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2023
World Air Quality Report
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51-100
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101-150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
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201-300
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301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Delhi, India | 305 | 2.7M followers |
| 2 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 208 | 382.2K followers |
| 3 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 183 | 146K followers |
| 4 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 166 | 225.1K followers |
| 5 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 164 | 1.7M followers |
| 6 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 158 | 6.6K followers |
| 7 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 158 | 25.6K followers |
| 8 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 154 | 11.7M followers |
| 9 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 123 | 5.3M followers |
| 10 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 117 | 68.2K followers |
| 11 |  | Beijing, China | 117 | 6.9M followers |
| 12 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 111 | 2.2M followers |
| 13 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 109 | 51.4K followers |
| 14 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 99 | 84.4K followers |
| 15 | | Hangzhou, China | 97 | 320.5K followers |
| 16 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 96 | 234.8K followers |
| 17 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 95 | 9.4K followers |
| 18 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 90 | 395K followers |
| 19 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 87 | 121K followers |
| 20 |  | Lima, Peru | 86 | 34.7K followers |
| 21 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 82 | 19.7K followers |
| 22 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 81 | 15.1K followers |
| 23 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 79 | 23.7K followers |
| 24 | | Mumbai, India | 79 | 1.5M followers |
| 25 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 79 | 22.4K followers |
| 26 |  | Accra, Ghana | 78 | 6.4K followers |
| 27 | | Seoul, South Korea | 78 | 6.4M followers |
| 28 | | Guangzhou, China | 76 | 1.5M followers |
| 29 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 75 | 283.1K followers |
| 30 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 73 | 683K followers |
| 31 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 70 | 63.6K followers |
| 32 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 70 | 339.6K followers |
| 33 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 70 | 80.1K followers |
| 34 | | Batam, Indonesia | 68 | 1.3M followers |
| 35 | | Kolkata, India | 68 | 1.4M followers |
| 36 |  | Jerusalem, Israel | 67 | 59.7K followers |
| 37 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 66 | 79.6K followers |
| 38 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 65 | 29.8K followers |
| 39 |  | Santiago, Chile | 65 | 93.7K followers |
| 40 |  | Madrid, Spain | 65 | 326.7K followers |
| 41 |  | Berlin, Germany | 63 | 194.4K followers |
| 42 | | Busan, South Korea | 61 | 189.6K followers |
| 43 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 59 | 22.2K followers |
| 44 | | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 59 | 80.6K followers |
| 45 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 57 | 378.8K followers |
| 46 | | Shanghai, China | 57 | 2.1M followers |
| 47 |  | Melbourne, Australia | 57 | 293.8K followers |
| 48 | | Wuhan, China | 55 | 319.2K followers |
| 49 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 55 | 13.7K followers |
| 50 |  | New York City, USA | 55 | 1.8M followers |
| 51 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 53 | 671.3K followers |
| 52 | | Los Angeles, USA | 52 | 6M followers |
| 53 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 51 | 139.9K followers |
| 54 |  | Krakow, Poland | 51 | 304.2K followers |
| 55 | | Shenzhen, China | 50 | 384.4K followers |
| 56 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 50 | 221.1K followers |
| 57 | | Chongqing, China | 48 | 169.3K followers |
| 58 |  | Rome, Italy | 47 | 63.3K followers |
| 59 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 46 | 37K followers |
| 60 | | Warsaw, Poland | 46 | 323.2K followers |
| 61 |  | Doha, Qatar | 45 | 99.8K followers |
| 62 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 45 | 977.6K followers |
| 63 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 45 | 109.5K followers |
| 64 |  | Kobe, Japan | 45 | 27.6K followers |
| 65 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 44 | 12.9K followers |
| 66 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 42 | 105.9K followers |
| 67 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 41 | 860.4K followers |
| 68 | | Osaka, Japan | 41 | 62.5K followers |
| 69 | | Kyoto, Japan | 41 | 80.3K followers |
| 70 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 41 | 114.7K followers |
| 71 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 39 | 253.3K followers |
| 72 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 39 | 25.8K followers |
| 73 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 39 | 49K followers |
| 74 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 38 | 20.4K followers |
| 75 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 37 | 2.2M followers |
| 76 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 37 | 367.8K followers |
| 77 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 36 | 49K followers |
| 78 | | Chengdu, China | 35 | 1.7M followers |
| 79 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 35 | 38.1K followers |
| 80 |  | Lyon, France | 34 | 486.7K followers |
| 81 | | London, United Kingdom | 33 | 234.7K followers |
| 82 | | Tokyo, Japan | 33 | 1M followers |
| 83 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 32 | 13.8K followers |
| 84 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 31 | 38.4K followers |
| 85 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 30 | 21.2K followers |
| 86 |  | Oslo, Norway | 30 | 32.6K followers |
| 87 | | Milano, Italy | 30 | 114.1K followers |
| 88 |  | Vienna, Austria | 30 | 141.8K followers |
| 89 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 30 | 272.4K followers |
| 90 |  | Tehran, Iran | 29 | 1M followers |
| 91 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 27 | 84.6K followers |
| 92 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 27 | 22.1K followers |
| 93 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 26 | 35.1K followers |
| 94 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 26 | 61.9K followers |
| 95 |  | Montreal, Canada | 25 | 108.4K followers |
| 96 | | Paris, France | 24 | 5.5M followers |
| 97 | | Munich, Germany | 23 | 339.3K followers |
| 98 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 23 | 37.9K followers |
| 99 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 23 | 73.6K followers |
| 100 | | Chicago, USA | 23 | 43.2K followers |
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