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2022

World Air Quality Report

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 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
160
48.9K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
149
2.7M followers
3 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
141
201.7K followers
4 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
137
261.8K followers
5 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
122
81.5K followers
6 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
117
45.9K followers
7 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
115
30.9K followers
8 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
109
311K followers
9 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
108
1.6M followers
10 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
96
85.9K followers
11 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
93
3.8M followers
12 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
93
484.7K followers
13 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
90
4K followers
14 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
86
66.9K followers
15 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
82
56.9K followers
16 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
80
183.2K followers
17 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
78
314.3K followers
18 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
76
7K followers
19 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
75
230.2K followers
20 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
75
70.5K followers
21 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
74
716.7K followers
22 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
74
71.9K followers
23 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
73
4.8M followers
24 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
72
96K followers
25 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
72
12K followers
26 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
71
1.5M followers
27 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
70
11.4K followers
28 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
70
4.5K followers
29 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
70
624.7K followers
30 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
70
7.6K followers
31 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
68
69.7K followers
32 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
68
2.6K followers
33 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
68
310.7K followers
34 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
68
1.4M followers
35 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
68
58.3K followers
36 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
65
38.5K followers
37 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
65
84.1K followers
38 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
65
111.2K followers
39 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
63
55K followers
40 Beijing, China Beijing, China
63
4.4M followers
41 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
62
2.1M followers
42 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
61
177.8K followers
43 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
61
20.4K followers
44 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
60
1.4M followers
45 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
59
54.9K followers
46 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
59
110.8K followers
47 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
57
2.1M followers
48 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
53
11.2M followers
49 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
52
10.1K followers
50 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
49
275.1K followers
51 Portland, USA Portland, USA
47
79.6K followers
52 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
46
215.7K followers
53 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
45
363.5K followers
54 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
45
20K followers
55 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
44
62.8K followers
56 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
43
236.2K followers
57 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
42
226.8K followers
58 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
41
114.2K followers
59 Shenyang, China Shenyang, China
39
115.4K followers
60 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
39
657.7K followers
61 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
38
8.9K followers
62 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
37
9.7K followers
63 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
37
1.5M followers
64 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
37
295.8K followers
65 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
33
1.8M followers
66 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
33
9.8K followers
67 Nice, France Nice, France
32
434.7K followers
68 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
30
534.5K followers
69 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
29
291.6K followers
70 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
29
21.5K followers
71 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
29
8.9K followers
72 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
29
70.3K followers
73 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
29
4.2M followers
74 Paris, France Paris, France
28
3.3M followers
75 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
28
148.7K followers
76 Denver, USA Denver, USA
28
1.4M followers
77 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
27
8.9K followers
78 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
26
240.6K followers
79 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
26
91.8K followers
80 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
25
302.7K followers
81 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
25
257.3K followers
82 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
25
84.3K followers
83 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
24
1.6M followers
84 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
23
38.4K followers
85 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
23
60.8K followers
86 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
22
204.1K followers
87 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
21
112K followers
88 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
21
117.2K followers
89 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
21
18.1K followers
90 Nagoya, Japan Nagoya, Japan
21
3K followers
91 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
21
23.5K followers
92 Lyon, France Lyon, France
20
464.6K followers
93 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
19
84K followers
94 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
17
41.9K followers
95 New York City, USA New York City, USA
16
1.7M followers
96 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
13
9.7K followers
97 Poznan, Poland Poznan, Poland
12
3.9K followers
98 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
12
33.7K followers
99 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
12
862.1K followers
100 Houston, USA Houston, USA
12
12.6K followers
101 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
12
26K followers
102 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
12
823.5K followers
103 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
10
276.9K followers
104 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
8
73.7K followers
105 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
8
251.4K followers
106 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
8
33.5K followers
107 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
4
35.3K followers
108 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
4
4.6K followers
109 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
4
17.5K followers
110 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
0
123.4K followers
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