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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
177
146.2K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
166
2.7M followers
3 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
160
11.7M followers
4 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
153
25.7K followers
5 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
124
6.6K followers
6 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
119
1.4M followers
7 Beijing, China Beijing, China
119
6.9M followers
8 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
116
99.9K followers
9 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
114
225.3K followers
10 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
109
2.2M followers
11 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
107
339.8K followers
12 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
107
5.3M followers
13 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
105
6.4M followers
14 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
95
321.3K followers
15 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
85
29.9K followers
16 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
81
6.4K followers
17 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
80
93.7K followers
18 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
80
1.7M followers
19 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
78
80.7K followers
20 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
77
1.5M followers
21 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
77
80.2K followers
22 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
77
22.5K followers
23 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
76
15.1K followers
24 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
75
294.3K followers
25 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
72
68.3K followers
26 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
72
63.6K followers
27 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
71
59.7K followers
28 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
65
1.3M followers
29 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
65
49.1K followers
30 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
65
19.8K followers
31 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
65
382.5K followers
32 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
65
34.7K followers
33 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
65
200.3K followers
34 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
64
379.2K followers
35 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
64
115K followers
36 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
63
2.1M followers
37 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
59
23.8K followers
38 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
59
194.8K followers
39 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
58
13K followers
40 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
58
49.1K followers
41 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
58
38.5K followers
42 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
57
683.3K followers
43 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
57
368.3K followers
44 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
57
1M followers
45 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
55
395.2K followers
46 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
55
304.4K followers
47 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
55
190.4K followers
48 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
53
84.5K followers
49 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
53
24.5K followers
50 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
52
319.5K followers
51 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
50
62.7K followers
52 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
47
1.7M followers
53 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
45
978.2K followers
54 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
45
105.9K followers
55 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
45
80.3K followers
56 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
44
234.9K followers
57 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
43
95.4K followers
58 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
43
9.4K followers
59 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
41
13.7K followers
60 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
41
27.6K followers
61 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
41
6M followers
62 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
38
121.1K followers
63 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
36
73.7K followers
64 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
35
253.4K followers
65 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
35
35.2K followers
66 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
34
51.4K followers
67 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
33
385K followers
68 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
33
62K followers
69 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
33
1.5M followers
70 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
33
671.9K followers
71 Lyon, France Lyon, France
32
487K followers
72 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
32
25.8K followers
73 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
32
326.9K followers
74 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
31
21.2K followers
75 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
31
323.4K followers
76 Nice, France Nice, France
29
453.5K followers
77 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
29
169.5K followers
78 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
29
79.6K followers
79 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
28
235.5K followers
80 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
27
283.3K followers
81 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
27
37.9K followers
82 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
27
142K followers
83 Houston, USA Houston, USA
26
27.3K followers
84 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
25
861K followers
85 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
25
2.2M followers
86 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
25
22.2K followers
87 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
23
67.7K followers
88 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
22
339.7K followers
89 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
22
32.7K followers
90 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
21
37K followers
91 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
21
109.6K followers
92 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
21
332.1K followers
93 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
21
108.4K followers
94 Paris, France Paris, France
19
5.5M followers
95 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
19
14.6K followers
96 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
18
140K followers
97 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
18
20.4K followers
98 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
17
1M followers
99 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
17
115.6K followers
100 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
16
84.7K followers
101 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
16
63.4K followers
102 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
16
580.4K followers
103 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
15
13.9K followers
104 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
14
43.3K followers
105 New York City, USA New York City, USA
14
1.8M followers
106 Portland, USA Portland, USA
14
126.6K followers
107 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
13
25.8K followers
108 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
13
45.4K followers
109 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
12
774.6K followers
110 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
12
272.6K followers
111 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
12
271.9K followers
112 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
10
15.3K followers
113 Denver, USA Denver, USA
9
1.5M followers
114 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
9
296.4K followers
115 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
8
22.3K followers
116 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
8
114.3K followers
117 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
8
1.6M followers
118 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
7
221.3K followers
119 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
7
38.2K followers

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