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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 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
135
389.1K followers
2 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
129
6.8K followers
3 Delhi, India Delhi, India
116
2.7M followers
4 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
112
35.5K followers
5 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
110
95.9K followers
6 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
108
60.6K followers
7 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
106
1.3M followers
8 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
98
2.2M followers
9 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
91
82.4K followers
10 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
91
1.7M followers
11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
90
397.9K followers
12 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
89
2.1M followers
13 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
86
6.7K followers
14 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
83
25.3K followers
15 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
82
69.8K followers
16 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
82
148.3K followers
17 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
82
14.3K followers
18 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
80
27.7K followers
19 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
80
227.9K followers
20 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
78
384.9K followers
21 Beijing, China Beijing, China
77
7.1M followers
22 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
76
9.5K followers
23 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
75
1.4M followers
24 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
74
1.5M followers
25 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
73
2.2M followers
26 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
71
336.8K followers
27 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
71
173K followers
28 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
69
15.5K followers
29 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
69
1.7M followers
30 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
69
225.5K followers
31 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
69
378.7K followers
32 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
68
327.7K followers
33 Houston, USA Houston, USA
67
29.6K followers
34 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
66
102K followers
35 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
66
254.4K followers
36 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
66
1.5M followers
37 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
65
308.3K followers
38 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
64
81.6K followers
39 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
62
86.1K followers
40 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
62
30.4K followers
41 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
62
20.5K followers
42 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
62
14.6K followers
43 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
62
328K followers
44 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
62
349.7K followers
45 New York City, USA New York City, USA
61
1.9M followers
46 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
60
1.3M followers
47 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
60
1M followers
48 Paris, France Paris, France
60
5.7M followers
49 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
60
198.6K followers
50 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
59
40.6K followers
51 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
58
46.1K followers
52 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
57
38.3K followers
53 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
56
107.5K followers
54 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
56
23.4K followers
55 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
55
64.4K followers
56 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
55
75.1K followers
57 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
55
110.8K followers
58 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
55
52.5K followers
59 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
55
273.9K followers
60 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
54
122.9K followers
61 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
53
345.8K followers
62 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
52
37.2K followers
63 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
52
27.6K followers
64 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
52
40.7K followers
65 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
51
51.3K followers
66 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
50
238.7K followers
67 Lyon, France Lyon, France
49
492.6K followers
68 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
49
873.7K followers
69 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
49
13.7K followers
70 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
49
691.3K followers
71 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
48
142.1K followers
72 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
48
111.7K followers
73 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
47
96.3K followers
74 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
46
6.2M followers
75 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
44
22.7K followers
76 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
44
990.8K followers
77 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
44
204.1K followers
78 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
41
120.8K followers
79 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
40
395.7K followers
80 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
40
63K followers
81 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
40
144.6K followers
82 Nice, France Nice, France
39
458.5K followers
83 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
39
331.8K followers
84 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
38
37.2K followers
85 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
38
5.4M followers
86 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
36
790K followers
87 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
36
23.4K followers
88 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
34
6.5M followers
89 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
33
121.4K followers
90 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
33
252.2K followers
91 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
32
277K followers
92 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
30
66.4K followers
93 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
30
82K followers
94 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
29
80.6K followers
95 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
28
17.1K followers
96 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
27
66.5K followers
97 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
27
11.7M followers
98 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
27
1M followers
99 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
26
70.4K followers
100 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
26
49.2K followers
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