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2023
World Air Quality Report
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 US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 176 | 145.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 166 | 1.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Beijing, China | 165 | 6.8M followers |
| 4 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 162 | 2.2M followers |
| 5 | | Medan, Indonesia | 157 | 1.3M followers |
| 6 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 153 | 19.5K followers |
| 7 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 151 | 11.7M followers |
| 8 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 137 | 23.4K followers |
| 9 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 119 | 9.3K followers |
| 10 | | Chengdu, China | 118 | 1.7M followers |
| 11 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 111 | 22.2K followers |
| 12 |  | Mumbai, India | 110 | 1.5M followers |
| 13 | | Delhi, India | 110 | 2.7M followers |
| 14 | | Wuhan, China | 110 | 317.3K followers |
| 15 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 110 | 219.8K followers |
| 16 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 106 | 224.5K followers |
| 17 | | Seoul, South Korea | 103 | 6.3M followers |
| 18 | | Hangzhou, China | 99 | 316.9K followers |
| 19 | | Batam, Indonesia | 97 | 1.3M followers |
| 20 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 91 | 338.7K followers |
| 21 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 91 | 80.2K followers |
| 22 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 91 | 380.8K followers |
| 23 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 88 | 25.2K followers |
| 24 |  | Doha, Qatar | 88 | 99.3K followers |
| 25 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 88 | 25.4K followers |
| 26 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 85 | 67.8K followers |
| 27 | | Kolkata, India | 84 | 1.4M followers |
| 28 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 84 | 15K followers |
| 29 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 84 | 113.5K followers |
| 30 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 76 | 59.5K followers |
| 31 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 76 | 377.7K followers |
| 32 | | Chongqing, China | 76 | 168.5K followers |
| 33 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 75 | 29.7K followers |
| 34 | | Busan, South Korea | 75 | 186K followers |
| 35 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 75 | 364.7K followers |
| 36 | | Guangzhou, China | 74 | 1.5M followers |
| 37 |  | Rome, Italy | 73 | 62.7K followers |
| 38 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 71 | 109.3K followers |
| 39 |  | Tehran, Iran | 70 | 1M followers |
| 40 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 68 | 13.5K followers |
| 41 |  | Oslo, Norway | 65 | 32.1K followers |
| 42 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 65 | 51.1K followers |
| 43 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 65 | 79.8K followers |
| 44 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 63 | 394.3K followers |
| 45 |  | Moscow, Russia | 63 | 769.4K followers |
| 46 |  | Santiago, Chile | 63 | 93.4K followers |
| 47 |  | Lima, Peru | 63 | 34.6K followers |
| 48 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 62 | 198.3K followers |
| 49 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 61 | 83.9K followers |
| 50 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 61 | 63.5K followers |
| 51 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59 | 6.6K followers |
| 52 | | Shanghai, China | 59 | 2.1M followers |
| 53 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 58 | 37K followers |
| 54 |  | Osaka, Japan | 57 | 61.6K followers |
| 55 |  | Accra, Ghana | 55 | 6.3K followers |
| 56 | | Shenzhen, China | 55 | 382.3K followers |
| 57 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 50 | 21.8K followers |
| 58 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 50 | 48.6K followers |
| 59 | | Kyoto, Japan | 50 | 79.8K followers |
| 60 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 45 | 5.3M followers |
| 61 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 43 | 253.1K followers |
| 62 | | Tokyo, Japan | 43 | 1M followers |
| 63 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 42 | 20.8K followers |
| 64 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 41 | 857.2K followers |
| 65 |  | Paris, France | 41 | 5.5M followers |
| 66 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 41 | 12.8K followers |
| 67 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 41 | 61.7K followers |
| 68 | | Kobe, Japan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 69 |  | Houston, USA | 40 | 26.9K followers |
| 70 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 39 | 49K followers |
| 71 |  | Munich, Germany | 39 | 337.8K followers |
| 72 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 38 | 668.7K followers |
| 73 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 37 | 37.8K followers |
| 74 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 37 | 233.9K followers |
| 75 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 35 | 13.7K followers |
| 76 |  | London, United Kingdom | 35 | 231.2K followers |
| 77 | | New York City, USA | 35 | 1.8M followers |
| 78 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 34 | 105.6K followers |
| 79 |  | Vienna, Austria | 34 | 141.1K followers |
| 80 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 34 | 37.9K followers |
| 81 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 33 | 975.1K followers |
| 82 |  | Toronto, Canada | 33 | 329.9K followers |
| 83 | | Milano, Italy | 32 | 112.7K followers |
| 84 | | Detroit, USA | 32 | 24.3K followers |
| 85 |  | Madrid, Spain | 32 | 325.7K followers |
| 86 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 31 | 14.4K followers |
| 87 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 31 | 2.2M followers |
| 88 | | Minneapolis, USA | 31 | 15.1K followers |
| 89 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 30 | 139.2K followers |
| 90 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 30 | 120.6K followers |
| 91 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 29 | 84.2K followers |
| 92 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 29 | 282.4K followers |
| 93 | | Lyon, France | 29 | 485.6K followers |
| 94 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 29 | 681.7K followers |
| 95 | | Berlin, Germany | 29 | 193.5K followers |
| 96 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 27 | 95.1K followers |
| 97 | | Krakow, Poland | 26 | 303.6K followers |
| 98 | | Warsaw, Poland | 26 | 322.6K followers |
| 99 | | Montreal, Canada | 26 | 107.9K followers |
| 100 | | Los Angeles, USA | 26 | 6M followers |
2023
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