9K followers
29 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
81
51.3K followers
30 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
80
19.6K followers
31 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
78
378.3K followers
32 New York City, USA New York City, USA
77
1.8M followers
33 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
70
59.6K followers
34 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
70
114.2K followers
35 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
68
34.6K followers
36 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
67
84.2K followers
37 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
66
394.6K followers
38 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
63
976.4K followers
39 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
61
771.7K followers
40 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
60
1.3M followers
41 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
59
48.8K followers
42 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
57
303.9K followers
43 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
55
1.5M followers
44 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
55
188.2K followers
45 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
53
383.4K followers
46 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
53
682.4K followers
47 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
52
13.6K followers
48 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
50
670.1K followers
49 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
49
326.3K followers
50 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
47
37.9K followers
51 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
44
15K followers
52 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
44
113.4K followers
53 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
43
105.7K followers
54 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
42
63K followers
55 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
39
73.5K followers
56 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
39
21.9K followers
57 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
38
37K followers
58 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
38
253.2K followers
59 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
37
37.9K followers
60 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
37
169K followers
61 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
37
6M followers
62 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
36
32.4K followers
63 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
36
318.9K followers
64 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
36
38.2K followers
65 Nice, France Nice, France
35
452.8K followers
66 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
35
322.9K followers
67 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
35
14.5K followers
68 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
35
1.7M followers
69 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
33
95.2K followers
70 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
33
120.8K followers
71 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
33
2.2M followers
72 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
33
141.4K followers
73 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
33
272.1K followers
74 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
33
220.6K followers
75 Beijing, China Beijing, China
33
6.9M followers
76 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
32
234.3K followers
77 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
31
282.8K followers
78 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
30
34.9K followers
79 Lyon, France Lyon, France
29
486.2K followers
80 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
28
49K followers
81 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
28
194K followers
82 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
27
84.4K followers
83 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
27
21K followers
84 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
26
338.6K followers
85 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
26
13.7K followers
86 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
26
858.9K followers
87 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
26
25.6K followers
88 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
26
233K followers
89 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
25
1M followers
90 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
25
22K followers
91 Paris, France Paris, France
25
5.5M followers
92 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
25
1M followers
93 Houston, USA Houston, USA
23
27.1K followers
94 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
22
139.5K followers
95 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
21
12.9K followers
96 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
21
61.8K followers
97 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
20
20.3K followers
98 Denver, USA Denver, USA
20
1.5M followers
99 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
20
579K followers
100 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
17
24.4K followers
101 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
17
108.1K followers
102 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
17
62.1K followers
103 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
17
20.3K followers
104 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
17
199.1K followers
105 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
17
27.6K followers
106 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
16
331K followers
107 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
15
45.2K followers
108 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
14
25.6K followers
109 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
13
114.6K followers
110 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
12
109.4K followers
111 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
12
80K followers
112 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
12
271.7K followers
113 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
10
43K followers
114 Portland, USA Portland, USA
10
125.9K followers
115 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
9
67.1K followers
116 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
8
293K followers
117 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
8
1.6M followers
118 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
6
295.4K followers
119 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
4
15.1K followers

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