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2023
World Air Quality Report
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI⁺ US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 485 | 441.4K followers |
| 2 |  | Delhi, India | 281 | 2.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 172 | 66.1K followers |
| 4 |  | Beijing, China | 167 | 8.1M followers |
| 5 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 166 | 8.1K followers |
| 6 |  | Cairo, Egypt | 158 | 38.7K followers |
| 7 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 155 | 40.3K followers |
| 8 | | Kolkata, India | 154 | 1.4M followers |
| 9 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 154 | 19.7K followers |
| 10 | | Mumbai, India | 149 | 1.5M followers |
| 11 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 140 | 2.2M followers |
| 12 |  | Kraków, Poland | 139 | 327.3K followers |
| 13 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 132 | 1.7M followers |
| 14 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 127 | 70.5K followers |
| 15 | | Chongqing, China | 124 | 191.5K followers |
| 16 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 115 | 38.3K followers |
| 17 | | Chengdu, China | 112 | 1.9M followers |
| 18 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 107 | 261K followers |
| 19 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 101 | 133.1K followers |
| 20 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 99 | 10.8K followers |
| 21 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 99 | 241.4K followers |
| 22 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 99 | 31.9K followers |
| 23 |  | Accra, Ghana | 98 | 8.5K followers |
| 24 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 98 | 59.2K followers |
| 25 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 94 | 17.8K followers |
| 26 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 93 | 68.9K followers |
| 27 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 92 | 40.8K followers |
| 28 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 92 | 21.5K followers |
| 29 | | Batam, Indonesia | 90 | 1.3M followers |
| 30 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 90 | 91.7K followers |
| 31 |  | Tehran, Iran | 90 | 1.1M followers |
| 32 |  | Vienna, Austria | 88 | 162.2K followers |
| 33 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 88 | 269.7K followers |
| 34 | | Wuhan, China | 88 | 363.9K followers |
| 35 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 86 | 166.7K followers |
| 36 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 84 | 82.2K followers |
| 37 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 83 | 154.1K followers |
| 38 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 82 | 420.8K followers |
| 39 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 82 | 731.6K followers |
| 40 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 81 | 64.7K followers |
| 41 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 81 | 29.9K followers |
| 42 |  | Doha, Qatar | 80 | 113.7K followers |
| 43 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 79 | 446.5K followers |
| 44 | | Seoul, South Korea | 77 | 7.4M followers |
| 45 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 75 | 117.3K followers |
| 46 | | Wrocław, Poland | 74 | 261.2K followers |
| 47 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 73 | 34.6K followers |
| 48 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 73 | 118.7K followers |
| 49 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 73 | 751.7K followers |
| 50 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 72 | 95.6K followers |
| 51 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 72 | 17.2K followers |
| 52 |  | Rome, Italy | 71 | 83.3K followers |
| 53 | | Guangzhou, China | 71 | 1.6M followers |
| 54 |  | Bangkok, Thailand | 71 | 5.6M followers |
| 55 | | Milano, Italy | 70 | 153.9K followers |
| 56 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 69 | 66.9K followers |
| 57 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 69 | 95K followers |
| 58 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 68 | 32.2K followers |
| 59 | | Shenzhen, China | 68 | 448.9K followers |
| 60 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 67 | 320.1K followers |
| 61 |  | Canberra, Australia | 67 | 284.2K followers |
| 62 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 66 | 13.2K followers |
| 63 | | Warsaw, Poland | 65 | 351.3K followers |
| 64 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 65 | 163.8K followers |
| 65 |  | Lyon, France | 64 | 522.2K followers |
| 66 | | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 61 | 11.9M followers |
| 67 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 60 | 85.8K followers |
| 68 |  | Minneapolis, USA | 58 | 23K followers |
| 69 | | Paris, France | 56 | 6.5M followers |
| 70 | | Hangzhou, China | 56 | 393.7K followers |
| 71 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 56 | 18.5K followers |
| 72 |  | London, United Kingdom | 56 | 351.7K followers |
| 73 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 55 | 950.7K followers |
| 74 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 55 | 111.8K followers |
| 75 |  | Madrid, Spain | 55 | 360K followers |
| 76 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 54 | 28.2K followers |
| 77 | | Nice, France | 54 | 485.7K followers |
| 78 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 54 | 52.9K followers |
| 79 | | Medan, Indonesia | 53 | 1.3M followers |
| 80 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 53 | 1M followers |
| 81 | | Houston, USA | 51 | 38.7K followers |
| 82 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 49 | 2.2M followers |
| 83 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 49 | 251.7K followers |
| 84 |  | Lima, Peru | 47 | 40.3K followers |
| 85 | | Washington D.C., USA | 46 | 52.8K followers |
| 86 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 44 | 412.4K followers |
| 87 |  | Osaka, Japan | 44 | 90.3K followers |
| 88 | | Shanghai, China | 44 | 2.3M followers |
| 89 |  | Oslo, Norway | 43 | 44.5K followers |
| 90 | | New York City, USA | 43 | 2M followers |
| 91 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 41 | 303.2K followers |
| 92 |  | Munich, Germany | 39 | 383.5K followers |
| 93 |  | Santiago, Chile | 39 | 105.3K followers |
| 94 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 39 | 27.7K followers |
| 95 | | Busan, South Korea | 39 | 283.7K followers |
| 96 | | Kobe, Japan | 39 | 30.6K followers |
| 97 | | Seattle, USA | 39 | 366.4K followers |
| 98 | | Portland, USA | 36 | 189.1K followers |
| 99 | | Sydney, Australia | 34 | 1.6M followers |
| 100 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 33 | 103.7K followers |
| 101 | | Los Angeles, USA | 32 | 7.2M followers |
| 102 | | Berlin, Germany | 31 | 222.4K followers |
| 103 |  | Athens, Greece | 28 | 38.5K followers |
| 104 | | Kyoto, Japan | 28 | 92K followers |
| 105 | | Denver, USA | 27 | 1.6M followers |
| 106 | | San Francisco, USA | 27 | 679.1K followers |
| 107 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 26 | 82.5K followers |
| 108 | | Moscow, Russia | 26 | 877.3K followers |
| 109 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 25 | 37.9K followers |
| 110 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 23 | 51K followers |
| 111 | | Tokyo, Japan | 22 | 1M followers |
| 112 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 19 | 51K followers |
| 113 | | Melbourne, Australia | 19 | 339.3K followers |
| 114 |  | Vancouver, Canada | 19 | 162K followers |
| 115 | | Chicago, USA | 19 | 60.3K followers |
| 116 | | Montreal, Canada | 18 | 125.7K followers |
| 117 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 18 | 66K followers |
| 118 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 17 | 32.8K followers |
| 119 | | Detroit, USA | 17 | 28.3K followers |
| 120 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 15 | 82.4K followers |
| 121 | | Toronto, Canada | 10 | 437.9K followers |
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