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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 Delhi, India Delhi, India
163
2.7M followers
2 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
155
226.3K followers
3 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
152
1.5M followers
4 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
146
6.7K followers
5 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
143
372K followers
6 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
127
327.4K followers
7 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
122
26.4K followers
8 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
107
30.1K followers
9 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
107
322.4K followers
10 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
106
94.3K followers
11 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
105
384.9K followers
12 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
101
1.3M followers
13 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
99
85.1K followers
14 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
99
6.5K followers
15 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
96
1.5M followers
16 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
94
100.7K followers
17 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
94
147.1K followers
18 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
90
1.7M followers
19 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
87
81.3K followers
20 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
86
15.2K followers
21 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
85
1.7M followers
22 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
84
60.1K followers
23 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
82
2.1M followers
24 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
81
68.8K followers
25 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
81
389.5K followers
26 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
81
5.3M followers
27 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
80
9.4K followers
28 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
80
1.4M followers
29 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
79
2.2M followers
30 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
75
117.2K followers
31 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
73
63.9K followers
32 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
70
51.8K followers
33 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
68
676.8K followers
34 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
68
39.3K followers
35 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
67
236.5K followers
36 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
67
381.4K followers
37 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
67
687K followers
38 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
67
34.9K followers
39 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
66
121.8K followers
40 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
66
11.7M followers
41 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
64
396.3K followers
42 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
61
222.9K followers
43 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
60
13.9K followers
44 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
59
14.9K followers
45 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
58
64.3K followers
46 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
56
64.6K followers
47 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
56
983.9K followers
48 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
56
2.2M followers
49 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
56
195.4K followers
50 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
56
1M followers
51 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
55
20.1K followers
52 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
55
866K followers
53 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
55
170.9K followers
54 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
55
49.9K followers
55 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
54
306.4K followers
56 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
54
196.3K followers
57 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
54
62.4K followers
58 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
54
342.8K followers
59 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
53
26.4K followers
60 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
53
33.4K followers
61 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
53
81K followers
62 Houston, USA Houston, USA
53
28.2K followers
63 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
53
6.1M followers
64 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
52
284.5K followers
65 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
52
24.4K followers
66 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
52
109.9K followers
67 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
52
26.5K followers
68 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
52
27.8K followers
69 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
51
253.8K followers
70 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
49
80K followers
71 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
48
44.3K followers
72 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
47
37.1K followers
73 Beijing, China Beijing, China
45
7M followers
74 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
44
1M followers
75 New York City, USA New York City, USA
42
1.8M followers
76 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
41
106.6K followers
77 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
41
24.7K followers
78 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
40
49.1K followers
79 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
39
36K followers
80 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
39
22.8K followers
81 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
38
325.9K followers
82 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
38
116.8K followers
83 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
38
242.3K followers
84 Paris, France Paris, France
37
5.6M followers
85 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
37
272.7K followers
86 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
36
14.1K followers
87 Lyon, France Lyon, France
35
489.2K followers
88 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
33
274.2K followers
89 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
33
6.4M followers
90 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
32
110K followers
91 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
31
13.2K followers
92 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
30
38.1K followers
93 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
30
20.9K followers
94 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
27
85.2K followers
95 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
27
74.2K followers
96 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
27
342.1K followers
97 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
27
22.7K followers
98 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
27
143K followers
99 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
27
203.3K followers
100 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
26
119.5K followers
101 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
26
1.6M followers
102 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
25
21.7K followers
103 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
25
780.3K followers
104 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
24
68.9K followers
105 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
22
297.2K followers
106 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
22
299.8K followers
107 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
20
46.4K followers
108 Nice, France Nice, France
18
455.4K followers
109 Portland, USA Portland, USA
17
129.6K followers
110 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
16
22.9K followers
111 Denver, USA Denver, USA
16
1.5M followers
112 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
15
328.8K followers
113 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
15
585.2K followers
114 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
14
95.8K followers
115 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
13
80.7K followers
116 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
13
16.5K followers
117 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
12
39.2K followers
118 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
4
140.8K followers

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