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2025

World Air Quality Report

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AQI⁺ US legend
0-50Good
51-100Moderate
101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200Unhealthy
201-300Very unhealthy
301+Hazardous
RankMajor city, country/regionAQI⁺ USFollowers
1
flagLahore, Pakistan
224
1.1M followers
2
flagSarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
170
787.8K followers
3
flagDelhi, India
167
3.3M followers
4
flagDhaka, Bangladesh
163
496.8K followers
5
flagKolkata, India
162
1.6M followers
6
flagCairo, Egypt
160
281.1K followers
7
flagMumbai, India
159
1.8M followers
8
flagAlmaty, Kazakhstan
149
846.3K followers
9
flagRotterdam, Netherlands
136
189.8K followers
10
flagTashkent, Uzbekistan
134
1.6M followers
11
flagKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
122
18.5K followers
12
flagUlaanbaatar, Mongolia
117
136.4K followers
13
flagWrocław, Poland
99
445.3K followers
14
flagJakarta, Indonesia
97
2.3M followers
15
flagLondon, United Kingdom
97
1.2M followers
16
flagBelgrade, Serbia
94
1.3M followers
17
flagMexico City, Mexico
92
626.2K followers
18
flagBratislava, Slovakia
90
88.7K followers
19
flagKraków, Poland
90
609K followers
20
flagKabul, Afghanistan
88
63.4K followers
21
flagBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
88
617K followers
22
flagWarsaw, Poland
88
826.8K followers
23
flagRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
85
400.3K followers
24
flagDakar, Senegal
84
52.1K followers
25
flagBucharest, Romania
84
214.1K followers
26
flagBrussels, Belgium
83
354.8K followers
27
flagZagreb, Croatia
81
274.3K followers
28
flagPrague, Czech Republic
81
291.1K followers
29
flagManama, Bahrain
79
81.3K followers
30
flagBudapest, Hungary
79
164.6K followers
31
flagKuwait City, Kuwait
77
174.2K followers
32
flagKarachi, Pakistan
77
312.9K followers
33
flagKaohsiung, Taiwan
76
1.1M followers
34
flagDubai, United Arab Emirates
73
1.2M followers
35
flagMilan, Italy
71
519.7K followers
36
flagDoha, Qatar
71
334K followers
37
flagLjubljana, Slovenia
71
208.4K followers
38
flagChongqing, China
71
512.8K followers
39
flagVienna, Austria
70
489K followers
40
flagKampala, Uganda
70
39.9K followers
41
flagShanghai, China
69
3.5M followers
42
flagBirmingham, United Kingdom
68
367.5K followers
43
flagBarcelona, Spain
68
624.3K followers
44
flagKrasnoyarsk, Russia
66
159.3K followers
45
flagParis, France
66
15.4M followers
46
flagAccra, Ghana
66
27.9K followers
47
flagBerlin, Germany
66
868.8K followers
48
flagSofia, Bulgaria
66
278.2K followers
49
flagCopenhagen, Denmark
63
209.4K followers
50
flagIstanbul, Turkey
63
562.8K followers
51
flagOslo, Norway
62
195.8K followers
52
flagChengdu, China
62
2.4M followers
53
flagKathmandu, Nepal
62
452.3K followers
54
flagSkopje, North Macedonia
58
253K followers
55
flagTel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
58
239.9K followers
56
flagIncheon, South Korea
58
195.2K followers
57
flagHouston, USA
57
136.7K followers
58
flagAthens, Greece
56
191.6K followers
59
flagKyoto, Japan
56
270K followers
60
flagSingapore, Singapore
56
1.4M followers
61
flagAmsterdam, Netherlands
55
571.2K followers
62
flagHangzhou, China
55
808.1K followers
63
flagBeijing, China
55
18.5M followers
64
flagAlgiers, Algeria
53
50.7K followers
65
flagJohannesburg, South Africa
53
111.7K followers
66
flagWuhan, China
53
656.5K followers
67
flagNairobi, Kenya
53
79.6K followers
68
flagBusan, South Korea
53
1.1M followers
69
flagGuangzhou, China
53
2M followers
70
flagHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
53
2.9M followers
71
flagRome, Italy
52
435.7K followers
72
flagMinneapolis, USA
52
95.3K followers
73
flagMunich, Germany
51
702.9K followers
74
flagAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
49
37K followers
75
flagKuching, Malaysia
46
110.8K followers
76
flagTehran, Iran
44
1.6M followers
77
flagOsaka, Japan
44
672.2K followers
78
flagSeoul, South Korea
44
17.7M followers
79
flagPristina, Kosovo
43
114.8K followers
80
flagKyiv, Ukraine
43
677.6K followers
81
flagShenzhen, China
42
874.3K followers
82
flagMadrid, Spain
42
783.1K followers
83
flagNice, France
41
601.8K followers
84
flagPhnom Penh, Cambodia
41
1.1M followers
85
flagHong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
40
1.2M followers
86
flagMontreal, Canada
40
353.7K followers
87
flagJerusalem, Israel
39
99.4K followers
88
flagBangkok, Thailand
38
17.3M followers
89
flagDublin, Ireland
37
125.9K followers
90
flagHanoi, Vietnam
37
3.6M followers
91
flagSantiago, Chile
35
180.3K followers
92
flagBern, Switzerland
33
223.3K followers
93
flagLisbon, Portugal
33
208.4K followers
94
flagStockholm, Sweden
33
255K followers
95
flagKobe, Japan
33
69.1K followers
96
flagTokyo, Japan
33
1.7M followers
97
flagWashington D.C., USA
32
180.8K followers
98
flagSalt Lake City, USA
32
269K followers
99
flagYangon, Myanmar
31
235K followers
100
flagHelsinki, Finland
30
224.4K followers
101
flagBogota, Colombia
29
146K followers
102
flagBaku, Azerbaijan
29
87.4K followers
103
flagLima, Peru
29
68.5K followers
104
flagDetroit, USA
29
77.1K followers
105
flagLos Angeles, USA
29
16.3M followers
106
flagBaghdad, Iraq
28
298.6K followers
107
flagTaipei, Taiwan
28
1.5M followers
108
flagKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
28
1.2M followers
109
flagNew York, USA
27
2.6M followers
110
flagMoscow, Russia
23
1.3M followers
111
flagMedan, Indonesia
22
1.4M followers
112
flagLyon, France
22
705.2K followers
113
flagSeattle, USA
22
794.8K followers
114
flagCanberra, Australia
21
506.8K followers
115
flagMelbourne, Australia
21
869.6K followers
116
flagDenver, USA
21
2M followers
117
flagChicago, USA
20
228.6K followers
118
flagSan Francisco, USA
20
1.1M followers
119
flagVancouver, Canada
19
569.6K followers
120
flagPortland, USA
18
449.5K followers
121
flagChiang Mai, Thailand
17
16M followers
122
flagToronto, Canada
16
1.1M followers
123
flagSydney, Australia
16
1.9M followers
124
flagSao Paulo, Brazil
15
183.6K followers
125
flagAuckland, New Zealand
5
259.5K followers
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World Air Quality Report

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