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2023
World Air Quality Report
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Good
51-100
Moderate
101-150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
Unhealthy
201-300
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301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 157 | 6.8K followers |
| 2 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 137 | 1.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 134 | 2.2M followers |
| 4 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 127 | 64.3K followers |
| 5 |  | Jerusalem, Israel | 122 | 60.6K followers |
| 6 |  | Delhi, India | 108 | 2.7M followers |
| 7 |  | Santiago, Chile | 101 | 95.8K followers |
| 8 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 94 | 148.2K followers |
| 9 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 93 | 388.9K followers |
| 10 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 91 | 2.2M followers |
| 11 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 90 | 27.7K followers |
| 12 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 86 | 69.7K followers |
| 13 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 86 | 227.8K followers |
| 14 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 84 | 9.5K followers |
| 15 | | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 84 | 82.3K followers |
| 16 |  | Wuhan, China | 84 | 327.4K followers |
| 17 | | Shenzhen, China | 82 | 395.4K followers |
| 18 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 79 | 378.3K followers |
| 19 | | Batam, Indonesia | 77 | 1.3M followers |
| 20 | | Chengdu, China | 77 | 1.7M followers |
| 21 | | Mumbai, India | 76 | 1.5M followers |
| 22 | | Kolkata, India | 75 | 1.4M followers |
| 23 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 74 | 384.7K followers |
| 24 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 74 | 683.8K followers |
| 25 | | Beijing, China | 73 | 7.1M followers |
| 26 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 71 | 86.1K followers |
| 27 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 71 | 15.5K followers |
| 28 |  | Accra, Ghana | 71 | 6.7K followers |
| 29 | | Chongqing, China | 71 | 172.9K followers |
| 30 |  | Lima, Peru | 67 | 35.4K followers |
| 31 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 66 | 40.5K followers |
| 32 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 62 | 254.4K followers |
| 33 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 62 | 107.5K followers |
| 34 | | Guangzhou, China | 60 | 1.5M followers |
| 35 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 60 | 52.4K followers |
| 36 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 59 | 238.6K followers |
| 37 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 59 | 51.2K followers |
| 38 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 58 | 30.4K followers |
| 39 |  | Berlin, Germany | 58 | 198.5K followers |
| 40 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 57 | 397.8K followers |
| 41 | | Shanghai, China | 57 | 2.1M followers |
| 42 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 57 | 225.4K followers |
| 43 |  | Tehran, Iran | 56 | 1M followers |
| 44 |  | Moscow, Russia | 56 | 789.5K followers |
| 45 | | Hangzhou, China | 56 | 336.3K followers |
| 46 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 56 | 23.3K followers |
| 47 |  | Houston, USA | 56 | 29.5K followers |
| 48 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 55 | 20.5K followers |
| 49 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 55 | 122.8K followers |
| 50 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 55 | 81.6K followers |
| 51 |  | Paris, France | 54 | 5.7M followers |
| 52 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 54 | 121.1K followers |
| 53 | | Busan, South Korea | 53 | 203.7K followers |
| 54 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 52 | 37.2K followers |
| 55 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 52 | 14.3K followers |
| 56 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 49 | 75K followers |
| 57 |  | London, United Kingdom | 49 | 251.6K followers |
| 58 | | New York City, USA | 49 | 1.9M followers |
| 59 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 47 | 37.2K followers |
| 60 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 47 | 207.6K followers |
| 61 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 47 | 40.6K followers |
| 62 |  | Athens, Greece | 46 | 27.6K followers |
| 63 |  | Toronto, Canada | 45 | 349.3K followers |
| 64 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 44 | 22.6K followers |
| 65 |  | Osaka, Japan | 44 | 66.4K followers |
| 66 | | Kyoto, Japan | 44 | 82K followers |
| 67 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 44 | 21.4K followers |
| 68 | | Chicago, USA | 44 | 46K followers |
| 69 | | Los Angeles, USA | 44 | 6.2M followers |
| 70 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 43 | 286.3K followers |
| 71 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 42 | 142K followers |
| 72 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 42 | 990.5K followers |
| 73 | | Seoul, South Korea | 40 | 6.5M followers |
| 74 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 38 | 49.2K followers |
| 75 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 38 | 27K followers |
| 76 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 38 | 873.3K followers |
| 77 | | Nice, France | 36 | 458.3K followers |
| 78 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 36 | 96.3K followers |
| 79 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 36 | 38.3K followers |
| 80 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 36 | 13.7K followers |
| 81 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 36 | 15.5K followers |
| 82 | | Montreal, Canada | 36 | 111.6K followers |
| 83 |  | Madrid, Spain | 36 | 331.7K followers |
| 84 | | Warsaw, Poland | 35 | 327.9K followers |
| 85 | | Detroit, USA | 35 | 25.3K followers |
| 86 |  | Milano, Italy | 34 | 120.6K followers |
| 87 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 33 | 14.6K followers |
| 88 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 33 | 110.8K followers |
| 89 |  | Vienna, Austria | 33 | 144.5K followers |
| 90 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 33 | 276.9K followers |
| 91 | | Kobe, Japan | 33 | 28K followers |
| 92 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 32 | 23.4K followers |
| 93 |  | Oslo, Norway | 31 | 34.4K followers |
| 94 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 30 | 86.1K followers |
| 95 | | Minneapolis, USA | 30 | 17.1K followers |
| 96 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 29 | 691.2K followers |
| 97 | | Denver, USA | 28 | 1.5M followers |
| 98 | | Munich, Germany | 27 | 345.6K followers |
| 99 |  | Bangkok, Thailand | 27 | 5.4M followers |
| 100 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 25 | 47.7K followers |
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