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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
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301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 166 | 145.3K followers |
| 2 |  | Delhi, India | 163 | 2.7M followers |
| 3 | | Kolkata, India | 152 | 1.4M followers |
| 4 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 146 | 2.2M followers |
| 5 |  | Beijing, China | 134 | 6.9M followers |
| 6 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 127 | 224.5K followers |
| 7 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 117 | 11.7M followers |
| 8 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 105 | 25.2K followers |
| 9 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 104 | 23.4K followers |
| 10 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 95 | 377.9K followers |
| 11 | | Chengdu, China | 95 | 1.7M followers |
| 12 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 94 | 63.5K followers |
| 13 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 91 | 338.8K followers |
| 14 | | Mumbai, India | 91 | 1.5M followers |
| 15 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 90 | 80.3K followers |
| 16 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 89 | 1.3M followers |
| 17 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 84 | 29.7K followers |
| 18 |  | Busan, South Korea | 84 | 186.8K followers |
| 19 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 82 | 364.9K followers |
| 20 |  | Karachi, Pakistan | 80 | 67.8K followers |
| 21 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 78 | 59.6K followers |
| 22 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 78 | 15K followers |
| 23 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 78 | 1.7M followers |
| 24 | | Wuhan, China | 76 | 317.5K followers |
| 25 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 75 | 394.4K followers |
| 26 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 74 | 5.3M followers |
| 27 |  | Tehran, Iran | 72 | 1M followers |
| 28 |  | Accra, Ghana | 66 | 6.3K followers |
| 29 | | Shanghai, China | 66 | 2.1M followers |
| 30 | | Lahore, Pakistan | 64 | 380.9K followers |
| 31 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 61 | 975.4K followers |
| 32 |  | Lima, Peru | 61 | 34.6K followers |
| 33 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 60 | 79.8K followers |
| 34 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 59 | 84K followers |
| 35 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59 | 6.6K followers |
| 36 | | Chongqing, China | 59 | 168.7K followers |
| 37 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 59 | 48.6K followers |
| 38 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 59 | 220K followers |
| 39 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 57 | 9.3K followers |
| 40 | | Hangzhou, China | 57 | 317.3K followers |
| 41 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 56 | 25.5K followers |
| 42 |  | Doha, Qatar | 55 | 99.4K followers |
| 43 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 55 | 21.8K followers |
| 44 | | Guangzhou, China | 55 | 1.5M followers |
| 45 |  | Osaka, Japan | 55 | 61.7K followers |
| 46 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 54 | 234K followers |
| 47 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 53 | 19.5K followers |
| 48 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 53 | 79.4K followers |
| 49 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 53 | 113.7K followers |
| 50 | | Batam, Indonesia | 52 | 1.3M followers |
| 51 | | Shenzhen, China | 50 | 382.5K followers |
| 52 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 50 | 681.8K followers |
| 53 |  | Minneapolis, USA | 49 | 15.1K followers |
| 54 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 48 | 669K followers |
| 55 | | Incheon, South Korea | 48 | 22.2K followers |
| 56 |  | Berlin, Germany | 46 | 193.6K followers |
| 57 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 45 | 37K followers |
| 58 | | Kobe, Japan | 45 | 27.5K followers |
| 59 | | Chicago, USA | 44 | 42.7K followers |
| 60 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 43 | 322.6K followers |
| 61 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 42 | 20.9K followers |
| 62 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 42 | 37.8K followers |
| 63 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 41 | 253.1K followers |
| 64 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 41 | 109.3K followers |
| 65 | | Detroit, USA | 41 | 24.3K followers |
| 66 | | Seoul, South Korea | 41 | 6.3M followers |
| 67 | | Krakow, Poland | 40 | 303.6K followers |
| 68 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 39 | 95.1K followers |
| 69 |  | Rome, Italy | 38 | 62.8K followers |
| 70 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 38 | 105.6K followers |
| 71 |  | Vienna, Austria | 38 | 141.2K followers |
| 72 |  | Montreal, Canada | 37 | 107.9K followers |
| 73 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 36 | 139.2K followers |
| 74 | | Kyoto, Japan | 35 | 79.8K followers |
| 75 |  | Lyon, France | 34 | 485.8K followers |
| 76 | | Houston, USA | 34 | 26.9K followers |
| 77 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 33 | 282.5K followers |
| 78 | | Milano, Italy | 33 | 112.9K followers |
| 79 |  | Madrid, Spain | 33 | 325.9K followers |
| 80 |  | Canberra, Australia | 33 | 271.5K followers |
| 81 | | Tokyo, Japan | 33 | 1M followers |
| 82 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 32 | 12.8K followers |
| 83 | | Munich, Germany | 31 | 337.9K followers |
| 84 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 30 | 73.3K followers |
| 85 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 30 | 857.6K followers |
| 86 |  | Oslo, Norway | 30 | 32.2K followers |
| 87 |  | Santiago, Chile | 30 | 93.4K followers |
| 88 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 30 | 20.2K followers |
| 89 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 | 34.7K followers |
| 90 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 29 | 2.2M followers |
| 91 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 29 | 51.2K followers |
| 92 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 27 | 49K followers |
| 93 | | Toronto, Canada | 26 | 330.1K followers |
| 94 | | London, United Kingdom | 26 | 231.5K followers |
| 95 | | Paris, France | 25 | 5.5M followers |
| 96 | | Melbourne, Australia | 25 | 292.2K followers |
| 97 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 25 | 38K followers |
| 98 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 24 | 84.2K followers |
| 99 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 23 | 61.7K followers |
| 100 | | Moscow, Russia | 22 | 769.9K followers |
| 101 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 21 | 120.6K followers |
| 102 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 21 | 13.6K followers |
| 103 | | Sydney, Australia | 21 | 1.6M followers |
| 104 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 20 | 13.7K followers |
| 105 |  | Athens, Greece | 20 | 25.4K followers |
| 106 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 19 | 114.1K followers |
| 107 | | Los Angeles, USA | 19 | 6M followers |
| 108 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 18 | 66.8K followers |
| 109 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 17 | 271.7K followers |
| 110 | | New York City, USA | 14 | 1.8M followers |
| 111 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 12 | 14.4K followers |
| 112 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 12 | 37.7K followers |
| 113 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 12 | 198.5K followers |
| 114 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 8 | 21.9K followers |
| 115 | | Portland, USA | 6 | 125.4K followers |
| 116 | | San Francisco, USA | 6 | 577.9K followers |
| 117 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 5 | 45K followers |
| 118 | | Denver, USA | 4 | 1.5M followers |
| 119 | | Seattle, USA | 3 | 294.9K followers |
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