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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
Unhealthy
201-300
Very unhealthy
301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 179 | 145K followers |
| 2 |  | Kolkata, India | 166 | 1.4M followers |
| 3 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 164 | 25.1K followers |
| 4 |  | Wuhan, China | 162 | 316.9K followers |
| 5 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 155 | 11.7M followers |
| 6 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 139 | 2.2M followers |
| 7 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 134 | 80.1K followers |
| 8 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 132 | 1.3M followers |
| 9 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 132 | 224.4K followers |
| 10 | | Beijing, China | 127 | 6.8M followers |
| 11 |  | Tehran, Iran | 117 | 1M followers |
| 12 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 116 | 1.7M followers |
| 13 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 112 | 23.3K followers |
| 14 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 109 | 59.4K followers |
| 15 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 108 | 219.2K followers |
| 16 | | Delhi, India | 99 | 2.7M followers |
| 17 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 95 | 364.2K followers |
| 18 |  | Lima, Peru | 92 | 34.5K followers |
| 19 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 91 | 394.1K followers |
| 20 |  | Seoul, South Korea | 88 | 6.3M followers |
| 21 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 86 | 29.6K followers |
| 22 |  | Karachi, Pakistan | 85 | 67.7K followers |
| 23 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 82 | 62K followers |
| 24 | | Lahore, Pakistan | 82 | 380.5K followers |
| 25 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 80 | 338.5K followers |
| 26 | | Chongqing, China | 80 | 168.4K followers |
| 27 | | Incheon, South Korea | 80 | 22.1K followers |
| 28 | | Chengdu, China | 76 | 1.7M followers |
| 29 | | Batam, Indonesia | 74 | 1.3M followers |
| 30 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 74 | 95K followers |
| 31 |  | Doha, Qatar | 74 | 99.3K followers |
| 32 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 74 | 15K followers |
| 33 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 74 | 974.7K followers |
| 34 | | Hangzhou, China | 73 | 316.4K followers |
| 35 | | Mumbai, India | 71 | 1.5M followers |
| 36 |  | Rome, Italy | 67 | 62.5K followers |
| 37 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 62 | 377.5K followers |
| 38 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 61 | 322.5K followers |
| 39 |  | Santiago, Chile | 61 | 93.3K followers |
| 40 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 60 | 48.5K followers |
| 41 | | Guangzhou, China | 57 | 1.5M followers |
| 42 | | Busan, South Korea | 57 | 185.2K followers |
| 43 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 55 | 19.4K followers |
| 44 |  | Osaka, Japan | 55 | 61.4K followers |
| 45 |  | Chicago, USA | 54 | 42.5K followers |
| 46 | | Shanghai, China | 52 | 2.1M followers |
| 47 | | Denver, USA | 51 | 1.5M followers |
| 48 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 50 | 79.8K followers |
| 49 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 50 | 198K followers |
| 50 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 50 | 113.3K followers |
| 51 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 50 | 37.9K followers |
| 52 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 46 | 61.7K followers |
| 53 | | Moscow, Russia | 45 | 768.1K followers |
| 54 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 45 | 668.2K followers |
| 55 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 42 | 37.8K followers |
| 56 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 41 | 83.9K followers |
| 57 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 41 | 63.4K followers |
| 58 | | Kyoto, Japan | 41 | 79.7K followers |
| 59 | | Kobe, Japan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 60 | | Tokyo, Japan | 41 | 1M followers |
| 61 |  | Nice, France | 40 | 452.1K followers |
| 62 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 40 | 253.1K followers |
| 63 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 40 | 856.8K followers |
| 64 |  | Vienna, Austria | 40 | 141K followers |
| 65 |  | London, United Kingdom | 39 | 230.5K followers |
| 66 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 38 | 84.1K followers |
| 67 | | Lyon, France | 38 | 485.5K followers |
| 68 | | Paris, France | 38 | 5.5M followers |
| 69 | | Krakow, Poland | 37 | 303.5K followers |
| 70 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 37 | 12.8K followers |
| 71 | | Shenzhen, China | 37 | 381.9K followers |
| 72 |  | Berlin, Germany | 37 | 193.3K followers |
| 73 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 37 | 2.2M followers |
| 74 |  | Madrid, Spain | 37 | 325.5K followers |
| 75 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 36 | 20.8K followers |
| 76 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 36 | 681.5K followers |
| 77 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 36 | 21.7K followers |
| 78 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 35 | 36.9K followers |
| 79 | | Munich, Germany | 35 | 337.5K followers |
| 80 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 35 | 233.7K followers |
| 81 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 35 | 105.5K followers |
| 82 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 34 | 51.1K followers |
| 83 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 33 | 120.5K followers |
| 84 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 33 | 13.6K followers |
| 85 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 33 | 14.4K followers |
| 86 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 33 | 5.3M followers |
| 87 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 32 | 25.4K followers |
| 88 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 31 | 48.9K followers |
| 89 | | Minneapolis, USA | 31 | 15K followers |
| 90 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 30 | 139.1K followers |
| 91 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 29 | 282.3K followers |
| 92 |  | Accra, Ghana | 29 | 6.3K followers |
| 93 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 29 | 79.4K followers |
| 94 | | Houston, USA | 29 | 26.8K followers |
| 95 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 28 | 73.2K followers |
| 96 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 27 | 34.5K followers |
| 97 |  | Oslo, Norway | 27 | 32.1K followers |
| 98 | | Detroit, USA | 27 | 24.3K followers |
| 99 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 25 | 9.3K followers |
| 100 | | Milano, Italy | 25 | 112.5K followers |
| 101 | | San Francisco, USA | 27 | 577.3K followers |
| 102 | | Helsinki, Finland | 26 | 73.2K followers |
| 103 | | Kampala, Uganda | 25 | 9.3K followers |
| 104 | | Milano, Italy | 25 | 112.5K followers |
| 105 |  | Montreal, Canada | 25 | 107.7K followers |
| 106 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 25 | 113.7K followers |
| 107 | | Portland, USA | 23 | 125K followers |
| 108 | | Toronto, Canada | 21 | 329.6K followers |
| 109 | | Los Angeles, USA | 21 | 6M followers |
| 110 | | New York City, USA | 20 | 1.8M followers |
| 111 |  | Sydney, Australia | 20 | 1.6M followers |
| 112 |  | Athens, Greece | 18 | 25.2K followers |
| 113 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 17 | 13.5K followers |
| 114 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 15 | 271.3K followers |
| 115 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 15 | 20.1K followers |
| 116 | | Canberra, Australia | 13 | 271.3K followers |
| 117 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 12 | 21.9K followers |
| 118 | | Seattle, USA | 10 | 294.4K followers |
| 119 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 9 | 66.5K followers |
| 120 | | Melbourne, Australia | 8 | 291.6K followers |
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