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2023
World Air Quality Report
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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 | 172 | 145.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Beijing, China | 168 | 6.8M followers |
| 3 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 165 | 1.7M followers |
| 4 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 160 | 19.5K followers |
| 5 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 157 | 2.2M followers |
| 6 | | Medan, Indonesia | 153 | 1.3M followers |
| 7 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 153 | 11.7M followers |
| 8 | | Chengdu, China | 151 | 1.7M followers |
| 9 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 140 | 23.4K followers |
| 10 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 114 | 22.2K followers |
| 11 | | Wuhan, China | 112 | 317.3K followers |
| 12 |  | Delhi, India | 110 | 2.7M followers |
| 13 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 108 | 224.5K followers |
| 14 | | Mumbai, India | 106 | 1.5M followers |
| 15 | | Seoul, South Korea | 99 | 6.3M followers |
| 16 | | Batam, Indonesia | 97 | 1.3M followers |
| 17 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 97 | 25.2K followers |
| 18 |  | Doha, Qatar | 93 | 99.3K followers |
| 19 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 91 | 80.2K followers |
| 20 | | Hangzhou, China | 88 | 316.9K followers |
| 21 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 86 | 113.5K followers |
| 22 | | Kolkata, India | 84 | 1.4M followers |
| 23 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 82 | 6.6K followers |
| 24 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 82 | 338.7K followers |
| 25 |  | Karachi, Pakistan | 81 | 67.8K followers |
| 26 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 79 | 219.8K followers |
| 27 |  | Tehran, Iran | 78 | 1M followers |
| 28 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 78 | 364.7K followers |
| 29 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 77 | 29.7K followers |
| 30 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 77 | 15K followers |
| 31 | | Lahore, Pakistan | 77 | 380.8K followers |
| 32 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 76 | 59.5K followers |
| 33 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 76 | 377.7K followers |
| 34 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 75 | 13.5K followers |
| 35 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 74 | 25.4K followers |
| 36 | | Guangzhou, China | 74 | 1.5M followers |
| 37 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 72 | 63.5K followers |
| 38 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 72 | 322.6K followers |
| 39 |  | Rome, Italy | 72 | 62.7K followers |
| 40 | | Busan, South Korea | 70 | 186.1K followers |
| 41 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 68 | 37K followers |
| 42 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 68 | 9.3K followers |
| 43 | | Chongqing, China | 68 | 168.5K followers |
| 44 |  | Oslo, Norway | 65 | 32.1K followers |
| 45 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 65 | 51.1K followers |
| 46 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 65 | 79.8K followers |
| 47 | | Shanghai, China | 62 | 2.1M followers |
| 48 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 62 | 198.3K followers |
| 49 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 61 | 83.9K followers |
| 50 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 61 | 394.3K followers |
| 51 |  | Santiago, Chile | 61 | 93.4K followers |
| 52 |  | Lima, Peru | 60 | 34.6K followers |
| 53 |  | Osaka, Japan | 57 | 61.6K followers |
| 54 | | Krakow, Poland | 55 | 303.6K followers |
| 55 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 54 | 48.6K followers |
| 56 |  | Accra, Ghana | 53 | 6.3K followers |
| 57 | | Shenzhen, China | 50 | 382.3K followers |
| 58 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 50 | 109.3K followers |
| 59 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 50 | 21.8K followers |
| 60 | | Kyoto, Japan | 50 | 79.8K followers |
| 61 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 48 | 253.1K followers |
| 62 | | Kobe, Japan | 48 | 27.5K followers |
| 63 |  | Moscow, Russia | 45 | 769.4K followers |
| 64 |  | Paris, France | 45 | 5.5M followers |
| 65 |  | Houston, USA | 45 | 26.9K followers |
| 66 | | Tokyo, Japan | 45 | 1M followers |
| 67 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 45 | 5.3M followers |
| 68 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 42 | 139.2K followers |
| 69 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 41 | 857.2K followers |
| 70 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 41 | 61.7K followers |
| 71 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 40 | 13.7K followers |
| 72 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 38 | 49K followers |
| 73 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 38 | 668.7K followers |
| 74 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 37 | 37.8K followers |
| 75 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 37 | 12.8K followers |
| 76 |  | Berlin, Germany | 37 | 193.5K followers |
| 77 | | Detroit, USA | 37 | 24.3K followers |
| 78 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 35 | 14.4K followers |
| 79 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 34 | 233.9K followers |
| 80 |  | Vienna, Austria | 34 | 141.1K followers |
| 81 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 33 | 975.1K followers |
| 82 | | Milano, Italy | 33 | 112.7K followers |
| 83 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 33 | 681.7K followers |
| 84 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 33 | 79.4K followers |
| 85 |  | London, United Kingdom | 33 | 231.2K followers |
| 86 |  | Madrid, Spain | 32 | 325.7K followers |
| 87 | | Minneapolis, USA | 32 | 15.1K followers |
| 88 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 30 | 120.6K followers |
| 89 | | Los Angeles, USA | 30 | 6M followers |
| 90 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 29 | 282.4K followers |
| 91 | | Lyon, France | 29 | 485.6K followers |
| 92 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 29 | 2.2M followers |
| 93 | | New York City, USA | 29 | 1.8M followers |
| 94 |  | Montreal, Canada | 27 | 107.9K followers |
| 95 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 26 | 95.1K followers |
| 96 | | Munich, Germany | 26 | 337.8K followers |
| 97 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 26 | 105.6K followers |
| 98 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 26 | 38K followers |
| 99 | | Nice, France | 25 | 452.2K followers |
| 100 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 23 | 84.2K followers |
| 101 | | Chicago, USA | 23 | 42.6K followers |
| 102 | | Toronto, Canada | 21 | 329.9K followers |
| 103 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 20 | 34.6K followers |
| 104 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 20 | 37.6K followers |
| 105 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 19 | 73.3K followers |
| 106 | | Denver, USA | 19 | 1.5M followers |
| 107 |  | Athens, Greece | 18 | 25.3K followers |
| 108 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 18 | 271.6K followers |
| 109 |  | Canberra, Australia | 13 | 271.4K followers |
| 110 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 12 | 20.8K followers |
| 111 | | Sydney, Australia | 12 | 1.6M followers |
| 112 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 10 | 20.2K followers |
| 113 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 10 | 44.9K followers |
| 114 | | Seattle, USA | 10 | 294.7K followers |
| 115 | | Melbourne, Australia | 9 | 291.9K followers |
| 116 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 8 | 21.9K followers |
| 117 | | San Francisco, USA | 8 | 577.7K followers |
| 118 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 5 | 66.7K followers |
| 119 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 5 | 114K followers |
| 120 | | Portland, USA | 5 | 125.3K followers |
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